Schengen zone

Three Greek Members of the European Parliament complained that they went through passport checks on flights from Athens to Brussels, right after Germany imposed stricter controls on passengers coming from Greece. The three MEPs, Sofia Sakorafa, Giorgos Kyrtsos and Notis...

A Greek man traveling to Germany felt humiliated by the treatment he endured at a German airport; as if he was not an EU citizen of a country who is also a member of the Schengen treaty. The man said that after...

The European Commission on Wednesday suggested that border controls within the Schengen zone should be extended for another three months as migration authorities are still working on a plan to manage the migrant crisis. According to a Kathimerini newspaper report,...

European Commissioner for migration issues Dimitris Avramopoulos said that even though the number of migrants and refugees arriving in Europe has dropped, there are 60,000 illegal migrants trapped in Greece. The European Commission proposed that the five countries that conduct...

Stratfor Intelligence has released a report which contains a rather pessimistic assessment about the state of affairs in Greece. The intelligence firm predicts that the month of May will be one of huge challenges for the Greek government as this...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande assured Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras that Greece will remain in the Schengen zone at least until March 6 when the next European Union extraordinary summit is scheduled. The two state leaders...

The effective management of the refugee and migratory flow is an international and European issue and it requires a common European approach with respect to the principles of international law and the EU, solidarity and the need for fair...

Following the conclusion of his meeting with the Interior Ministers of France and Germany, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras underlined again the point that the refugee crisis is a European, not a Greek problem, while pointing out that Greece...

Greece has received more pressure on the refugee crisis on Saturday as Austria's Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner warned that Athens faces "temporary exclusion" from the Schengen zone. Earlier in the week Athens criticized a Financial Times report alleging several European...