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Migrants sew lips in Greek-Macedonia border protest
At least five migrants stuck on the Greek-Macedonian border on Monday sewed their lips in protest at not being allowed to continue their journey to Europe, AFP reporters said.
Watch live: Eurogroup approves 2bln tranche disbursement
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos is expecting the disbursement of the 2 billion euros tranche to be approved today by today’s meeting of Euro Working Group.
Germany, Greece and Turkey’s leaders to meet on refugee crisis
The leaders of Germany, Greece and Turkey have agreed to meet because the refugee crisis concerns them particularly, German deputy government spokesperson Georg Streiter said referring to the trilateral meeting announced last week by the Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu.
Migrants sew up lips in protest at Macedonian border
Several migrants from Iran, Kurdistan and Pakistan sewed their lips together using needles and thread, on the border between Greece and Macedonia on Monday.
This was done in protest over Macedonia's decision not to allow them to enter and transit the country's territory.
Migrants Protest After Macedonia Shuts Them Out
...Powered by Cincopa Video Hosting for Business solution.Migrants Protest After Macedonia Shuts Them OutHundreds of migrants have been protesting for several days at Macedonia's southern border with Greece against Skopje's decision only to allow them to transit the country if they come from war-torn states.Macedonian police helping a refugee in a wheelchairPhoto by: Robert Atanasovskiflash 16c
Two jihadists passed through Greece, but the rest of them were French and Belgian, Mouzalas says
Alternate Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas amswered to press questions on the individuals alleged to be involved in the terror attack in France and have passed through Greece.
PM Tsipras calls political forces for a national dialogue
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stated that the government will launch a national dialogue on the major open national issues as well as on the social cohesion during his interview to the Sunday edition of Ethnos newspaper and Avgi newspaper.
Anti-Migrant Rally Held in Bulgaria's Sofia
A demonstration calling for the government's resignation over its "failure" to deal with the influx of migrants was held in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.
Dozens of nationalist supporters accused the cabinet of PM Boyko Borisov of applying double standards with regard to migrants and the Bulgarian population itself.
New ND leader to be elected on Sunday: 4 conservative candidates eye top job
Main opposition conservative New Democracy members will head to the polling booths on Sunday, November 22, to elect their party leader. 781,136 liberal supporters (around a third of the party’s voters) had shown up to vote in the first internal elections held by liberals in November 2009 in relation to the October elections held in that same year.
Number of migrants saved after sea-crossing attempts from Turkey up over 500 percent in 2015
The number of migrants saved after making failed attempts to cross via sea from Turkey into Europe has increased by over 500 percent in 2015 compared to last year.
In 2014, the number of migrants rescued by Turkey's coast guard and local institutions was 14,961, in 574 separate incidents, according to Prime Ministry figures.
IOM, UN Call for Additional Reception Capacity along Migrants' Balkan Route
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Friday urged the countries lying along the so-called Balkans route used by migrants and refugee to reach western Europe to to put in place additional reception capacity at the points of entry and to allow for decent and effective accommodation.
Paris attacks suspect stayed in ?zmir: Report
One suspect of the Paris attacks stayed in Basmane, a neighborhood in ?zmir once largely populated by Syrian migrants, according to several media reports, amid a fresh wave of police raids targeting Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in the Aegean province.
Tsipras says he is pleased with the foreclosure deal
Greek Prime Minister met with President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos and expressed the view that Greece is at the end of a hard road since ” these days we overcome a big obstacle towards the recapitalization of the banks”.
FYROM blocks border with Greece, 5,000 refugees trapped in transit camp (pics)
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) decision to build a border fence with Greece in a bid to block refugees and migrants heading to Central Europe has created an “asphyxiating” condition at the refugee transit camp at Idomeni.