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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.
Sakellaridis’ resignation sets precedent for disillusioned SYRIZA MPs
Popular Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) lawmaker Gabriel Sakellaridis announced his resignation on Thursday, choosing to resign rather than vote against his party after a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, his friend.
Greek PM Tsipras holds warm talks with Turkey's left-wing opposition
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held cordial talks with the leaders of Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP) and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), both left-wing opposition parties, as he visited the Turkish capital for a meeting with Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu on Nov. 18.
Greek MPs vote on multi-bill of 48 prior actions: 153 in favor, 137 against
The multi-bill on the 48 prior actions Greece needs to implement in order to receive a 2 billion subtranche benchmarked for Greece was passed in Parliament by 290 lawmakers on Thursday evening with the 153 votes of the coalition government of the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) and junior member Independent Greeks (ANEL).
Balkan Countries to Bar 'Economic' Migrants
Aleksandar Vulin, Serbia's minister for refugees, on Thursday said Serbia would no longer allow in "economic" migrants after Slovenia and Croatia announced they had barred such migrants from their countries.
Four Balkan states shut their borders to economic migrants
Four states along Europe's Balkan refugee corridor shut their borders on Nov. 19 to those not coming from war-torn countries such as Syria, Afghanistan or Iraq, leaving thousands of others seeking a better life in Europe stranded at border crossings.
One of 15 missing in Bodrum boat capsizing found dead
One of the 15 migrants reported missing after a boat capsized off the Aegean resort town of Bodrum has been found dead.
A woman around 30 years old, who was among 15 migrants reported missing after a migrant boat capsized off Bodrum, a district in the Aegean Mu?la province, was found dead on Nov. 19.
Turkey deports 'some' ISIL suspects detained in Istanbul
Turkey has deported some of the eight suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) who were detained in Istanbul this week, but others are still in custody, a government official said on Nov. 19.
G-7 plan to get tough on virtual currencies after Paris attacks: Spiegel
The Group of Seven (G-7) industrial nations plan to tighten the regulation of digital currencies such as bitcoin, which they suspect the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is using to move funds secretly, the German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Nov. 18.
WATCH LIVE: Greek Parliament debates on draft omnibus bill of prior actions
The debate on the draft law on the third package of 48 prior actions that the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government has agreed to with Greece’s lenders (EC, ECB, IMF, ESM) has begun in Greek Parliament.
Turkey and Greece say both suffer from migration crisis
Both Turkey and Greece are "sufferers" of the Syrian crisis, not the "responsible," Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu said on Nov. 18, referring to hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants travelling to Europe from Turkey through the Greek islands.
Ten migrants reported missing after boat capsizes on Aegean
Ten Syrian migrants have been reported missing and five others have been rescued after an inflatable boat capsized off the Turkish resort town of Bodrum.