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Events for August full moon throughout Greece
Events at nearly 100 archaeological sites, museums and monuments around Greece are scheduled for the evening of Saturday, Aug. 29, which marks the full moon of summer’s last month.
EU Considering More Aid to Help Hungary Tackle Migrant Flow
The European Commission said on Tuesday it could consider increasing financial assistance to Hungary to help the country tackle a growing migrant influx.
Lafazanis wants election after Sept. 27; Potami party challenges for debate
Political developments in crisis-plagued and still bailout-dependent Greece continued on Tuesday, given that snap elections are now foreseen for late September, or at the latest, in the first week of October.
UNICEF Sets up Support Area for Migrant Children in Macedonia
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday it has established a child-friendly space with a mobile team near the Macedonian town of Geveglija to provide support to migrant women and children transiting the country.
Greek Prez to provide mandate for caretaker govt
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos is considering not convening a meeting of political leaders after another three-day period to form a government given to the head of the newly formed Popular Unity party, Panayiotis Lafazanis, which expires on Thursday.
Bulgarian army steps in to buttress Macedonia border
Bulgaria's army stepped in on Aug. 25 to buttress the southwestern border with Macedonia, which has been hit in recent days by an unprecedented influx of migrants.
Twenty-five soldiers and light armored vehicles will be deployed at Bulgaria's four border checkpoints with Macedonia, a defense ministry operations and training deputy chief told public BNR radio.
Bulgarian PM Points to Trans-Caspian Pipeline as Step Towards Energy Diversification
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov pointed to the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline as a possible step towards the achievement of greater energy diversification.
Borisov stated this during his meeting with the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow in Ashgabat on Tuesday, the government's press service informs.
Watch Turkish migrant-smuggling sailboat sink off Kos (pics+vid)
A Turkish-flagged sailboat that had recently been transferring loads of refugees and migrants from Turkey to the eastern Aegean islands of Greece sank off the coast of the island of Kos on Monday. The vessel, which was docked, sustained a crack for unknown reasons in its hull and took on water, eventually sinking. The moment of its sinking was recorded on camera.
Tsipras brave, says Hollande
Greek PM Alexis Tsipras might be on the receiving end of harsh criticism on the domestic front, with former comrades accusing him and SYRIZA of treason, but he seems to be gaining more and more European allies. French President Francois Hollande praised Greek PM Alexis Tsipras for accepting the terms of the third bailout plan, in a speech to French diplomats in Paris.
Olga Gerovasili says previous governments did not negotiatie memoranda
Spokesperson of the outgoing SYRIZA-ANEL government Olga Gerovasili said elections were imperative as a new strong mandate is needed. In an interview, Tuesday to Real FM radio, Gerovasili expressed hope that the possibility of an absolute government majority was feasible goal in the upcoming elections.
Rich Beach: How Turks worry and party simultaneously
Erospolis, the old Hürriyet Daily News column on the weird, absurd and unsavory stories in Turkey, is back with more Turkish portraits. Not surprisingly, its first stop is the Aegean coastal resorts of Alaçat? and Çe?me, where Turkey's glitzy jet-set and their facsimiles simultaneously complain about the rising dollar and pay 750 Turkish Liras for some shade under the blazing Aegean sun...
Albanian PM Edi Rama provokes Greeks in tweet
Albania’s socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama seems to be inflaming the relations between Greece and his country, after posting a provocative tweet on his account regarding Greece’s official complaint about the demolition of a Greek-Orthodox Church and skirmishes between locals and Albanian authorities.
Merkel, Hollande urge unified EU response to refugee crisis
A new wave of migrants began entering the European Union from Serbia on Aug. 24 as the leaders of France and Germany called for a unified response to the continent's biggest migrant crisis since World War II.
Meimarakis: Current parliament must form government
Evangelos Meimarakis, leader of major opposition party New Democracy (ND) repeated that forming a government was still possible, in an interview to Skai TV, Tuesday. The leader of ND said Tsipras is holding the elections so that he can lose and ‘run away’, while he accused the Greek PM of representing economic interests.
SYRIZA minister: We’re not obliged to back bailout if not re-elected to govt!
In an incredibly example of “political expediency” on Monday, top ruling SYRIZA minister Nikos Voutsis appeared on television and essentially said that if his party is not re-elected to government then its deputies will not back the memorandum his outgoing government recently signed!