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Turkey urges Europe for help with refugee influx
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu hosted an ad hoc meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the large-scale arrival of refugees from Syria to Turkey on late June 14.
Evacuation of migrants from Lesvos to mainland
Roughly 1,800 third country nationals that landed on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos over recent weeks were transported by ferry boat to Piraeus, on the mainland, overnight.
The group arrived at the port early Sunday morning after an unscheduled ferry boat route. Most of the group is comprised of Syrians that had been ferried over to the island from opposite Turkish mainland.
Bulgarian Security Sector Officials to Continue Protest over Weekend
The security sector officials will gather on Saturday for their second day of protests, which is expected to attract much more attendance than the one on Friday.
It is expected that Interior Ministry officials, border officers, military personnel and prison officers from all over the country will gather in Sofia for a procession and a protest, daily Dnevnik reports.
Turkey, US good partners in anti-ISIL efforts, US confirms
U.S. State Department spokesperson Jeff Rathke said his country and Turkey have a good partnership in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as he spoke during a June 10 press conference, following fresh remarks by American President Barack Obama, who said Turkey has not have not fully ramped up the capacity of its anti-foreign fighter efforts.
Bulgaria's Policemen, Firefighters, Prison Officers to Stage Massive Protest in Sofia
A protest of policemen, firefighters and prison officers is scheduled to take place at 17:00 on Friday in the garden of the Saint Sedmochislenitsi Church in Sofia, which is immediately next to the building of the Interior Ministry.
Wave of illegal migrants, refugees continues to inundate several Greek isles
Hundreds of third country nationals continued, on a daily basis, to land or reach close enough to several of Greece’s eastern Aegean islands in order to attract the attention of the coast guard and be escorted to Greek territory.
Turkish food prices 20 pct higher than global average: Association
Food prices are 20 percent higher than the global average in Turkey due to speculative price-hiking, said ?emsi Kopuz, the head of the Food and Beverages Associations Federation of Turkey (TGDF), adding the country should use imports if it wants to reach its year-end food inflation target of 9 percent.
Two Syrian refugees in Turkey drop baby on street, run away
Two Syrian refugee women have caused a stir by dropping a baby girl on the sidewalk before running away, in the southern Turkish province of Adana.
According to a June 10 report by Do?an News Agency, the incident occurred in Adana's Yüre?ir district.
Election result raises political uncertainty and will further delay economic policy: Moody's
Credit rating agency Moody?s has said the result of the Turkish general election is credit negative for Turkey, as it raises political uncertainty in the short term and will further delay the implementation of economic policies. The agency has addressed the urgent need for the incoming government to retain investor confidence and implement key reforms.
Migrants crossing Mediterranean exceed 100,000 this year
By Elena Becatoros & Nicole Winfield
More than 100,000 migrants - many fleeing the war in Syria - have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe so far this year, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday - and the arrivals in Greece have reached their highest level since the crisis began.
Influx of migrants to islands up sixfold
The influx of undocumented immigrants into Greece from neighboring Turkey has increased dramatically, growing sixfold in the first five months of the year compared to the same period in 2014, according to new figures released by the coast guard on Monday.
Politico.eu: Migrants Flocking to Route Through EU's Poorest State
Bulgaria, the poorest country in the European Union, is turning into "the next frontier in Europe's migrant crisis" after the Mediterranean, according to an article by politico.eu.
Western village boycotts elections to regain town status
Residents of the Kuşu village in Turkey’s western province of Kütahya have boycotted the elections for a third time since 2011, when the town’s status was reduced to “village” due to a population decrease.
UNHCR steps up presence on Greek islands to cope with refugees (video)
GENEVA, June 5 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency on Friday said it was stepping up its field presence in the eastern Aegean islands of Greece where sea arrivals in recent weeks from Turkey have been averaging some 600 people a day, straining local reception capacities.
In photos: Syrian refugees dodge Turkish security forces, land in Greece
Bracing death, two groups of Syrian refugees have crossed the Aegean in a dinghy after Turkey's security forces managed to detain another group on the Turkish shore. Here are the photos.