Dimitris Avramopoulos

European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos was to face a prosecutor on Monday to elaborate on his claim that a judicial probe into the alleged bribery of Greek politicians by Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis, which implicated him and another nine Greek politcians, had been fabricated along with the testimonies of witnesses. 

Greek politicians whose names have been implicated in the Novartis bribery investigation without any evidence linking them to any wrongdoing are to be summoned for testimony next week by prosecutors probing the case, it emerged on Wednesday.

Greece's top corruption prosecutor Eleni Touloupaki on Thursday shelved a legal suit lodged against central bank governor Yannis Stournaras over bribery claims involving Swiss drugmaker Novartis.

Turkey should always keep its head turned towards Europe as a "key regional power," EU Commissioner for Migration, Internal Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos has said.

Greek corruption prosecutors on Tuesday shelved a part of the investigation into the alleged bribery case involving Swiss drugmaker Novartis which concerns former conservative prime minister Antonis Samaras, after no evidence was found to support the accusations.

Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides has made good on his promise to seek help in "practical ways" from his EU counterparts on the migration issue and redistribution of asylees.

The European Union's commissioner for migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, is in Athens on Friday, where he will be meeting with government officials to discuss migration management and policy.

Avramopoulos, whose tenure in Brussels ends this fall, will be meeting with the ministers of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias and Shipping and Island Policy Yiannis Plakiotakis.

The family of a 46-year-old Syrian refugee who died in his sleep at the Moria camp on the island of Lesvos of carbon monoxide poisoning on January 28, 2017, has filed a lawsuit against the Greek state demanding hundreds of thousands of euros in damages.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis set improved living conditions for refugees and migrants and the more effective patrolling of Greek and EU borders as the top priorities for the government in dealing with migration at a meeting in Athens today with European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos.

Officials from Greece's new conservative government have vowed to speed up the asylum process for migrants and refugees and restart deportations to neighboring Turkey despite renewed tension between the two NATO members.