Dimitris Avramopoulos

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was due in Marrakesh on Monday for the launch of a two-day United Nations conference on migration. 

Faced with the political tribalism of the leftist-led government, the opposition New Democracy party is set to launch its 12th annual conference on Friday with an overture to "all Greeks."

A high-ranking EU official warns that, despite some improvements, the situation in refugee camps in Moria, on the island of Lesbos, and, even more so, in Samos is still dire and Greece could face sanctions in 2019.

The political office of European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos on Friday issued a statement clarifying that a police officer who has been implicated in an illegal gold trading racket was only briefly employed by the commissioner and released immediately after his implication emerged.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila met on Thursday with European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos, in the context of a visit that the European official pays to Bucharest, occasion on which the PM reconfirmed Romania's intention to continue, as the Presidency of the Council of the EU, the efforts regarding an efficient management and with long-te

Bucharest, Nov 10 /Agerpres/ - The Minister of Internal Affairs, Carmen Dan, had a meeting, in Washington, with the Acting United States Attorney General, Matthew Whitaker, in the context of the EU - US ministerial meeting in the context of the EU - US Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI) informs, on Saturday, in a release sent to AGERPRES.

The Greek capital will be hosting the third EU-Arab World Summit on October 29 and 30, which will focus on strengthening regional cooperation and accelerating existing initiatives.

The Greek capital will be hosting the third EU-Arab World Summit on October 29 and 30, which will focus on strengthening regional cooperation and accelerating existing initiatives.

Cypriot police say 34 Syrian migrants who arrived by boat in the east Mediterranean island nation are seeking asylum.

Police said Monday the migrants, including six children and two women, have been taken to a reception center on the outskirts of the capital, Nicosia.

Greek authorities are planning the transfer of thousands of migrants from overcrowded facilities on the Aegean islands to centers on the mainland, sources said on Wednesday as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras held talks with visiting European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos about a new burgeoning refugee crisis.