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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.

Greece and Turkey have been in contact in the fight against irregular migration, Greek Minister for Migration Dimitris Vitsas said on Nov.29.

Greek Migration Minister Dimitris Vitsas (r) with Romanian Interior Minister Carmen Daniela Dan (l) during their visit at the refugee camp of Schisto, near Athens, Tuesday. [Yannis Kolesidis/EPA]

Seven former board members of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, including the northern port city's mayor and a deputy mayor, have been remanded to trial over the alleged misappropriation of funds while at the helm of the leading cultural event in 2011-2014.

Greek and Turkish officials are to step up meetings on managing refugee flows to Greece, Migration Minister Dimitris Vitsas said on Nov. 15, after a significant jump in arrivals through the land border with Turkey.

In "New Piece 1: Since She," at the Onassis Cultural Center, acclaimed Greek choreographer Dimitris Papaioannou pays tribute to Pina Bausch nine years after her death, with a series of wonderful tableux vivants referencing landmark works by the German dance legend, accompanied by music by Verdi, Mahler, Wagner, Prokofiev and Tom Waits.

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 Apo Michanis Theater presents "Tangled Garden," a comedy drama on the odd friendship that grows between a cranky foul-mouthed workman recovering from surgery and his female carer, who is a Quaker, by Canadian playwright and actor Bruce Gooch.