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EU to end Greece’s ‘enhanced surveillance’ on 20 August
The EU is set to end the ’enhanced surveillance’ of Greece, the European Commission announced Wednesday, judging the country to have delivered on reforms and…
Forest fires: EU helps Italy, Greece, Albania and North Macedonia to fight devastating fires
As forest fires continue affecting various regions in the Mediterranean and the Western Balkans, the European Commission is swiftly mobilising support to assist countries in…
Coffee grounds waste emerging as powerful heating fuel, fertilizer
Nonprofit enterprise InCommOn – Innovative Communities Onwards recently expanded its activities in Greece. Profitability in the said segment is still a long way away in…
Greece finds 35 COVID-19 cases in Moria migrant camp
Coronavirus infections in Greece’s overcrowded migrant camp Moria on the island of Lesbos nearly doubled since Monday to 35 confirmed cases, the migration ministry said…
Greece reports first coronavirus case in Moria migrant camp on Lesbos
Greece has confirmed the first case of COVID-19 at an overcrowded migrant camp on the island of Lesbos. Officials say the infected man has been…
Turkey ready for talks without preconditions with Greece over ‘very critical’ gas dispute
Turkey said on Tuesday it was ready for talks with Greece in their growing row over eastern Mediterranean natural gas without any preconditions. But the…
Germany’s Maas calls on Greece and Turkey to avoid ’catastrophe’
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas urged the two countries to solve their dispute over rights to a resource-rich area of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. He likened…
UN, rights groups accuse Greece of using pandemic to ‘step up’ migration restrictions
While numerous NGOs and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have accused Greece of using the Covid-19 epidemic as pretext to “abandon” hundreds of…
Greece: Violence as thousands march against protest law
Lawmakers in Greece have approved a law to curb public protests, prompting a mass demonstration that turned violent. Police responded to gasoline bombs with tear…
Recycling laggard Greece to discard single-use plastic
Greece has drafted a bill banning the use of a range of single-use plastics, from takeaway coffee cups to cotton buds, ahead of an EU…
Turkey’s growing war of words with Greece and Cyprus over Mediterranean drilling
Turkey was the main topic on the agenda as the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell arrived in Cyprus for talks on Thursday. Tensions have…
Greece’s coastguard picks up migrants off Lesbos as boat arrivals resume
Thirty-six migrants travelling from Turkey were spotted off Lesbos and transferred to a temporary settlement in the north of the island, Greece’s coastguard said Sunday….
Thousands face homelessness in Greek refugee relocation push
Abdelkader Rahmoun hasn’t slept in days. The 44-year-old Syrian and his family are among thousands of recognised refugees about to lose the temporary homes they…
Greece is beating Covid-19, but more economic pain beckons
Greece has recorded one of the lowest numbers of Covid-19 fatalities in Europe — a success largely attributed to the discipline of its population under…
First children from Greek refugee camps arriving in Finland soon
Finland will begin transferring underage asylum seekers from the Mediterranean region in May and June, the Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) said on Monday. Most of…
Greece: COVID-19 pandemic a further risk to refugee child education, warns UN partner
UN agencies in Greece have expressed concern at the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the education of refugee children in the country,…
EU Solidarity on Migrant Children in Greece Could Change Lives
Last week, Luxembourg became the first European country to welcome migrant children, twelve girls and boys, from the Greek Aegean Islands. And on April 16,…
Greece quarantines second migrant camp after COVID-19 case confirmed
Greece has quarantined a second migrant facility on its mainland after a 53-year-old man tested positive for the new coronavirus, the migration ministry said on…
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