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Sunday, March 6, 2016

At least 25 migrants drown off Turkey amid EU relocation failure

At least 25 people drowned off the Turkish coast while trying to reach Greece on Sunday, while Macedonian authorities imposed further restrictions on refugees trying to cross the Greek border.


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18 drown off Turkey trying to reach GREECE

IDOMENI, GREECE: At least 18 people drowned off the Turkish coast while trying to reach GREECE Sunday, while Macedonian authorities imposed ...


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GREECE: At least 18 drowned as migrant boat sinks

AT least 18 people have drowned off the Turkish coast while trying to reach GREECE yesterday, while Macedonian authorities imposed further ...


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Thousands stranded in GREECE as EU leaders prepare for emergency summit

He has accused Austria and the Balkan countries of "ruining Europe" by slowing the flow of migrants, trapping some 30,000 people in GREECE waiting ...


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EU to focus on Greek aid, closing Balkan migrant route at summit

BRUSSELS—European Union leaders will be looking to boost aid to Greece as the Balkan migrant route is effectively sealed, using Monday’s summit as an attempt to restore unity among the 28 member nations after months of increasing bickering and go-it ...


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Growing refugee bottleneck in Greece leads to warning of humanitarian crisis

Prime minister Alexis Tsipras demands Europe share burden of handling refugee crisis as figures show 14,000 people trapped on Macedonian border The bottleneck of refugees in Greece escalated on Sunday as regional officials spoke of a humanitarian crisison ...


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Refugees 'Beaten' By Macedonian Border Guards

[Refugees 'Beaten' By Macedonian Border Guards]The Syrian asylum seeker was on the receiving end of a serious beating and the Damascus native now finds himself confined to a hospital ward in northern Greece. He says Macedonian police and soldiers are responsible for the beating – personnel charged with defending a newly-built double fence-line on the Greek border. A small number of Syrians and Iraqis are permitted to pass through every day and Mustafa's number was called on Thursday night.


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Refugee crisis: Migrants trapped at GREEK-Macedonian border escaped hell and are now stuck in ...

At Idomeni, the blighted bottleneck for the dispossessed seeking salvation in Europe, a sea of small tents are spreading into the fields surrounding ...


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Panathinaikos wins GREEK Cup in basketball by record margin in final

Panathinaikos won a record 17th GREEK Cup in basketball on Sunday defeating second-tier Faros Keratsiniou 101-54 in the final at the Olympic Sports ...


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Refugees drown off Turkish coast en route to Greece

In the latest humanitarian disaster to strike refugees trying to get to Europe, at least 18 people are reported to have drowned off the Turkish coast while trying to reach Greece. The coastguard launched a search-and-rescue mission for other people ...


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EU summit spotlights Greece's twin peaks of pressure: Refugees and debt

A year ago German Chancellor Angela Merkel was on a collision course with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras over the euro debt crisis and his new leftist-led Government's bid to renegotiate the terms of aid to debt-stricken Athens. But now, with the ...


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Greece says EU migrant sharing is ’absolute emergency’

ATHENS: Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday demanded the "urgent" relocation of thousands of refugees to other EU countries, as neighbouring Macedonia further tightened a border blockade trapping them in his country. He made the call on the eve ...


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Stranded in Greece, migrants face stages of grief

As Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras puts it, Greece is now "a warehouse of souls." In the freshly shoveled earth, lines of white tents stand in rows, the bunks inside filling up as fast as the army can build them. This camp in the north - one of more than a ...


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At least 25 refugees have drowned while trying to cross GREEK border

GREEK police officials said Macedonian authorities were only allowing those from cities they consider to be affected by war to cross the Idomeni border ...


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Grexit back on the agenda again as Greek economy unravels

After three emergency bailouts and the biggest debt restructuring in history, talk has again turned to the country dropping out of the currency union European finance ministers will once again deliberate over how to treat Greece’s ongoing debt crisis this week despite the country desperately grappling with refugees pouring across its borders. A meeting on Monday of finance ministers from the eurozone will determine whether creditors are to be given the green light to complete a long-delayed review of Greek economic recovery plans. Continue reading...


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NATO expands mission to choke off Europe migrant flow

Warships will start patrolling Greek and Turkish waters, a key area where smugglers have been bringing tens of thousands to Europe


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NATO to Expand Activities to Territorial Waters of GREECE, Turkey

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — NATO will expand the activities of its ships deployed to the Aegean sea to the territorial waters of both GREECE and Turkey to ...


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Europe migrant crisis: GREECE says 'fortress Europe' needs to share burden; at least 25 drown ...

GREECE'S Prime Minister has lashed out at European border restrictions ahead of an emergency European Union summit as at least 25 people ...


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Portugal plans reception for 68 refugees arriving on Monday

[refugeeraft]The arrival of a chartered flight from Greece with 68 refugees on board is scheduled for tomorrow, Monday 7th March, representing the largest group so far to come to Portugal which is struggling to fill its EU quota. The European Support Office on Asylum hired the aeroplane which is scheduled to land at 05:25 at the Figo Maduro military airport in Lisbon.


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1ST LEAD Humanitarian crisis unfolding at GREEK-Macedonian border, warns UN By Takis Tsafos ...

Idomeni, Greece (dpa) - A humanitarian crisis is unfolding among the refugees massed at Greece's border with Macedonia, warned a representative ...


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Situation at the GREEK-Macedonian border is worsening on a daily basis

A migrant family rests near the border that separates the GREEK side from the Macedonian one to be allowed to cross into Macedonia, at the northern ...


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NATO’s Stoltenberg welcomes expansion of NATO deployment in Aegean Sea

NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg has said he welcomes NATO’s swift decisions to deploy ships to the Aegean Sea to support Greece and Turkey, as well as Frontex, in their efforts to tackle the migrant and refugee crisis


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The Latest: Death toll in migrant boat sinking rises to 25

Turkey's state-run news agency says the coast guard has recovered the bodies of seven more migrants off Turkey's Aegean coast, raising the death toll in the migrant tragedy to 25. The Greek coast guard says that a total of 406 migrants have been rescued at sea off three Aegean Sea islands in six separate operations. NATO has announced that the alliance is expanding its mission in the Aegean to shut down the smuggling of migrants to Greece and into Europe, and said it included greater cooperation with European Union border agency. The stretch of Mediterranean between NATO allies Greece and Turkey is a key area where smugglers have been bringing tens of thousands of migrants into the European Union. Tsipras said that in facing a potential flow of millions of migrants, the EU is feeling the consequences of "unreasonable ... imperialistic interventions" in the Middle East that have destroyed organized states, an apparent reference to Iraq and Syria. Turkey's state-run news agency says 18 migrants have drowned off the Turkish coast while trying to reach Greece. Anadolu Agency says the coast guard rescued 15 other migrants off the Aegean Sea resort of Didim. Greek police officials say Macedonian authorities have imposed further restrictions on refugees trying to cross the border, saying only those from cities they consider to be at war can enter.


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18 migrants drown off Turkish coast

At least 18 people drowned off the Turkish coast while trying to reach Greece on Sunday, while Macedonian authorities imposed further restrictions on refugees trying to cross the Greek border.


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Paper: EU Eyes End to ‘Balkan Corridor’ for Refugees, Migrants

VIENNA — The Austrian daily “Der Standard” over the weekend reported that European leaders are working to shut down the so-called “Balkan corridor” for Mideast war refugees and other third country nationals heading towards central and northern European destinations after first crossing into Greece from Turkey. The plan is expected to be unveiled during a […]


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‘Himalayan Cat-gate’ Heats Up With Publisher’s Claims Against Tsipras

The latest chapter in what’s being dubbed as “Himalayan Cat-gate” by Greek media critical of the SYRIZA government was played out over the weekend, with well-known publisher Stavros Psyharis disclosing what he claims were demands by then main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras during one of four four private meetings before the latter rose to power. […]


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Spiritual Court Suspends Fr. Dokos

The Rev. James Dokos, the former pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Glenview, IL who pleaded guilty to felony theft on February 22, admitting to stealing more than $100,000 from a Greek Orthodox church has been relieved of his duties. “The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago, which oversees dozens of member churches in […]


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Major Exhibition of Greek Wines Held Over the Weekend in Athens

ATHENS – Oenorama, billed as the biggest exhibition of Greek wines anywhere in the world, was inaugurated this weekend in central Athens’ Zappeion Hall, the 22nd consecutive year that the event has been held in the Greek capital. This year’s Oenorama featured more than a 1,000 wines produced by roughly 150 producers from around Greece. […]


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EU Asks More Turkish Help, Seeks to Aid Greece Regarding Migrants and Refugees

BRUSSELS — European Union leaders will look to persuade Turkey’s prime minister at a summit on Monday to slow the flow of migrants traveling to Europe and take back thousands who do not qualify for asylum. They will also be looking at how to seal the Balkan migrant route and boost aid to Greece in […]


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Calls for Greece to declare state of emergency at border

The Greek government has been called to declare a state of emergency at the border where thousands of migrants are stranded due to the tightened border restrictions.


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At least 10 shot and killed by men dressed in police uniforms in Honduras

[Honduras violence]REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - At least 10 people were shot dead by men dressed in police uniforms in an attack in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa on Saturday, security and hospital forces said. Five men arrived in a vehicle at a billiards hall in the violent northeastern December 1 neighborhood and opened fire with AK-47 assault rifles. The men wore police clothing when they attacked, killing eight people and injuring others, said a security ministry source who asked not to be named. Two other people later died at the Hospital Escuela Universitario, hospital spokesman Miguel Osorio said. There are 16 homicides on average in Honduras every day, mostly due to drug cartels and territorial disputes by violent gangs dedicated to extortion.   (Editing by Matthew Lewis) NOW WATCH: IAN BREMMER: Greece is headed for a humanitarian disaster


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10 incredible facts about the deep ocean

[ocean water]Reuters/Dan Kitwood The ocean is deep. In fact, most of it is deep. Officially anything deeper than just 200 meters is considered the “deep sea”, but the average depth of the entire ocean is about 3.5km and the deepest point – the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, in the western Pacific – is a little short of 11km down. That means that most of the living space on Earth is in the deep sea. We scientists like to categorize things and the ocean depths are no exception. Depths from the surface to 0.2km is known as the “littoral zone”, from 0.2km to 3km, the “bathyal zone”, and from 3km to 6km, the “abyssal zone”. Anything deeper than that is the “hadal zone”. The hadal zone is largely comprised of deep trenches caused by tectonic plate subduction that drive the vast abyssal plains steeply down to depths of 11,000 meters in places. But even here, animals thrive, blissfully unaware of how little attention they receive. Here’s an insight into their incredible world. 1. THE KINGDOM OF HADES The term “hadal” comes from “Hades,” which refers both to the Greek kingdom of the Underworld and the god of the Underworld himself, Hades (brother of Zeus and Poseidon). The term can also mean the “abode of the dead”. In modern times, Hades is seen as evil, but in mythology he was often portrayed as unreasonably “stringent” rather than actively malicious. Interestingly, he strictly prohibited the inhabitants of his dominion to leave, which is a rather apt analogy for hadal fauna, as these species are often confined to trenches and are rarely capable of going elsewhere. [image 20160229 4080 1n5ald3.JPG]Reuters/Dan Kitwood 2. EXACTLY HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN? The extreme depths of the hadal trenches were discovered using “bomb sounding”, whereby someone threw a half-pound block of TNT off a ship and the echo was recorded on board the ship. This method was used to sound the depths of many trenches, but the exact depth of the deepest point, currently in the Mariana Trench, is still difficult to compute. Four other trenches, all in the Western Pacific, also exceed 10km: the Tonga, Kuril-Kamchatka, Philippine, and Kermadec trenches. 3. WHO HAS EXPLORED IT? The HMS Challenger expedition (1873 to 1876) was the first to sample hadal depths – having collected sediment from about 8km – although it could not confirm whether or not the sediment was merely the remnants of shallower animals. The 1901 Princess Alice expedition successfully trawled specimens from over 6km. However, it was a 1948 Swedish expedition, which successfully trawled a variety of species from 7km to 8km in the Puerto Rico Trench, that finally proved that life existed at depths greater than 6km. In 1956, the first photographs of the hadal zone were taken by none other than Jacques Cousteau in the Romanche Trough in the Atlantic. 4. HOW BIG IS THE HADAL ZONE? [ocean_layers]Reuters/Dan KitwoodThe hadal zone comprises a series of disjointed trenches and other deep spots. There are 33 trenches and 13 troughs around the world – 46 individual hadal habitats in total. The mean depth of the trenches is 8.216km. The total area of the hadal zone is less than 0.2% of the entire seafloor but accounts for 45% of the total depth range. It is therefore surprising that the deepest 45% of the sea is rarely mentioned in deep sea literature. Of the 33 hadal trenches, 26 (84%) are located in the Pacific, three are found in the Atlantic (8%), two (4%) in the Indian Ocean, and two (4%) in the Southern Ocean. The majority run up the western Pacific. Most of the hadal trenches in their modern form are believed to have formed 65.5m years ago during the Cenozoic period. 5. THE SECRET BEHIND OUR EXISTENCE Earth appears to be the only terrestrial planet with subduction zones and plate tectonics. Both Mercury and the Earth’s moon are tectonically dead. Mars appears to have tectonically ceased, and Venus is dominated by thick lithosphere with mantle plumes. On Earth, subduction zones produce continental crust, which can protrude from the ocean (the continents). It has been speculated that without subduction, the land would still be underwater and terrestrial life, including humans, would never have evolved. 6. WHAT’S IT LIKE DOWN THERE? Bottom water temperatures are cold and vary between 1°C and 4°C. However, hydrostatic pressure increases linearly by 1 atmosphere (atm) for every ten meters of depth. The pressure at hadal depths therefore ranges from 600 to 1,100 atmospheres. The pressure at the deepest point is, therefore, equal to a one tonne weight being placed on the end of your finger. [image 20160229 4080 15cdkcf.JPG]Reuters/Dan Kitwood 7. WHAT LIVES THERE? Many marine organisms are found at hadal depths and the most common groups are the polychaetes, bivalves, gastropods, amphipods and holothurians. All of these groups are found at full-ocean depth and often in large aggregations. Contrary to popular media, the hadal zone is not a mysterious realm inhabited by aliens or “monsters of the deep". Instead, it is a poorly understood region largely inhabited by hoppers, snails, worms, and sea cucumbers. In fact, the upper trenches are inhabited by little pink fish and bright red prawns. 8. BUT THERE ARE SOME HORRORS … In the 1970s, the Puerto Rico Trench was a pharmaceutical waste disposal site. The figures are astonishing: in just five years, more than 387,000 tons of waste material was discarded in the trench, an amount equivalent to 880 Boeing 747s. In addition, the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission to the moon in 1970 carried a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) that was supposed to remain on the moon with the lunar lander. The RTG contained 3.9kg of plutonium-238, and in the end was jettisoned over the south-west Pacific, where it reportedly survived re-entry and settled in the Tonga Trench at a depth of 6km to 9km where it should now remain radioactive for several thousand years. 9. TIME-SHIFTING EARTHQUAKES The 2011 magnitude 9.0 Tōhoku-Oki earthquake off Japan was caused by a fault rupture in the Japan Trench. The event and subsequent tsunami left about 20,000 dead or missing and affected more than 35 coastal cities. The quake was followed by 666 aftershocks that exceeded magnitude 5.0. The energy involved in high-magnitude earthquakes originating in trenches is immense. The 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake in the Java Trench caused a sufficiently massive release of energy to alter the Earth’s rotation, shortening the day by 2.68 microseconds. Similarly, the Tōhoku-Oki earthquake shifted the Earth’s axis by between 10cm and 25cm, shortening the day by another 1.8 microseconds. 10. HOW DEEP IS DEEP? One of the most common analogies used in trench science is “Mount Everest would fit into the Mariana Trench with a mile or so to spare”. This is true, and from an evolution and physiology perspective it is immense. Likewise, exploring these extreme depths is highly problematic. [mount everest plane crash]Reuters/Dan Kitwood But how far is 11km really? The Mississippi River is 11km at its widest point, Manhattan Island is twice as long as the Mariana Trench is deep, and assuming the average running speed of Mo Farah at the 2012 Olympics, he could run 11km in 30 minutes. Given how easily we can affect our planet over far larger distances, our effective proximity to these “extreme” locations means even the deepest places on Earth are no longer pristine – and remain hugely vulnerable. _Alan Jamieson, Senior Lecturer, Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article._ NOW WATCH: Animated map reveals the 550,000 miles of cable hidden under the ocean that power the internet


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Greece, Turkey can't cope with refugee flow alone: GREEK FM

Many Afghans were stuck in the country in the last two weeks as they are sent back from the GREEK border town of Idomeni, refused by Macedonian ...


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As the route to Europe closes, migrants journey through grief

Those stuck in Greece are facing shock, denial, anger and acceptance.


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Refugees drown off Turkey coast

Over a dozen migrants have drowned off the coast of Turkey while trying to cross the Aegean Sea to get to Greece. A number of refugees have been rescued by Turkish coastguards.


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Foreign Ministry announcement on an article in the “Sunday Kathimerini” regarding a text ...

The 17-point text submitted by the head of the Turkish representation to NATO, Ethem Buyukisik, on 15 February 2016, and published in the “Sunday Kathimerini”, was never the subject of substantial negotiation, because it was rejected, in its entirety, by the Greece representation and the other NATO allies.So one might well wonder as to the sources, the aims and the ends served by the leaking of such documents to the press by circles that want to act to undermine the national effort to deal with the refugee/migration issue, especially at a time when significant ground has been gained during the...


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EU acting like ‘human trafficker’ of refugees, says Austrian minister

Foreign minister Sebastian Kurz says restoring Dublin and Schengen agreements must be priority Austria’s foreign minister has accused the European Union of “acting like a human trafficker” by ushering refugees straight to the centre of the continent. Speaking exclusively to the Observer before Monday’s crucial EU-Turkey summit, Sebastian Kurz said that “in Greece refugees are being waved through to the heart of Europe. That is simply unacceptable in the long run. The European Union cannot act like a human trafficker.” Restoring the Dublin and Schengen agreements, he said, had to be a priority at the meeting between the EU leaders and Turkey. Related: Austrian expatriates in Greece condemn Vienna over refugee crisis Related: ‘They only want to keep refugees out of Europe’ Continue reading...


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Europe refugee crisis: 18 drown off Turkey as Macedonia imposes new restrictions

At least 18 people drowned off the Turkish coast while trying to reach Greece Sunday, while Macedonian authorities imposed further restrictions on refugees trying to cross the Greek border.


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Nice day for a white wedding! Effie, Teigan Nash and Ita Buttrose all don bridal-inspired ensembles for the Sydney premiere of My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

They were there to watch a wedding take place on-screen. And it seems the celebrity guest list was inspired to wear white as a result, with Effie, Teigan Nash and Ita Buttrose attending the Sydney premiere of My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 on Sunday wearing ...


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NATO, Turkey, Greece Reach Agreement on Migrant Monitoring

BRUSSELS—The North Atlantic Treaty Organization announced that its military commanders had reached an agreement with Turkey and Greece over the area of operations for the alliance mission to monitor migrants trying to cross the Aegean Sea. NATO decided ...


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AP Interview: NATO expands migrant mission in Aegean Sea

[Medics take care of a rescued migrant at a local hospital in the Aegean resort of Didim, Turkey, Sunday, March 6, 2016. Turkey's state-run news agency says 18 migrants have drowned off the Turkish coast while trying to reach Greece. Anadolu Agency says the coast guard rescued 15 other migrants off the Aegean Sea resort of Didim. The coast guard has launched a search-and-rescue mission for other migrants believed to be missing from the accident Sunday.(AP Photo/Huseyin Caliskan)]BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO announced Sunday that it was expanding its mission to help choke off the smuggling of migrants into Europe by deploying warships in Greek and Turkish waters, using more vessels and deepening cooperation with the European Union's Frontex border agency.


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GREECE Urges Europe Not to Succumb to Racism in Migrant Crisis

Migrants wait to cross the Greek-Macedonian border at a makeshift camp, near the village of Idomeni, GREECE, March 5, 2016. | Photo: Reuters.


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'GREECE, Turkey can't stem migrant flow alone'

"There is no way (to get) from GREECE to Central or Northern Europe," Kotzias added, speaking to Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview, ahead of ...


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New Measures Expected After Creditors Evaluate Greek Bailout Program

New measures worth 2-2.5 billion euros is the solution that the International Monetary Fund and European creditors are likely to agree on after the evaluation of Greece’s bailout program. At the moment, the difference between the IMF and the European Stability Mechanism, European Central Bank and European Commission in calculating Greece’s fiscal gap until 2018


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Prominent Greek Painter Panayiotis Tetsis Passes at 91

One of Greece’s most renowned painters and academics, Panayiotis Tetsis, passed away at an Athens hospital early Saturday at the age of 91, Greek state agency ANA reports. Born on the Greek island of Hydra in 1925, Tetsis is best known for his seascapes which were inspired by his birthplace, the island of Sifnos, and


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Turkey Disputes Greece’s Sovereignty Over Aegean Islands

Turkey is making territorial claims over a group of islets in the Aegean Sea, according to a document submitted to NATO, says a Kathimerini report. The document was submitted to NATO’s Military Committee last month, after the agreement that NATO ships would be patrolling Aegean waters between Greece and Turkey in order to monitor the


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Migrant boat sinking claims 25 lives

A migrant boat sinks off Turkey with the loss of 25 lives as Macedonia reportedly introduces new curbs on Syrians trying to enter from Greece.


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EU and IMF try to bridge Greek bailout rift

Dispute over whether Athens’ reform measures add up could derail new €86bn programme


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UN warns on legality of EU migrants deal

Concerns over agreement with Ankara to send non-Syrians back from Greece


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EU to push Turkey on migrants at upcoming summit

European leaders will push Turkey at a summit on Monday to agree to "large-scale" deportations of economic migrants from Greece, as EU chief Donald Tusk says he sees the first hints of a resolution to the migrant crisis.


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