Greek elections: Interview with Evaggelos Meimarakis, president of New Democracy
Mr President, the central slogan in the September 20 election campaign is “Greece Forward”. Who took Greece backwards? Was it
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Day: September 17, 2015
Greek elections: PASOK, Syriza, anyone? Lots of choice in Greece vote
It hasn’t happened in 60 years, but nine parties hope to win seats in Greece’s parliamentary elections this Sunday, September
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Greek elections: Pollsters paint confusing picture as Tsipras and Meimarakis turn to undecided voters
Two new opinion polls published on September 16 paint a conflicting picture ahead of the September 20 2015 general election in Greece.
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Romanian president: ‘The EU might force us into accepting more migrants’
The European Commission might twist Romania’s arm and make it accept more migrants that it is willing to take in. And that was
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Schengen must survive, Slovak politicians say
Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico and his government continue to voice their opposition to EU-wide quotas on accepting refugees after Hungary
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Croatia admits more than 5000 migrants
The European Parliament has backed a plan to distribute some 120,000 refugees among European Union member countries in an effort
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CPJ, OSCE blast Ukraine on foreign journalist entry ban
Two international rights organizations have criticized Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for signing a decree that banned 41 foreign journalists and
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Ukraine’s ban of foreign journalists ignites international ire
Prominent foreign journalists briefly found themselves in the company of Kremlin cheerleader and Chechen strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov in Ukraine’s
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Film review: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
For a film subtitled The Scorch Trials and mostly set in a post-apocalyptic desert in a not-too-distant future here on
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