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The EU’s highest court has ruled that member states have the right to punish illegal migrants who re-enter a country after having been deported. The decision comes as many countries […]
The refugee crisis has put a strain on already difficult relations between Balkan countries. Borders are being shut and fences built. To make matters worse, Croatian parliamentary elections are coming […]
Austrian Chancellor Faymann and Hungarian PM Orban have agreed on day-to-day co-operation to control the refugee flow between the two countries. Hungary also announced completion of a fence along its […]
European Council President Donald Tusk has called for an end to the “recriminations” and mix-ups at the EU leaders’ summit on refugees. Brussels has launched action against 19 states for […]
Vangelis Meimarakis, the leader of Greece’s conservative New Democracy party, has admitted defeat to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ leftist Syriza. A party source says Syriza could form the government within […]
Greece’s leftist Syriza party and conservative New Democracy party were polling almost even on Friday, the last day on which polling and campaigning were allowed ahead of Sunday’s general election. […]
It hasn’t happened in 60 years, but nine parties hope to win seats in Greece’s parliamentary elections this Sunday, September 20 2015. According to opinion polls, it is highly unlikely […]
Only a few minutes by metro from the EU quarter in Brussels, a tent camp has sprung up outside the Immigration Office, sheltering refugees who haven’t been able to register […]
Hungary has announced that it will build a fence on part of its border with Romania. The move comes as Budapest sealed its Serbian border in response to the refugee […]
EU interior ministers were supposed to agree on a relocation scheme for refugees. But they split up without even coming to a common conclusion, postponing any decisions to October. In […]
