Czech parliament urges government not to implement EU labelling guidelines
The Czech parliament called on the government to ignore the EU’s labelling guidelines for Israeli products from the West Bank
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Greece
Close to 30 000 migrant and refugee arrivals in Bulgaria so far in 2015 – IOM
It is virtually certain that the total number of arrivals of migrants and refugees in Europe by land and sea
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Athens asks Ankara to help reduce the migrant flow
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu in Brussels on Thursday on the sidelines of
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Molotov cocktails thrown at Turkish consulate in Thessaloniki
Arsonists targeted the police guard of the Turkish consulate in Thessaloniki early Friday morning, using petrol bombs (Molotov cocktails). They
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Migrant crisis poses unprecedented challenge for Europe
As of November, some 800,000 refugees and migrants from the Middle East and Africa had crossed the Mediterranean to reach
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Macedonia’s foreign minister Nikola Poposki in Athens
The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Macedonia, Nikola Poposki, is paying an official visit to Athens, reciprocating the visit of
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Pavlopoulos to Plevneliev: Greece will support Bulgaria’s joining euro
Greek president Prokopis Pavlopoulos has reiterated Greece’s firm support for Bulgaria’s membership of the Schengen area and also issued an
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Greece bailout reforms advance in parliament
Lawmakers in Greece have approved new legislation on banking and utility reforms demanded by European lenders in exchange for another
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Greece completes 1.2B euro deal for privatisation of regional airports
Greece’s Syriza-ANEL coalition government completed its second privatisation with the concession of 14 regional airports on December 14 to a German –
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