Alexis Tsipras eyes swift conclusion of first bailout review
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras addressed the country’s parliament in the early hours of October 8 during debate on the government’s four-year
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Greek parliament grants leftist SYRIZA govt vote of confidence with 155 votes
A total of 155 members of the Greek parliament gave their support to the SYRIZA government so that Greece can get
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Refugee crisis puts Athens on the brink
The flow of refugees through Greece is greater than ever, but bad weather and border closures threaten to strand thousands
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Rough seas cut migrant flow to Greece
As migrants streamed into the Karatepes registration camp Saturday on the Greek island of Lesbos, many smiled as they clutched
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Europe’s migrant crisis: Roundup, October 2
Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry, State Agency for National Security and prosecutors detained 46 alleged people-traffickers and 501 migrants who had entered
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Future of Europe cannot be built on ‘ever-higher walls,’ Greek PM Tsipras tells UN
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras says that his country is striving to bolster regional security and is supporting all efforts
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Greece opens Olympic venue to migrants
Greek authorities have opened a disused Olympic venue to house more than 400 migrants who have been camping out in
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Europe’s migrant crisis: September 28 roundup
“We will not turn our country into a refugee camp”, Greece’s deputy immigration policy minister Yannis Mouzalas said in an interview
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Europe’s migrant crisis: Roundup, September 25
More than 100 000 refugees and migrants entered Greece illegally in August alone, the Independent Balkan News Agency said on September
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