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European Commission: Hot-spots in Greece will be ready in two weeks

October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Syrian refugees

The European Commission estimates that in two weeks at most the refugee registration centres (hot spots) in Greece will be

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Alexis Tsipras eyes swift conclusion of first bailout review

October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

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

October 8, 2015October 8, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

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

October 4, 2015 Deutsche Welle Greece

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

October 4, 2015October 6, 2015 VOANews 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

October 2, 2015October 5, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Czech Republic, Greece, Macedonia, Syrian refugees, Turkey

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

October 2, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

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

October 1, 2015October 1, 2015 VOANews Greece

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

September 28, 2015September 29, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Serbia, Turkey

“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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