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Migrants: We are not a concentration camp says Greek minister

Panos Kammeros has strong words for Europe

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Greece creates more migrant registration centres

Greece is setting up two new registration centres for migrants arriving on its island of Lesbos. Its partly in response to EU criticism that

Greece

Another night in the cold for refugees en route to FYROM

Large crowds of migrants in Greece join thousands already waiting to cross the border into the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on

Turkey

Dozens dead, scores rescued - migrant boat sinks off Turkey coast

More than 35 people, including several children, have drowned and 75 have been rescued after a boat carrying migrants and refugees to Greece sank of

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Greek farmers block Athens airport road junction with tractors

Greek farmers continued temporary highway blockages on Friday to protest against the left-led government’s planned pension reforms. Regional farmers

Greece

Petrol bombs thrown outside Greek minister's house

Greece

WATCH: Football players at Greek match stage protest in support of refugees

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Europe Weekly: Greece under pressure over refugees

In this edition of Europe Weekly: EU officials accuse Greece of failing to control their borders; Denmark passes a new law that allows valuables to

Europe News

Pushing back refugee boats would be illegal, says Greek minister

euronews’ Efi Koutsokosta spoke to Greece’s EU affairs minister, Nikos Xydakis, about an EU report that accuses Athens of failing to register

Europe News

Europe running out of time to solve refugee crisis, warns EU's Timmermans

Europe does not have “endless amounts of time” to come up with a solution to the influx of refugees and migrants to the continent, a top EU official

Cyprus

Cyprus, Israel and Greece talk regional issues

Bilateral agreements were signed in Tel Aviv between the Israeli and Greek prime ministers before they travelled to Cyprus

World News

Schengen: Greece responds firmly to EU criticism

"Serious deficiencies" in management of external border controls. Will Athens be suspended?

Europe News

EU warns Greece over border controls

The European Commission has said that Greece has “seriously neglected” its frontier duties to Europe’s free-travel Schengen zone. It said that Greece

World

Is talk of a 'Grexit' a thing of the past or an ever present danger?

Greece dominated headlines around the world last year. Now the Athens government has a third rescue package in its hands worth up to 86 billion euros

World News

Where does your country rank in latest corruption index?

Spain’s standing in a global corruption index has fallen the heaviest of all EU states, according to Euronews analysis of official data. Experts say

Greece

Greece: hundreds of migrants and refugees arrive in Lesbos from Turkey

Hundreds of migrants and refugees, including many women and children, arrived by dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos from neighbouring Turkey on

Greece

A hard-right turn for Greece's radical left?

After one year power the authority of Greece's leftist Syriza party is being challenged by both the conservative opposition and its own voters.

Greece

Going nowhere: Refugees stuck at Greece-Macedonian border

Hundreds of migrants and refugees remain stranded between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia with intermittent border closures and

Business Planet

EMAS: Combining competitiveness with environmental performance

In this edition of Business Planet, we visit the Onassis Foundation in Athens to find out how we can transform waste into raw materials. This concept

World News

Croatia follows FYROM: new rules limit migrant travel across Balkans

Croatia Croatia is following in the footsteps of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s (FYROM) and introducing new measures for migrants