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Students in Montreal learn about refugee crisis
Students at the École Socrates-Démosthène school campus II learned about the refugee crisis with a demonstration featuring life jackets sent by the mayor of Lesbos, Greece.
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Crisis brewing inside refugee camp
Refugees stuck at a camp near the Greece-Macedonian border are living in cramped, squalid conditions
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Martin Schulz expels Golden Dawn MEP Synadinos
Strong words were exchanged at the European Parliament during a debate on the EU-Turkey deal. A Greek MEP landed himself in hot water for his remarks, that the parliament’s speaker considered offensive. The far-right parliamentarian was...
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NATO agrees Aegean Sea mission
NATO will send ships to the Aegean Sea to combat people smuggling. The alliance overcame ongoing tensions between Greece and Turkey to agree a deal after late night talks in Brussels. Both countries had raised objectings, saying the...
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Greece fumes over Austria’s ‘hostile’ migration policy
Austria’s tough stance on migration is undermining the EU’s response to the refugee crisis, Greece’s interior minister told euronews on Thursday. Yiannis Mouzalas branded Vienna’s decision not to invite Greece to a mini-summit on the...
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EU’s migration system close to ‘complete breakdown’
The EU’s migration system is on the point of complete breakdown, according to a top European Commission official. Dimitris Avramopoulos, the European Commissioner for migration, issued the stark warning after a meeting between EU...
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Revised figures show Greek economy shrank 0.3 percent last year but expanded in Q4
Greece’s economy is doing slightly better than previously thought, although it remains extremely weak. Gross domestic product actually expanded in the final three months of last year, but only by 0.1 percent from the previous quarter....
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Refugees stuck at Greece-Macedonia border
The build up of refugees in Greece has reached a breaking point.
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EU plans new aid scheme to help Greece with refugees
The EU plans to launch a new refugee aid programme as Greece struggles deal with the influx of migrants to its shores. The UN has warned that there is a risk of a humanitarian disaster owing to the sheer number of arrivals. If the plan...
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Migrant crisis: EU ‘dream’ in jeopardy, says Avramopoulos
European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos says he welcomes the involvement of NATO in helping to stem the flow of migrants into Europe. He told euronews that the military alliance has the power to “better manage” the crisis....
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Greece is given three months to tighten border controls
The EU is turning up the heat on Greece, giving it three months to fix serious holes in border protection. In a bid to stem the influx of migrants, Athens is being told to implement 50 recommendations – to tighten frontier checks. But to...
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Greece opening migrant 'hot spots'
Residents of Kos oppose the opening of a migrant registration centre on their island because they fear it will wreck tourism
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Greek bailout referendum: Polls suggest the nation is split
The referendum on an international bailout could redefine Greece's place in Europe
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Greece's future in balance
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras calls for a referendum in just over a week on the latest proposed bailout deal
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Refugees rescued off coast of Greece after boats hit rocks
Dozens of migrants from Syria and Iraq made up of families with young children
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Face to Face with the Prime Minister - The interview: Climate change in the North
Larry Audlaluk, 65, is a hunter and leader from Grise Fiord, Nunavut. He asks the prime minister what is the government’s plan to deal with the direct impact climate change has on Canadians in the North
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Sarcastic nostalgia: Tassos Boulmetis is back with ‘Mythopathy’
It’s been more than a decade between films for Greek director Tassos Boulmetis. His last offering, ‘A Touch of Spice,’ (2003) was a huge hit in Greece and hopes are high for his latest production, ‘Mythopathy.’ Its Greek title, ‘Notias’,...
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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 is the basis of circular economy and also provides a real opportunity for SMEs....
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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 had failed to implement an effective identification and registration process for...
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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 warned on Thursday. Frans Timmermans, a former Dutch foreign minister, is the European...
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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 refugees and migrants properly. Speaking from the Greek capital, Xydakis said it would be an...
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Greece under pressure to act on refugees
Greece is under pressure to do more to stem the flow of migrants to northern Europe as the EU mulls extending temporary border controls inside its passport-free travel zone. Some countries have re-introduced security checks as the bloc...
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Saving Schengen: Denmark, Sweden and Germany in emergency border talks
Officials from Denmark, Sweden and Germany have been at emergency talks in Brussels – amid mounting concerns over new border controls. It comes after Sweden introduced ID checks on all people travelling to Denmark – and Denmark tightened...
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Refugees fleeing conflict continue to arrive in Greece
Ship carrying over 1,000 people lands in port of Piraeus