Doctors without Borders: The Untold Stories
The Doctors without Borders are organizing a photo exhibition to mark the 25th anniversary since the organization’s establishment in Greece.
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UNHCR ramping up support on Greece’s Lesvos island
Of the 660,000 refugees and migrants who have reached Greece this year more than half have landed at Lesvos. With winter approaching, reception conditions and capacity there remain overstretched and inadequate.
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Migration crisis: EU heads of state / government discuss latest developments
EU leaders discussed the latest developments in the migration crisis and how to accelerate the implementation of the measures agreed in September and October. President Donald Tusk warned that the future of Schengen is at stake…
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EU State of Play: Measures to address the refugee crisis
The European Agenda on Migration adopted by the Commission in May 2015 set out the need for a comprehensive approach to migration management. The list of priority actions set out the key measures immediately required in terms of: (i) operational measures; (ii) budgetary support and (iii) implementation of EU law.
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New Belgian Ambassador appointed
The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium in Greece and Cyprus, Luc Liebaut, presented his credentials to the Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos.
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Valletta summit on migration decides on action plan
The Valletta summit on migration brought together European and African Heads of State and Government in an effort to strengthen cooperation and address the current challenges but also the opportunities of migration. It recognised that migration is a shared responsibility of countries of origin, transit and destination. EU and Africa worked in a spirit of partnership to find common solutions to challenges of mutual interest.
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Photographs from the Czech Republic by Karel Cudlín
The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Athens and The Image Gallery are organizing an exhibition of works by the distinguished Czech photographer Karel Cudlín entitled “Photographs from the Czech Republic“.
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Embassy of Japan and Mitsubishi Corporation donate books of Lafcadio Hearn
The Embassy of Japan in Athens and Mitsubishi Corporation yesterday announced the donation of 1,500 books of Lafcadio Hearn to 500 High School libraries across Greece.
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Jean Sibelius 150 Celebration in Athens
The Finnish Institute at Athens in association with the Theocharakis Foundation, presents a chamber music concert on 12th November celebrating Jean Sibelius’s 150th Anniversary. The concert will be held as part of the official Sibelius Anniversary Activities, featuring internationally celebrated Greek soloists, mezzo-soprano Angelica Cathariou and violoncellist Dimitris Patras with the Finnish pianist, Reima Raijas, performing both popular and rarely heard masterpieces by Sibelius.
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Migration: Schulz pleads for long-term approach together with African partners
Martin Schulz called for a comprehensive and long-term migration policy in cooperation with African countries in order to tackle the refugee crisis. The EP President made the plea yesterday [Nov 10] at the Maltese Parliament ahead of the Valletta summit on migration taking place today and tomorrow. Schulz said: “As long as war continues, people will continue to flee and won’t be able to return home.”
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