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In European fields…

03/11/2015 ENstaff Balkans, European Union, refugees, Serbia, Syria

Thousands of refugees and migrants in the Balkans, stranded due to delays at border crossings and registration points, have been exposed to conditions that pose a real threat to their health as assistance fails to meet minimum standards. Unless adequate protections are urgently put in place, MSF warns that thousands of pregnant women, young children and elderly people will be exposed to extremely challenging conditions this winter with potentially life threatening implications.

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PM Tsipras: ‘I feel ashamed by Europe’s inability…’

02/11/201502/11/2015 ENstaff EU, European Parliament, European Union, Greece, Lesvos, refugee crisis, Schultz, Tsipras

“The Aegean Sea does not only wash ashore bodies of children, but it washes ashore the EU culture,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in Parliament on Friday. “I feel ashamed by Europe’s inability to deal effectively with this drama,” added the prime minister, noting that he also feels ashamed by the discussion made at summit level…

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ECB’s Mario Draghi on economic developments

01/11/201502/11/2015 ENstaff debt, Draghi, ECB, economy, European Union, Greece, inflation, markets, QE, structural reforms

In an interview yesterday [Oct 31] with newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, ECB president Mario Draghi referred to key economic developments in Europe and internationally, whilst he did argued on Greece’s national debt. Key parts of the interview, based on a translation published on ECB website have as follows:

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Greece and Hungary discuss refugee crisis

31/10/201531/10/2015 ENstaff EU, Europe, European Union, Greece, Hungary, migrants, refugee crisis, refugees

Following a meeting at the foreign ministry, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and the Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Péter Szijjártó discussed…

Refugees cross the hungarian border from Serbia, on september 12, 2015. Thousands of refugees, most of them from Syria, cross this border everyday with the hope to reach european countries like Sweden or Germany. The next step for them will be to register in Hungary before continuing their long journey.

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EU’s real divide on refugee-migrant crisis

27/10/201502/11/2015 ENstaff crisis, EU, European Parliament, European Union, migrants, refugees

The real divide revealed by today’s migration challenges to the EU is between “pros”, who want to use the EU to solve these challenges, and “antis”, who want to use them to dissolve the EU.

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Ambassador of Norway:”The challenge for the Greek economy is its competitive edge and its business climate” [interview]

07/06/2016 ENstaff

The Ambassador of Norway in Athens, His Excellency Jørn Eugene Gjelstad, spoke to EmbassyNews.net and commented on the current developments in Greek and European politics, the economy and the refugee crisis.