Migrant crisis: EU Council steps up info-sharing between members

Migrant crisis: EU Council steps up info-sharing between members

31/10/201502/11/2015 ENstaff EU Council, information, Integrated Political Crisis Response, refugee crisis

The Luxembourg Presidency therefore decided yesterday (Oct-30) to trigger the Integrated Political Crisis Response (IPCR) arrangements on an “information sharing mode”.

foreign affairs

FM Nikos Kotzias meets with German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier

30/10/201502/11/2015 ENstaff bilateral relations, Foreign Ministry, Germany, Greece, refugee crisis

During their meeting in Athens yesterday [Oct-29], the Foreign Ministers of Greece and Germany, Nikos Kotzias and Frank-Walter Steinmeier, looked at, among other things, the whole range of Greek-German bilateral relations.

opinion

Refugee crisis: Facts, figures and questions [opinion]

28/10/201529/10/2015 Eleftheria Pantziou EUROSTAT, human rights, migrants, refugee crisis, UNHCR

Europe is undergoing a major transformation process, fueled, inter alia, by the current refugee crisis. At first, many EU leaders tried to look the other way, however the vast number of people that made their way across the Mediterranean towards Europe during the past year could not be overlooked.

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Refugee crisis: EU & Balkan leaders agree on 17-point plan of action

26/10/201502/11/2015 ENstaff Balkans, EU, migrants, refugee crisis

Leaders representing Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia met in Brussels at the Commission’s HQ and agreed to improve cooperation and step up consultation between the countries along the route and decided on pragmatic operational measures that can be implemented as of tomorrow to tackle the refugee crisis in the region.

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European Commission grants additional € 5.9 million to Greece as emergency funding

26/10/201531/10/2015 ENstaff Aegean, European Commission, funding, islands, refugee crisis

The European Commission has awarded € 5.9 million of emergency assistance from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) to Greeceto support the country in coping with the high number of arrivals of migrants and refugees on the Eastern Aegean islands.

foreign affairs

President Juncker calls Leaders’ Meeting in Brussels on refugee crisis

21/10/201502/11/2015 ENstaff Balkans, EU, European Commission, Juncker, refugee crisis

In view of the unfolding emergency in the countries along the Western Balkans migratory route, there is a need for

foreign affairs society

Refugee crisis: “Decisions towards the right direction”, Tsipras says

17/10/201531/10/2015 ENstaff EU Summit, migrnts, refugee crisis, Tsipras, Turkey

“The decisions of the EU Summit on tackling the refugee crisis are towards the right direction” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday.

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EU Summit on refugee – migrant crisis

13/10/201502/11/2015 ENstaff EU, EU Summit, European Council, migrants, refugee crisis, Tusk

President Donald Tusk, in his invitation letter to the members of the European Council said: “We will meet on Thursday

interviews people

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.