Greek and Turkish Foreign Ministers held talks on the refugee crisis
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu visited Athens, ahead of the EU-Turkey summit in Brussels and the High-Level Cooperation Council between Greece and Turkey.
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The Greek Foreign Ministry’s response to statements by Slovak PM Fico on the refugee crisis
“It is obvious that the Slovak Prime Minister wants to invest his election campaign with vitriol and human drama”, stated the Greek FM.
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President Tusk: European countries will no longer be a transit point for migrants and refugees
European Council President Donald Tusk visited Athens and met with PM Alexis Tsipras.
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The Ambassador of Belgium Luc Liebaut handed over his credentials to Nicos Anastasiades
The President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades, received the credentials of the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to the Republic of Cyprus, stationed in Athens, Mr Luc Liebaut.
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Refugee crisis: EU approves €700 million emergency assistance
The initiative comes as the refugee crisis reaches an unprecedented scale with the need to provide immediate emergency support in several Member States.
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Dutch MPs visited Lesvos, Chios and Idomeni
They were informed about the current situation concerning migration and held discussions with representatives of the Greek authorities, NGOs and international organisations.
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President Tusk to visit Western Balkans route countries
President Donald Tusk will travel to Vienna, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Skopje and Athens from the 1st to the 3rd of March to continue building a European consensus on how to handle the migration crisis and to prepare for the summit with Turkey on 7 March and the European Council on 17-18 March.
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German Chancellor A. Merkel in favor of a “European solution” to the refugee crisis
“We cannot simply abandon Greece now. That is precisely what I am afraid of”, said Angela Merkel on German television.
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Greek and Finnish ministers discuss refugee crisis in Helsinki
Common points in the approach to handling the refugee crisis, through a European prism, were ascertained in the successive meetings the Alternate Foreign Minister for European Affairs, Nikos Xydakis, had in Helsinki Friday with Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini, Finnish Interior Minister Petteri Orpo, and the Secretart General for Foreign and European Affairs.
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Ban-Ki moon urges countries along Balkan route to keep borders open
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on all countries along the Balkan route, including Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and FYROM to keep their borders open “in a spirit of responsibility sharing and solidarity.”
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