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Animals
'Refugee' Cat Reunites With Family After Fleeing Iraq (video)
A family of refugees have been reunited with their beloved cat, after splitting up from the pet while fleeing from Iraq. The epic journey of Kunkush the "refugee cat" lasted over four months when he was welcomed in Norway...
Greece
Brussels and Berlin Plan to Send Armed Forces to Greek-FYROM Border
While struggling to handle the refugee crisis, the EU is considering imposing new and tougher measures in order to stop the refugee flow towards the rest of Europe. According to the Financial Times, the plan to strengthen the borders between...
Art
14,000 Discarded Refugee Lifejackets Traveling to Berlin for Art Project
About 14,000 lifejackets used and discarded by refugees and migrants after their arrival on the coast of Lesvos are traveling to Berlin on Tuesday so that they can be used by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei for a...
Culture
Hellas Filmbox Berlin Ends with Great Success
Hundreds of film lovers, Greek directors and journalists flooded the historic Babylon cinema in east Berlin for the four-day Hellas Filmbox Berlin film festival that ended on Sunday.
The event was hosted by the German-Greek Cultural Association, that was founded...
Economy
President Pavlopoulos to Merkel: Greece will Fully Comply on Refugee Crisis, Adjustment Program
Greece will fully respect fully commitments both concerning its economic adjustment program and the refugee crisis, but then the country’s partners must keep their promise and discuss debt relief, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Monday after a meeting...
Greece
Gauck: Greece Can Depend on Germany for European Solidarity
Greece can depend on European solidarity, German President Joachim Gauck said after his meeting on Monday with his Greek counterpart Prokopis Pavlopoulos, who is visiting Germany.
"As presidents we want, on our level, to stabilize the long friendship between Germans...
Greece
Greek Alternate Minister for European Affairs: 'Greece Saved Europe’s Honor by Saving Refugees'
Greek Alternate Minister for European Affairs Nikos Xydakis hailed his country's role in saving the lives of refugees in 2015, saying it "saved Europe’s honor," following a Wednesday meeting with German State Minister for Europe Michael Roth in Berlin.
"Greece...
Culture
First Ever Greek Film Festival in Berlin, Sponsored by Marketing Greece
"Little England" will be the opening film at Hellas Filmbox Berlin, the first Greek film festival to take place in Berlin, Germany. The festival will welcome its cinephile audience at Babylon cinema from January 21 to 24, 2016, promising...
Greece
Greek PM Tsipras Chairs Meeting on Social Security Reforms
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chaired a meeting on government work as well as the coordinated actions within the framework of the negotiations for social security reforms.
The SYRIZA parliamentary group is scheduled to convene on Monday afternoon, with Labor...
Greece
Varoufakis Set to Launch Political Movement in Berlin, February 9
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is reportedly set to unveil his new European left-wing political movement in Berlin on February 9th, Deutsche Welle reports.
Varoufakis had already revealed his plans to launch such a movement back in December.
The event is slated...