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Two Greek Monuments Win European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Award 2016

The Byzantine Church of St. Peter in Kastania, Mani and the traditional watermill in Agios Germanos, Prespes, are among the winners of the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Award 2016. The two monuments from Greece, along with 28...

Turkey on Edge as Migrants Return

When the first boatload of deported migrants arrived Monday at the Turkish port of Dikili, a small group of Turkish human rights activists turned up to welcome them. Turkey is expecting to receive another shipment of 200 migrants deported from...

Commission Unveils Plans to Overhaul Asylum System and Migration Policy

  The European Commission announced a series of measures to change the bloc's asylum process and restructure the European Union's migration policies. In a joint press conference after the meeting, Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said the EU proposes two alternative solutions...

Athos: The Holy Mountain Goes to Moscow

The photo and engraving exhibition "Athos:The Holy Mountain," which is taking place for the 1000-year-old presence of Russians on the Holy Mountain in addition to the Common year of Greece-Russia, opened in the hall of the Russian Assembly (Duma)...

Wikileaks: IMF Threatens to Leave Troika Ahead of Greek 'Disaster'

Wikileaks has revealed a conversation between the two top IMF officials in charge of the Greek debt crisis, Poul Thomsen, head of the IMF’s European department, and Delia Velculescu, IMF mission chief for Greece. The details of the conversation,...

Europe Prepares to Deport Migrants

On Monday, the European Union and Greece are scheduled to begin sending migrants, including Syrians, from the Greek Isles to Turkey under a deal reached two weeks ago between the Turkish government and the EU. The agreement aims to ease...

Greek Violinist Leonidas Kavakos Receives Prestigious Music Award [video]

The outstanding Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos will be receiving the Leonie Sonning Music Prize in Copenhagen, Denmark in January 2017. This prestigious award, is essentially awarded to internationally recognized composers, instrumentalists, conductor or singers since 1959. Among the winners of...

Draft Bill on Cybercrime Open for Public Consultation Until April 1

A draft bill by the Justice ministry on cybercrime which ratifies a convention approved by the Council of Europe and criminalizes racist and xenophobic actions committed through the internet has been published online on Tuesday for public consultation. The bill...

Government Spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili Makes Statements on Refugee Issue

Greece should be prepared for a lengthy stay of refugees in the country, stated government spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili during a press briefing on Tuesday. She also added that the implementation of the EU-Turkey agreement creates a legal corridor for the...

Experts: Global Terror Threat Calls for More Coordination

European government officials say the Brussels attacks on March 22nd highlight the need to more swiftly share information among governments and intelligence services. In California, two terrorism experts also point to social media platforms used by extremist organizations, and say...