Europe

European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos on Thursday had a meeting with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, presenting the European Commission's proposal for the relocation of refugees from third countries within the EU. Avramopoulos...

The EU has launched an investigation on possible links between former Greek Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos and the Qatargate corruption scandal, Politico reports. According to the report, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen launched an urgent inquiry into her twenty-six...

European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Tuesday, the proposals of European Council President Donald Tusk on migration, included in a letter issued for the EU leaders' summit later this week are "unacceptable" and "anti-European." "My position is very...

"The timely and effective integration of third countries is crucial for turning migration into an advantage for the economy and the cohesion of our society," EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos on Wednesday said regarding...

Internal border controls imposed by five Schengen-area countries will have to be extended by an additional six months as there are still some problems with the external borders, European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Wednesday. He noted that...

EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos inaugurated on Wednesday the new building of the EU Regional Task Force in Catania, Sicily. Avramopoulos met with Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano and Frontex's executive director Fabrice Leggeri to discuss...

It is time that the chaotic, illegal and dangerous migration flows are replaced with safe transit corridors, EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos on Tuesday said at the European Parliament plenary in Strasbourg. Avramopoulos acknowledged the...

EU Commissioner for Migration and Internal Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos on Tuesday stressed the need for a comprehensive approach - as the one in the European Agenda for Security - to deal with terrorism and extremism. Avramopoulos was speaking at the...

European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimtiris Avramopoulos oversaw the first relocation of refugees within the European Union on Friday. Avramopoulos greeted the 19 refugees from Eritrea who were departing from Lempedusa, Italy to Sweden. This relocation is the first of...

Former Greek Minister of Defense Dimitris Avramopoulos had an informal meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul yesterday. Avramopoulos is currently in Istanbul visiting Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, shortly before undertaking his new duties in the European Commission in...

Greece was represented at the funeral of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher by Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, who was among the 2,300 guests invited to attend the ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral. The event was comparable to that of...

Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, who is attending a NATO Ministerial in Brussels, met this morning with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. During the meeting, the two Ministers reaffirmed the mutual will for the two countries’ relations to return to a...

ROME - Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos met with his Italian counterpart Giulio Terzi to discuss the financial crises in the two countries that threatens to engulf the Eurozone, but also to talk about gas projects and business. "Italians and...

Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos met on Tuesday with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul on the sidelines of the Organisation of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Congress. It was agreed at the meeting of the two officials...

A total of 22 heads of state will attend the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's inauguration ceremony at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on Monday, presidential sources said. According to the Independent Balkan News Agency, along with the 22 state leaders,...