Europe

The Greek side is ready to continue its cooperation with Russia on the Turkish Stream pipeline draft noted the new SYRIZA-Independent Greek government through Greece’s former Minister and Independent Greeks’ member, Terrence Kouik. “We are ready. Now, it all depends...

"Greece will be once again among the top ten most powerful foreign participators in the largest and most important fair of food and beverages in the world," the German-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and Industry said in a statement regarding...

Italy's Coast Guard said more than 4,500 people were rescued Saturday off the Libyan coast, as calm seas triggered a rush of migrants trying to reach Europe in overcrowded boats and barges. A Coast Guard statement said the agency coordinated...

By Charlotte Taylor* Across Europe, a debate is raging about how to describe the thousands of people escaping war and turmoil in their own countries and making the journey to safer places. Are they refugees or migrants? The question is important:...

During the second quarter of 2015 (from April to June 2015), 213,200 first time asylum seekers applied for protection in the European Union (EU), up by 15 pct compared with the first quarter of 2015 and by 85 pct...

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon denounced Hungary's treatment of migrants as unacceptable Wednesday, after police fired tear gas and sprayed water cannon at hundreds of asylum-seekers on the country's border with Serbia. "I was shocked to see how these refugees and...

European Union nations remain deeply divided on how to deal with the influx of migrants that is not showing signs of slowing down. Hundreds of migrants remain trapped Tuesday as Hungary closed its border with Serbia, and Germany continued to...

Greece is making efforts to meet its responsibilities toward refugees but now it is high time for Europe to show its solidarity, Greece's caretaker Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Ioannis Mouzalas said here on Monday, in a doorstep statement...

Germany’s Interior Ministry introduced border controls with Austria and all its neighboring countries on Sunday, after the overwhelming number of refugees -mostly from Syria - entering the country. Interior minister, Thomas de Maizière, told a press conference in Berlin that...

The steady flow of migrants into Hungary from Serbia may come to a halt Tuesday. Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban has promised tough action against anyone crossing the border illegally from that day onward. Doing so could mean three years...