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EU closes its external borders for 30 days to slow spread of coronavirus

European Union leader agreed on Tuesday to close the union’s external borders for a month in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Movement within European Union member nations will be still be allowed. At the same time, EU leaders will work for repatriation of EU citizens stranded …

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Coronavirus: Trump suspends travel from Schengen countries to US

US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new travel restrictions on Europe in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus. But he said the “strong but necessary” restrictions would not apply to the UK, which has 460 cases of the virus. “We will be suspending all travel from …

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Erdogan calls Migration Summit in Istanbul, claims Greece “killed 4-5 migrants”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that he has invited a few European leaders for a Migration Summit in Istanbul. At the same time, he claimed that Greek security forces have “killed 4 or 5” migrants. Speaking to journalists on his way back from Brussels where he met with top …

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Erdogan reiterates “Turkey won’t close its gates to Europe anymore”

It is too late for Turkey to close its borders for migrants to cross into Europe, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday, as he criticized European countries for ignoring Turkey’s calls to respond to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in northwestern Syria, Turkish media report. Erdogan said that calls from European …

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Erdogan says he “will keep doors open,” expects 30K migrants at Greek border

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey will continue to allow migrants it hosts to freely pass to Europe.He claimed he expects their numbers at the borders to reach 30,000 on Saturday. “What did we do yesterday… We opened the doors,” Erdogan said in Istanbul on Saturday, adding “We will …

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Parthenon Marbles Return clause added in EU-UK trade deal

Greece has apparently managed to get a clause for the return of the Parthenon Marbles in the draft Brexit bill prepared by the European Union. The clause is included in a revised version of the negotiating mandate that Michel Barnier, the European Commission’s Head of Task Force for Relations with …

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Greek olive oil, wines, other products exempted from US tariffs imposed on EU

Greek olive oil, olive products, cheese, wines and related export products remain exempted from the US tariffs on European Union products. Apart from these products, plum juice was excluded from the list of duties. On February 15, the US Department of Commerce renewed Greece’s exemption from US tariffs on the …

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EU foreign ministers agree on new mission to enforce Libya arms embargo

EU foreign ministers announced on Monday a new operation in the Mediterranean Sea to enforce uphold a United nations  arms embargo on Libya that is routinely flouted. The foreign ministers said on Monday that they have agreed to launch a new mission in the Mediterranean Sea to enforce a United …

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Macron opens door to North Macedonia, Albania EU accession talks

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he would allow North Macedonia and Albania to begin talks on joining the European Union if the bloc’s executive gave them a positive review next month. Macron’s comments at the Munich Security Conference look set to end his freeze on the two Balkan …

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Greece to register “Gyros” as Protected Product before competitors grab it

Pieces of spiced pork meat are stacked on each other on a spit. The meat mountain is slowly grilled on a vertical rotisserie, then sliced into paper-thin bites. This is Gyros, the Greek delicacy served wrapped in pita bread together with tomatoes, onions and tzatziki sauce. But Gyros has competitors: …

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Outbreak of African Swine Fever in Greece concerns the EU

An outbreak of African Swine Fever, an infectious disease which is usually deadly for pigs but harmless to humans, in the north-east of Greece, has added another headache to EU policymakers in Brussels. Infected by the infectious disease were some 30 animals in a small farm in Serres, Northern Greece. …

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