June 6, 2017
Refugees
Greek Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas said that 20 to 25 thousands refugees will remain in Greece if the EU Turkey deal stands. At the same time, he expressed concern about the increasing influx of refugees and migrants on the Greek islands. Speaking to Skai TV on Tuesday, Mouzalas said if …
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June 6, 2017
Social, Society
Famous Greek actor Kostas Kazakos, director of Patras Municipal and Regional theater and former lawmaker with Greek Communist Party KKE, attacked young Greeks who leave the country seeking a job abroad. He called the thousands of people who seek a future outside a country with high employment ‘traitors’. “Whatever young …
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April 28, 2017
Society, Very Mix
Miserable present, no future. The brain drain from Greece takes distributing dimensions as even teenagers want to leave the country. For studies or for professional development. An entire generation of teenagers, regardless of their economic status and possibilities, want to leave Greece and move abroad. These plans have usually the …
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March 30, 2017
Politics, Refugees
The European Union’s commissioner for migration says there are ways to make all EU members states comply with the program of relocation of refugees among them. Dimitris Avramopoulos made the statement last week in Warsaw, where he is visiting the growing European border guard agency, Frontex. Poland is refusing to …
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March 15, 2017
Politics, Refugees
As relations between Turkey and Europe deteriorated, the government in Ankara did what it knows best: it fired threats. Exactly there where it knows it hurts Europe: The Refugees. At least two ministers told media that the government is considering to review the EU Turkey Deal. The statements were immediately …
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February 4, 2017
Politics, Refugees, Turkey-GR, Very Mix
Ankara alleges that Greece has forcefully sent more than 3,000 refugees migrants back to Turkey in the past months violating the Turkish-Greek readmission agreement and the EU Turkey Deal. According to Turkish officials, the migrants were sent back to Turkey through the Evros river (Maritsa in Bulgarian, Meric in Turkish), …
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December 8, 2016
Politics, Refugees
EU to set Greece a deadline on asylum seekers and enforce transfer of asylum applicants from EU member states back to Greece as of March 2017. The European Commission will set Greece a deadline on Thursday [today] to fix its migration system and resume taking in asylum seekers from March …
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September 26, 2016
Politics
The so-called Balkan migration route has been the focus of attention at a mini summit in Vienna of leaders from affected countries. Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern welcomed head of states form Germany,Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia as well as the European Council President Donald Tusk. The …
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September 19, 2016
Politics, World
Germany and France have outlined plans to deepen European military cooperation after Britain’s exit from the European Union, a document obtained by Reuters show. In potentially the biggest leap in European defence since the 1990s, Berlin and Paris are laying out ways for the bloc to rapidly deploy forces, with …
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September 15, 2016
Economy, Society
The proportion of long-time unemployed in Greece is particularly high. According to data published by the Greek Statistics Authority (ELSTAT), 72.2% of the Greek unemployed have been looking for more than 12 months for a work without success. But also without any allowance given by the state or any support …
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August 14, 2016
Politics, Refugees, World
I thought, EU members states were supposed to take 6,000 refugees per month from Greece – according to some forgotten EU Deal signed the European Commission and the EU member states. Reality teaches us, the deal will work the other way around. Member states will send refugees back to …Greece. …
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August 3, 2016
Politics, Sports
The European Union must come up with an alternative plan in order to tackle Migration in case Turkey makes its threats true and walk out form the Migration deal. “We are very concerned,” Greek Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas told German conservative daily Bild after Turkey threatened to walk out of …
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July 2, 2016
Society
Nearly half a million Greeks have left the country in search of better opportunities abroad since 2008 due to the financial crisis, a report by the Bank of Greece shows. Educated professionals are among those leading the Greek Crisis exodus, while in the past it was mostly unskilled workers and …
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June 29, 2016
Economy
It was just two days ago, when German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble urged European Union leaders to “address popular dissatisfaction.” He added “I said before the referendum that regardless of how the vote in Britain pans out we cannot simply continue as before in Europe.” As a consequence Schaeuble came …
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April 1, 2016
Economy
Difficult times for Greek princes and princesses… ehm… for millionaires, I mean. From a total of 55,000 Greek millionaires in 2014, 3,000 hit the road of migration last year seeking for a better future in other countries and atmospheres. According to a global research about “Millionaire Migration for 2015“, the …
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February 25, 2016
Politics, Refugees
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras threatens to block all EU refugee decisions if Greece will be left to deal with the crisis alone. Commenting on Austria’s initiative to hold a West Balkan Conference on Migration, Tsipras described it as “unacceptable”. PM Tsipras said he will block all decisions at an …
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February 23, 2016
Editor
Developments in the Refugee and Migration crisis are sweeping Europe like a storm. EU members states have taken the papers of Conclusions of the EU Leaders Summit last Friday and cleaned their shoes on Sunday. Austria imposed a strict admission quotas on refugees entries, plans to move soldiers to its …
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February 2, 2016
Economy
Did they? Will they? Is there a trade between “Greece’s Adjustment program progress review” and “keeping migrants and refugees out of Europe?”. I f I am not wrong – and I am not! – we had this issue some months ago. As usual, I ‘m just too lazy – ‘busy’ …
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January 26, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
We have been there, we have seen that for countless times since 2010: in times of crisis and EU’s inability to cope with crises, everyone feels obliged to fire a salvo of incredible nonsense, mis-considering it to be a proof of divine inspiration. The latest example is the Belgian Interior …
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December 18, 2015
Refugees, Very Mix
A friendly pinch on the cheek, a pat on the shoulder. Exactly the same style European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker uses for the prime ministers and finance ministers of the EU. This time it was the majority of EU leader who had to comfort Juncker’s frustration and tell him to …
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