There were strong protests against the construction of new migrant detention camps on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios, this Tuesday. Protesters, who demand that migrants arriving on the islands be relocated to mainland Greece, tried to prevent the arrival of construction machinery and riot police. Authorities fired tear gas to disperse the crowd, … Read more
Germany EU-Turkey deal Only 189 people were deported to Turkey in 2019 – – Status: 00:07 a.m. | Reading time: 2 minutes – – – – “If people came to Europe, it would be much more expensive” – – Gerald Knaus, chairman of the European Stability Initiative, is seen as the pioneer of the refugee … Read more
01/25/2020 3:27 PM (Act. 25.01.2020 15:27) – – – Greece’s premier is delighted © APA (AFP) – – – The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reacted enthusiastically to the rating upgrade by the US rating agency Fitch. “Double promotion for Greece,” the Prime Minister tweeted on Saturday. “Fitch has upgraded the Greek economy, taking us … Read more
foreign countries Athens German reporter attacked during anti-refugee demonstration – – As of: 1:13 p.m. | Reading time: 2 minutes Violent protests over dramatically overcrowded migrant camps – – Officially, more than 40,000 migrants live on the Greek islands. The camps are overcrowded. Resistance is forming increasingly from the population, which recently culminated in violent … Read more
Hollywood star Tom Hanks has been awarded Honorary Greek Citizenship. The 63-year-old actor and his wife Rita Wilson, who is of Greek and Bulgarian descent, often spend their summer holidays on the Greek island of Antiparos. That is why Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos has now enabled the popular actor to obtain Greek citizenship. He signed … Read more