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Idomeni exodus complicates management of refugee crisis for gov't
PoliticsForeign Policythere. Questions about the legal and moral implications of such an agreement are also growing. Human Rights Watch... angered officials in FYROM and relations between the two countries, which are already tense as Skopje’s
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FM explains verbal clash in Ankara but broader strategy remains unclear
PoliticsForeign Policyhuman rights, as well as his call for unconditional talks. Cavusolglu also insisted on calling... on the agenda.” His statements visibly angered his counterpart Cavusoglu, who accused Dendias
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Government feels the heat over investigation on anniversary of Tempe rail crash
PoliticsGreek Politicshuman dimension and the key role of non-political figures in raising awareness, and is therefore... to stand down. However, many were angered when he was re-selected to run for parliament weeks later
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First round of local elections leave Greek politics finely balanced
PoliticsGreek PoliticsDemocracy’s incumbent Vassilis Michaloliakos was beaten into second place by independent Yiannis Moralis... incumbent Giorgos Kaminis all the way. According to Interior Ministry projections Kaminis was expected
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With eye on elections, Tsipras talks up public sector hirings
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be beaten in those ballots and it would risky to hold a national vote in the wake... with 4,500 next year. Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry estimates that there are roughly 35,000
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New Democracy tries to win over voters with crackdown on bank charges, migration
PoliticsGreek Politicsseverely brain-damaged after being beaten and sexually assaulted by a Pakistani migrant on the island... politician met with EU interior ministers on Tuesday in Copenhagen, where he pressed for faster
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Parties take another look at granting vote to Greek expats
SocietyCommission on Human Rights, an independent body which advises the Greek state in accordance with UN human.... The National Commission on Human Rights adopts a higher estimate of 699,118 emigrants between 2008 and 2015... struck. Interior Minister Pavlos Skourletis, who had initially sought to defer the prospect
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Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat has led to controversy and even criticism from human rights groups in the past but at the same... portfolio from the Interior Ministry to the Justice Ministry amid concerns that Panousis and Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis did not see eye to eye. It was notable that Justice Minister Nikos
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Could Greece's immigration reforms have an impact on upcoming elections?
Societyof the UN Convention on Human Rights. These include designating paths to citizenship for older... granted “skyrocketed” from 14,178 to 33,487. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis responded by describing... inhabitants in 2017. The Interior Ministry publishes more detailed statistics on citizenship
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Newsletter 60 - 29/01/2016
which European decision makers gather. This is the least that human decency demands of an enlightened... that take the risk anyway. So far, the EU’s efforts to get Turkey to tackle human traffickers has... islands to prevent them simply moving on en masse to other parts of Europe. On this subject, a lot
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