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EU meets on refugee crisis, bailout review but Greece's immediate fate seems sealed
PoliticsForeign Policybetween European Union members and Turkey will define how the refugee crisis evolved in the short-term... week between Poul Thomsen, head of the IMF’s Europe department, the European Central Bank’s Benoit... a compromise between the European lenders and the IMF could be found. Greece is expecting, though
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Mitsotakis, Konstantopoulou intending to test Tsipras's mettle
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe European Union and Turkey, particularly because of the concessions that are being made to Ankara... European partners, both through EU ambassadors in Athens and directly with European officials
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Healthy eating and smoking on decline in Greece over last five years
Societysports, fitness or recreational physical activities. The Health Survey is part of the European Health Interview Survey [http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/European_health_interview... is to provide and study, at European and national level, analytical data on population health status
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Greece braces for complex EU-Turkey summit on refugee plan
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe Greek government is hoping that this week's European Council in Brussels, which begins... the two days of negotiations that lie ahead. Athens broadly agrees with what European Council President... that European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said on Monday that the Commission wanted Greece
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Greek relief at EU-Turkey refugee deal but heavy lifting lies ahead
PoliticsForeign Policy, there are 770 officers from the EU border agency Frontex, 55 from the European Asylum Support Office, 55... a two-year target of 160,000. The European Commission has targeted at least 20,000 relocations... that Tsipras was questioned about in the press conference following the European Council, which
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Optimism for Cyprus solution abounds but talks at delicate phase
PoliticsForeign PolicyA visit by European Parliament president Martin Schulz to Cyprus on Wednesday added to the sense... expectations among European and US officials regarding a settlement on Cyprus, media reports on the island... state of the United Nations and the European Union, and, like every sovereign state
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Greece and creditors eye compromise to move review along
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat two agreements would be drafted: One with Greece’s European lenders and the other... relief on the European side. If this is the way forward, it would mean that the Greek government could... the IMF’s European director Poul Thomsen described as “Mickey Mouse”) to be tougher than those already
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What next for Tsipras the shapeshifter?
Agoraor even preliminary fiscal results than the European lenders. This means that the fund, for instance... in the third bailout. Also, the IMF is more inclined than the European lenders to question the quality... to the WikiLeaks transcript is the director of the IMF’s European department, Poul Thomsen
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Greece tops EU tables for lawyers but also pending administrative court cases
Societyof the scale, Finland had 38.7 lawyers for the same number of inhabitants. Published by the European... European countries and Malta. Allocating 25.40 euros per person, Holland topped the legal aid table... European countries, with the exception of Portugal, with Greece spending between 53 and 67 euros per
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Significant fall in migrant arrivals but camp conditions a growing concern
PoliticsGreek Politicshave been returned from Greece to Turkey. According to the European Commission “Smugglers... returned by Greece, while around 100 have been resettled from Turkey. According to a European Commission statement on Wednesday, EU border agency Frontex now has 1,074 staff in Greece but the European Asylum
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