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Diplomatic tension over refugee crisis grows as Greece protests to Austria Greece revealed on Tuesday that it has delivered a demarche to Vienna to complain about Vienna’s attempts to coordinate its actions on the refugee crisis with countries from the so-called “Balkan corridor.”
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Tsipras concerns about EU stance on refugee crisis shared by opposition Alexis Tsipras faces a crucial few days ahead in his bid to convince Greece’s partners in the European Union that it is doing enough to tackle the refugee crisis and acting on the recommendations in a recent warning from the European Commission.
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Greece seen improving refugee response but still under pressure to deliver in Feb Recent developments in Greece point to the European Union viewing its efforts regarding the refugee crisis in a more positive light but the pressure is still on Athens to deliver.
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Greece seeks EU help on refugees after Schengen threat but big challenges remain The Greek government appears – for the time being, at least – to have averted a major confrontation with European Union partners after making a formal request on Thursday for help in dealing with the refugee and migrant crisis.
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Paris attacks likely to place extra pressure on Greece over refugee crisis The possibility that one of the terrorists who carried out the deadly attacks in Paris on Friday night passed through Greece as a refugee is likely to lead to the European Union pressuring further the Greek government to improve the processing of people arriving on its islands.
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Tsipras prepares for first visit to Turkey with refugee crisis in focus For some time now, Athens and Ankara have been seeking ways to make a visit to Turkey by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras possible.
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Home foreclosures and refugee crisis top agenda in Greece-EU talks The visit of European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici to Athens has helped clear up to some extent where Athens stands vis a vis its lenders as the deadlines for securing the next loan sub-tranches and completing the first review of third bailout approach.
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Differing views on refugee crisis at heart of Greek-German relations The AKP’s resounding win in Turkey’s elections on Sunday is likely to put extra pressure on Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to discuss cooperation on the refugee crisis with Ankara.
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Tsipras rages against EU over refugee crisis but own goals unclear Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras returned to the issue of the refugee crisis during his appearance in Greek Parliament on Friday, declaring himself “ashamed” of the way that the European Union is dealing with the problem.
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Latest EU plan to tackle refugee crises poses new, bigger challenges for Tsipras Greece has agreed to provide the facilities needed to host 50,000 refugees while they wait for reallocation as part of a new EU agreement brokered on Sunday.