Over 12,000 refugees and migrants have been trapped in Greece since the beginning of the week, whilst Athens is taking diplomatic action to counter the border restrictions to its north that are causing the buildup. The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affai…

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A new Centre for Economic Policy Research / VoxEU eBook How to fix Europe’s monetary union: Views of leading economists by Richard Baldwin & Francesco Giavazzi, argues that fixing the Eurozone is a job half done. The ECB’s resolve and…

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Greek lawmakers approved on Saturday (20.2) the coalition government’s "parallel programme", a package of social justice measures meant to soften the social impact of the austerity measures agreed under Greece's third bailout programme. &n…

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In view of the EU summit on the migrant crisis and U.K.’s future in the EU (18-19.2), Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met yesterday in Athens (16.2) with the President of the European Council andEU summit chairman, Donald Tusk, as Greece ann…

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In an opinion piece on EU’s policy during the refugee crisis “A shameful decision for Europe”, published in "Europe’s World" policy journal (11.2), Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)'s Director-Gen…

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Commenting on the progress report on the refugee crisis published on Wenesday (10.02) by the European Commision, Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos praised Athens and Rome for a "spectacular" increase in how many arrivals they are…

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Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt’s insights are especially missed at a time when the future of Europe is in question, not least due to the mismanagement of the Eurozone Crisis, where his advice went unheeded”, claims Athanas…

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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, heading a broad delegation of 60 government officials and businessmen, paid a two-day official visit early this week to Iran for top-level talks with the Iranian leadership, in order to strengthen political and economic…

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In his recent analysis “The Age of Discontent - Greek publishing through six years of austerity”, Socrates Kabouropoulos, the man behind the Greek books-in-print database Biblionet, discusses the effects of the economic recession on the G…

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