Tag: Greece
Pakistani community to be protected, envoy makes clear to Greece’s Golden...
Experts warn against trusting the party’s consoling words
LAHORE/ATHENS: Pakistan Ambassador to Greece Khalid Usman Qaiser met with Nikos Michaloliakos, Chairman of the notorious...
Pakistanis in Greece under threat of racial violence; embassy takes notice
Envoy Khalid Usman Qaiser strongly condemns attack on two Pakistani workers
Two immigrant workers of Pakistani origin have been hospitalised after falling victim to a...
Police rescue 14 Pakistan migrants detained by compatriots
THESSALONIKI: Police in Thessaloniki city located in northern Greece said that they freed 14 Pakistan migrants held captive by five compatriots of theirs who demanded...
Greek envoy to Brazil murdered by wife’s cop lover
Greece’s ambassador to Brazil was murdered in a plot hatched by his Brazilian wife and her police officer lover, who confessed to the crime,...
UN chief urges countries to help Greece with migrant crisis
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Saturday for countries to do more to help cope with Europe’s migrant crisis, saying Greece could...
More migrants return to Turkey from Greece under EU pact
Two ferries carrying more than 120 migrants returned to Turkey from the Greek island of Lesbos on Friday, in the second round of arrivals...
Greece counts down to first Turkey migrant returns under EU deal
Greece was on Sunday making final preparations to return hundreds of migrants to Turkey, the first to be sent back under a landmark EU...
Hundreds of migrants march out of Greek camp, cross to Macedonia
Hundreds of migrants marched out of a Greek transit camp, hiked for hours along muddy paths and crossed a rain-swollen river to get around...
Greece says up to 70,000 migrants may be ‘trapped’ next month
Greece on Sunday said the tally of refugees and migrants on its soil could more than triple next month, reaching as many as 70,000...
Refugees sew lips together in Greece border protest
Refugees stranded at the Greece-Macedonia border have stripped down and sewn their lips together to protest against the restrictions placed on their movement.
A group...
Bomb explodes outside Greek business federation offices in Athens-police
A bomb exploded outside the offices of a Greek business federation in central Athens early on Tuesday, police officials said, smashing windows but causing...
Nine dead as migrant boat capsizes off Greece
Nine people including four children drowned when a boat carrying migrants from Turkey sank off the Greek island of Kos, the coastguard said Tuesday.
They...
Two more child migrants drown off Greece amid angry protests
Two children drowned overnight off the Greek island of Kos when a boat carrying migrants sank, officials said Thursday, as protests were held against...
Dozens drown off Greece as Europe dithers
At least 27 refugees and migrants drowned off the coast of Greece on Friday. The tragedy comes two days after a boat filled with...
13 children among at least 22 migrants drowned off Greece: authorities
At least 22 migrants, including 13 children, drowned overnight Thursday to Friday off the Greek islands of Kalymnos and Rhodes as they made a...
Greece to receive 23b euro cash injection ahead of key repayment
Greece is set to receive the first installment of its third multi-billion-euro bailout Thursday, just as a key repayment to the European Central Bank...
All eyes on ECB after Greek ‘No’ vote
All eyes were on the European Central Bank (ECB) on Monday following the resounding 'No' in the Greek referendum, with the ECB seen as the only institution capable of calming market panic and preventing the Greek economy from collapsing.
