Greece needs to establish an independent monitoring and oversight mechanism to oversee the overall handling of the migration situation by the government, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders said on Wednesday.
The Bulgarian government of Prime Minister Kiril Petkov collapsed on Wednesday in a no-confidence vote in parliament, throwing the country into political turmoil amid the war in Ukraine and surging inflation.
Police in arrested a man on Wednesday after his two-year-old was found unconscious in the water at a beach in the northeast of the country.
If this isn’t political shortsightedness, I don’t know what is: There are parties in Greece that are celebrating because French President Emmanuel Macron’s party did not win an absolute majority in last Sunday’s second round of legislative elections.
In Kosovo, which has been waiting for visa-free travel to the European Union since 2010, a restaurant owner has erected a large replica of France’s famed Eiffel Tower for its diners.
Unknown vandals have smashed a marble plaque on downtown Athens’ Stadiou Street that commemorates the victims of a deadly firebomb attack during an anti-austerity protest that turned into a violent riot in May 2010.
Russia may cut off gas to Europe entirely as it seeks to bolster its political leverage amid the Ukraine crisis, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday, adding Europe needed to prepare now.
Authorities in Greece say a woman from Eritrea has given birth on an uninhabited rocky islet after traveling with other migrants from nearby Turkey.
The number of new coronavirus infections showed an improvement on Wednesday at 10,528 compared to the previous day’s spike of 12,537, but was still in the high range compared to the start of the month.
The results of the French elections, which have created a murky situation in the second largest power in Europe, have come to the forefront as an additional argument for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to consider autumn polls as the best choice for the government to clear the political landscape ahead of the winter.