About 30 pct of Portuguese miss out on holidays abroad due to financial reasons

About 5.9 million Portuguese, or more than half of the country's total population, did not go abroad for holidays in 2015, data released by the National Institute of Statistics show.

Juncker calls for humanity over refugee crisis

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, urging Europeans to show humanity and dignity, said the EU executive would offer better protection for refugees but also improve its frontier defences and deport more illegal migrants.

West blamed for being main cause of refugee crisis

German opposition politicians have blamed western countries for being the main cause of the current refugee crisis that Europe is grappling with.

Austrian far-right leader blames US, NATO for migrant crisis

The leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPO) has blamed the United States and the NATO Western military alliance for triggering the refugee crisis that has overwhelmed Europe.

Greece announces immediate plan to address refugee crisis

The need for support and solidarity towards Greece over the critical refugee issue that has taken uncontrollable dimensions was highlighted by Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans and EU Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos during their visit here on Thursday.

Roots of migration should be fought (NB8 ministers)

Foreign ministers of Nordic and Baltic countries (NB8) said on Thursday that the roots of the migration crisis in Europe should be tackled to handle what they called an "unprecedented problem".

Refugee Crisis: US Allies Should Stop Global Economic Wars (German Media)

In order to resolve the current refugee crisis, European governments should reconsider their foreign policy and force allies of the United States to end global economic wars. The war should be prevented by those who instigate it, otherwise the world will face dark times in the future, DWN wrote.

Peskov: joint document is being drafted after Putin-Merkel-Hollande meeting

Russia, Germany and France are working on the draft of a likely joint document for the implementation of the Minsk Accords, Russian presidential press-secretary Dmitry Peskov said after Friday’s talks by the leaders of Russia, France and Germany, adding that on Sunday the troika and Ukraine’s President Pyotr Poroshenko would summarize the results of that work in a telephone conversation...

Hollande, Merkel to travel to Ukraine and Russia with peace plan

French President François Hollande announced on Thursday that he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will travel to Ukraine later in the day for talks on ending the country’s ongoing crisis, before heading to Russia on Friday...

Lawmaker Says Syriza’s Potential Victory Disturbing Sign for EU. (New opportunities for developing Greece-Russia ties)

The victory of the Greek left-wing opposition party Syriza in parliamentary elections would become a "disturbing sign" for Europe, while it would open new opportunities for developing Greece-Russia ties, the deputy chief of an economic policy, innovation and entrepreneurship committee with Russia's State Duma told RIA Novosti on Sunday.

Greece: Ukrainian crisis creates problems in Greece-Russia relations

Russia is a strategic partner of the European Union and Greece, Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dimitris Kourkoulas said on Monday in an interview to the local radio station Athina 9.84.