Migration call center for Ukrainian refugees gets 350 calls a day
Ellinikon-Argyroupolis municipality and village in northern Greece welcome Ukrainian refugees.
Ellinikon-Argyroupolis municipality and village in northern Greece welcome Ukrainian refugees.
Mariupol is Guernica, Grozny, Velingrad, Aleppo...
As you know there was also a strike on the Mariupol theatre, 1200 people were in the basement of that theatre. We do not know how many casualties there were. The situation as it was described to us, however, is exceedingly tragic," Dendias commented after the meeting on Friday.
The president asked about the arrangements for housing refugees arriving from the war zone, about whether children will be able to attend classes and how the humanitarian aid will be transported to Ukraine.
"At the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre I met Ukrainian pupils who, after experiencing the terror of the bombs and the violent displacement, found a safe refuge in Greece and continue to go to school in our country," stated Sakellaropoulou.
Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias spoke with his counterpart of Israel Yair Lapid on Tuesday.. Protest march against Ukraine war held in central Athens Tuesday evening.
All travelers who are Ukrainian citizens and come to Greece with flights from abroad are not required to fill in the electronic PLF form.
Dendias and Truss also discussed the activation of the bilateral Memorandum of Understanding the two countries signed last October, especially its defense provisions.
Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs and UBS are giving a vote of confidence in the Greek economy and the Greek stock market.
A total of 4,649 Ukrainian refugees have crossed the border since the start of the war in Ukraine.
Νo reports of attack on OSCE building, diplomatic sources say. A similar cease-fire planned for Mariupol and the nearby city of Volnovakha collapsed Saturday,
Developments in Ukraine highlight the need for substantial European strategic autonomy, Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos says.
"We must deal with them and we will deal with them," he underlined and referred to Greece's proposal for European support to absorb the rise in prices.
President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Wednesday spoke on the telephone with the Ukrainian Ambassador to Greece Sergii Shutenko, who briefed her on the latest developments on the war front in Ukraine.
"Unilateral actions affect not only countries, but first and foremost people," he highlighted.
The ministry had condemned the deaths by bombing as "unacceptable criminal acts" late on Saturday and again called on Russia to stop its operations against civilians.
Two C-130 planes with the equipment have left a military airport west of Athens bound for Poland.
“10 innocent civilians of Greek origin killed today by Russian air strikes close to Mariupol. Stop the bombing now!” said Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a statement released on social media.
The Foreign Ministry said in a statement it “unequivocally condemns the bombing of civilians” in Sartana.
The Prime Minister stressed that Russia’s aggressive actions violate international law and are a blow to European and international security and stability.
His comments come as EU interior ministers are set to discuss at a meeting this weekend the Ukraine situation, and issues regarding a likely ensuing refugee crisis following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine