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IMF pushes Italy to follow EU budget agreement

Tyler Cadenas | October 10, 2018 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has major disagreements with Italy’s plan to increase it’s borrowing next year. Italy currently borrows 130% of its GDP, second only to Greece in the EU. The IMF has pushed Italy to reevaluate its decision to increase borrowing rates. Critics of Italy’s government have claimed that failure to follow… Read more »

Three female migrants found murdered near Greece-Turkey border

Two women and a girl believed to be migrants have been found dead with their throats slashed near Greece’s north-eastern border with Turkey, Greek authorities said. The victims appeared to be of North African, Middle Eastern or Asian origin, but their nationalities and identities were unknown, police said. An initial examination of the bodies suggested the three were killed about… Read more »

Migration Doubles in Greece

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https://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/09/14/this-summers-migration-flows-almost-double-than-2017-greek-minister-says/ In an interview with the Greek Radio Station Real FM, Greece’s Minister for Migration Policy Dimitris Vitsas said that Migration flows during summer 2018 almost doubled compared to the same period in 2017. ”This has created a big problem in the reception and identification centers. In Moria camp in Lesvos, about 3,500 people left and 5,500 arrived from the… Read more »

Migrant Population in Greece doubles in Summer of 2018

Greek Migration Policy minister, Dimitris Vitsas, claims that the number of incoming refugees has doubled from the Summer of 2017 to the Summer of 2018. He also claims that this is the fault of the distribution centers that are in place in the immediate migration countries, such as itself and Italy. ”This has created a big problem in the reception… Read more »