Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-02-29

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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[01] PM Tsipras chairs meeting on refugees, first program review

[02] Greek-FYROM buffer zone opens; 300 refugees cross the borders

[03] "Ariadni" ferry with 1,810 refugees arrives at Piraeus port on Monday

[01] PM Tsipras chairs meeting on refugees, first program review

Tsipras underlined that Greece will ask for the obligatory allocation of refugees in EU countries, otherwise it will not consent to agreements from now on. He will brief accordingly the President of the European Council Donald Tusk during his visit to our country next Thursday .

Meanwhile, the government is waiting for the representatives of the institutions to arrive to Greece and the first program review to be concluded, stressing that it implements the measures and the terms of the agreement.

[02] Greek-FYROM buffer zone opens; 300 refugees cross the borders

The buffer zone closed again at 4 pm and around 7,000 refugees have been stranded at Idomeni.

[03] "Ariadni" ferry with 1,810 refugees arrives at Piraeus port on Monday

The port authorities have offered four passenger stations and the warehouse for hosting refugees.

"Blue Star 2" is expected to arrive to the port later in the day carrying 183 refugees and migrants from Leros island.

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