How the world sees Greece
While the rest of Greece is amid social and financial turmoil, and while several ports and islands live under the fear of this year’s questionable tourist season, there is one specific location in Greece that seems to be secluded from the harsh reality ...
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Athens said on Saturday that the leaks show that the Fund has been considering a plan to cause a credit event in Greece and destabilise Europe
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UCF Greek Week is here Grab your festival gear because the UCF Greek Council will be hosting its music festival inspired Greek Week from April 4 to April 8. Check out this story on centralfloridafuture.com: http://www.centralfloridafuture.com/story ...
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Greece shipped more than 200 migrants back to Turkey on Monday, the first wave of deportations under a hugely controversial deal aimed at easing Europe’s worst migration crisis since World War II. The orderly return of the 202 migrants aboard three ...
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The German-GREEK investment in 14 regional airports around the country will create more than 20,000 jobs, officials from the Fraport-Copelouzos ...
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For the first time after six years there’s complete agreement between the Greek government and the institutions on when the country’s program review will conclude, which will be by April 22, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Monday speaking to ...
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They had braved risks and hardships to get to Greece, but at least 202 migrants were sent back to Turkey on Monday, the first day of such deportations.
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The European Commission says "the aim of the EU's deal with Turkey on migrants":http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-16-1221_en.htm is to smash…
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The dialogue between Greece's government and envoys of its international lenders as part of the first review of the third bailout program agreed upon last summer resumed here on Monday. The talks on the next set of policies that Greece should introduce in ...
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[whole foods shoppers mother and daughter]Rebecca Cook/Reuters It’s hard work being a mother — and the modern era is only making it more difficult. From social media, to blogs, to television, you can see countless images of an ideal, perfect mom that no human can ever meet. Scrolling through the hashtag "mom guilt" on Twitter and Instagram, women admit to feeling guilty for any fault or indulgence: taking the time to exercise, not breastfeeding, going on a vacation, buying a purse, continuing to work, and even having kids get cavities. There isn’t enough time in the day to do everything the theoretical ideal mother _should _do, whether that be constant engagement with kids or organic, home-cooked meals. So, when women inevitably fall short in some way, they face an engulfing sense of guilt that they’ve failed not only themselves, but also their kids. Instagram Embed: http://instagram.com/p/BDh_SMDEr6w/embed/ Width: 658px Maybe worse than this feeling of guilt is the fact that businesses are cashing in on mothers’ insecurities — especially in the food industry. The "home-cooked meal" is a touchstone for motherhood, a requirement that is stressful, expensive, and simply impossible for many women. "A super-sized Greek chorus of experts, Internet opinion-makers and straight-up haters nibble at the cultural carrion of American motherhood," restaurant consultant Tia Keenan wrote of the issue in the New York Times in 2014. "We don’t glorify the wholesomeness of the home-cooked meal — we glorify the hamster-wheel that is modern American motherhood." Instagram Embed: http://instagram.com/p/zTzmi1tgMS/embed/ Width: 658px As healthy, fast-casual chains and organic brands sweep the US, they offer a third alternative to the two polar opposites of the time-intensive, expensive home cooked meal and often unhealthy, guilt-inducing fast-food options. However, in doing so, they lay on the mom guilt in a way that dangerously reinforces absurd expectations for mothers. Take Papa Murphy’s, for example. The take-and-bake chain is based on the combination of the convenience of takeout or delivery and what CEO Ken Calwell calls "credit" for cooking at home. "Pizza Hut, Papa John's, Domino's and Little Caesars all focus on… young males, because young males eat a lot of pizza, or a lot of delivery pizza," Calwell told Entrepreneur.com. "We're the largest pizza chain that focuses on families or moms." [Papa Murphy's]Rebecca Cook/Reuters The chain says that it spends the money it saves on employing delivery people or installing ovens and freezers in locations on higher quality ingredients, as prices are similar to those of delivery-centric competitors despite cutting major costs. While Papa Murphy’s markets the take-and-bake model as a bonus for busy mothers, it’s hard to argue it is more convenient than delivery. Instead, it is founded on a sense of responsibility for mothers to cook dinner at home. That is despite the fact that pizza baked in a home oven is rarely as good as in an oven specifically made for cooking pizza (despite Papa Murphy’s best efforts). Papa Murphy’s is banking on the fact that the "credit" for cooking something at home trumps convenience, cost, and potentially even taste. Basically, it’s a business model based on mom guilt. Papa Murphy’s isn’t alone. Often, when chains are advertising to mothers, they’re subtly appealing to the voice in female consumers’ heads that says "you’re failing as a parent!" Tweet Embed: https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/690232424278589441 Family dinner is easi(er) with #Munchery. Now all you have to do is get your kids to tell you about their day. #LA pic.twitter.com/Vchcy3zbKj Food delivery startup Munchery endlessly markets itself as a convenient way to hold the ever-important "family dinner." Chick-fil-A’s recent family-friendly innovations — new grilled options, the "Mom Valet," and even the 'Cell Phone Coop' promotion — are all focused on differentiating itself from guilt-inducing factors found at other fast-food chains, from calorie-count to family bonding. Organic kids’ snack brands are all about offering "better" options for mothers who don’t have time to prepare a dish from scratch. Tweet Embed: https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/697581165922951170 @MyBlossomOm Our favorite kind of mom! ;) All of these things seem positive in and of themselves. Eating as a family is great! We all should cut cell phone time! It’s good for kids to eat healthy and organic meals! But, in a world that is constantly blaming moms for falling short, these companies profit on an ideal of what a mother "should" do, even as they offer new alternatives. "For me, it's cooking homemade, organic meals from scratch," writes Jessica Grose on what triggers maternal guilt in a Lenny Letter essay. "I haven't been able to do this as much lately, because I am working longer hours, and I feel deeply awful about it every time I spoon Annie's (organic!) mac and cheese and cut-up cherry tomatoes onto my daughter's owl plate." When food companies cast themselves as better options, they imply that there is a best option — a home-cooked, healthy meal, made 100% by mom. [Chick-fil-a moms]Rebecca Cook/Reuters It’s great that companies like Annie’s, Munchery, and even Papa Murphy’s are offering families new alternatives to the traditional, mom-labor-intensive meal. However, consumers need to understand that these alternatives aren’t a morally positive or negative — they’re just more options. Mom guilt can seep into every aspect of mothers’ lives, but thrives especially in the realm of food. To defeat it, it’s time for mothers to freely decide the most convenient and right option for them, without input from companies’ that have a chance to profit from mom guilt. After all, at the end of the day, an occasional pizza delivery isn’t going to ruin your kids’ lives. In fact, it might be exactly what you and your children need. NOW WATCH: The hidden meaning behind these well-known numbers in brand names
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[Greece Greek Pharmacist Drugs]REUTERS/John Kolesidis We're facing a major problem with prescription drugs. Around the world, there are constantly shortages of one drug or another. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) lists 157 compounds that are currently facing shortages in the US alone. The list includes everything from antibiotics to vaccines to cancer medications. And it could be for a counterintuitive reason: Prices are too low for some medications. It might seem almost routine that the price of some generic drugs skyrocket, selling overnight for almost 14 times what they cost the day before. But even though this happens — and occasionally draws public attention — the opposite is happening at a far larger scale: Dozens of generic drugs are being discontinued because prices are too low. This can happen when the makers of a generic version of a branded drug, like the antibiotic clindamycin, decide to come out with their own, far cheaper version of the drug, and one or two other manufacturers hop on the generic bandwagon. Once those companies are producing enough generic drugs to satisfy demand, that price will keep slipping until making the drug is no longer a profitable exercise. At that point, manufacturers start to discontinue production, which leads to shortages if the ones left making the drugs run into any problems. "Medicines can be too cheap," Hans Hogerzeil, a professor of global health at Groningen University in the Netherlands and a former director for essential medicines at the WHO told Reuters. "For a viable market model you need at least three and preferably five different manufacturers." Having more manufacturers creates a safety net, so if any one of them runs into problems that require them to shut down, another can just amp up production. If prices are too low and manufacturers decide to drop out, then that safety net doesn't work. But that doesn't mean that setting a minimum price to keep manufacturers in the game is the right solution to drug shortage problems. "It's a 'three bears' situation," Erin Fox, the director of the Drug Information Service at University of Utah Health Care, told Business Insider. Drug prices are too high, drug prices are too low, nothing seems to be "just right." Fox said that she expects prices to actually go up on their own as they move toward a situation where there's more transparency about how the drug is manufactured. Until there's more transparency around the quality of how the drug's being processed, she said, "[The higher price is] a bitter pill to swallow." It's justifiable to pay for a product when you're know you're getting a higher quality in where and how it's made but, without transparency, there isn't as much of a case for a sudden rise in price. The World Health Organization plans to discuss drug shortages — for the first time — at its World Health Assembly in May. "I hope it will help dispel the myth that drug shortages are only happening in the US," Fox said. NOW WATCH: ‘Mythbusters' aired its last episode — here’s the toughest myth host Adam Savage ever busted
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Removal of 202 people from Greece to Turkey passes unexpectedly peacefully but observers say these were just the easy cases At about 9.45am on Monday, a man stepped off a ferry in the small Turkish port of Dikili and moved silently towards a group of waiting officials. In his hands was a red bag, and on his arm a policeman. For the hundreds of cameramen wobbling on a line of rocks on the other side of the harbour, it was hard to glean his nationality, let alone his name. But that barely mattered to the photographers. Whoever he might be, he was the first of 202 people to be returned from Greece to Turkey on Monday under the terms of the EU’s deportation deal. Thousands more may follow in the coming weeks. The cameras clicked. Continue reading...
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We travelled from Portland, OR to Victoria, BC as a family adventure arranged by our daughter, and son-in-law, to celebrate our grandson's second birthday. Before leaving, I searched tripadvisor to see what kind of restaurants we might find there.
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ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told his lawmakers on Monday that the country's first bailout review will be completed by April 22, quelling concerns after the leak of a transcript on IMF tactics highlighting differences among lenders.
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PANAMA – A massive leak of 11.5 million tax documents has exposed the secret offshore dealings of companies and individuals from Cyprus and Greece. It’s not only the Cameron estate which benefits from avoiding taxation on their wealth. Investigative ...
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The GREEK economy is still in desperate trouble, and yet another crisis is looming. If it happens, this could set back hopes of recovery across much of ...
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Bulgaria has shown one of the largest rates of year-on-year decrease in unemployment among the European Union Member States in February, according to fresh figures from Eurostat. Compared with a year ago, the unemployment rate fell in 24 of the 28 Member Statesin February with the largest decreases registered in Cyprus (from 16.6% to 12.6%), Spain (from 23.2% to 20.4%), and Bulgaria (from 9.8% to 7.4%), the EU statistical office said in a statement on Monday. Unemployment remained stable in Belgium andincreased in Austria, Latvia and Finland. The EU-28 average unemployment rate was 8.9% in February 2016 - down from 9.7% a year earlier and the lowest rate registered in the bloc since May 2009, Eurostat said. Germany had the lowest unemployment rates in the EU in February 2016 (4.3%), followed by the Czech Republic (4.5%). The highest unemployment rates were recorded in Greece (24.0% in December 2015) and Spain (20.4%).
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A total of 169,846 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea in the first three months of 2016 - more than eight times the number recorded in the same period of 2015, according to calculations of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). A record one million migrants and refugees crossed the Mediterranean, mostly to Greece and Italy, last year. Out of February 2016 total, 151,104 migrants and refugees have arrived via the Eastern Mediterranean route (Turkey to Greece) and 18,742 via the Central Mediterranean route (North Africa to Italy), according to a statement posted on the IOM website. IOM also reported 620 registered deaths on Mediterranean migrant routes in the first quarter of 2016, an increase of 23% compared with 505 fatalities in January-March 2015.
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About 4,000 migrants and refugees have been detained on Greek islands since the agreement came into effect March 20. "The most important thing we lose sight of is that these are individuals who are fleeing horrific scenes of war and we're playing some kind ...
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Speaking in Ankara, the president reproached Europe for not letting "these people into their countries" by raising razor wire fences. "We have real concerns that they are hiding things". Greek officials have been tight-lipped over how many migrants will ...
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Story by the Associated Press; curated by Jon Street. DIKILI, Turkey (AP) — A controversial European Union plan to curb migration and smash smuggling rings in Turkey began Monday as 202 migrants from two Greek islands were piled onto boats and shipped ...
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ATHENS, April 4 (Reuters) - Greece urged its international lenders on Monday to conclude a key bailout review swiftly, as talks on its fiscal progress resumed after the leak of a transcript in which IMF officials apparently mooted scare tactics to get a deal.
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Speaking at the 171st anniversary ceremony of the founding of the Turkish police force, Davutoglu urged police officers not to "distinguish them from our own citizens". Migrants get on a ferry at the port of Mytilini in the Greek island of Lesbos, Monday ...
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Greece's government has started new talks with bailout creditors amid a dispute over a wiretapped and leaked conversation between foreign officials involved in the Greek bailout on the negotiations. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos is meeting ...
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Reports say two Turkish ferries on Lesbos and another one on Chios are to pick up the refugees, and that they would be escorted by police from the European Union border agency Frontex. Anas al-Bakhr, a Syrian engineer from Homs now stuck on Chios Island ...
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The European Commission says Ankara has met the legal requirements for the return of migrants from Greece. A spokesperson made the statement as the…
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Greece's government started a new round of austerity talks with bailout creditors Monday amid a dispute over a wiretapped and leaked conversation between foreign officials involved in the Greek rescue negotiations. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos met ...
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The first people deported from Greece as part of a controversial deal to stem Europe’s migration crisis arrived by boat in Turkey on Monday. Three ferries carrying a total of 202 people left the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios and headed for the ...
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[People sit on rocks as migrants arrive from a small Turkish ferry carrying migrants who are deported to Turkey on April 4, 2016 as they arrive at the port of Dikili district in Izmir]An enormous and complex logistical operation involving thousands of EU and other officials was launched on Monday to ship migrants from Greece back to Turkey under a controversial accord between Brussels and Ankara.
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Operation to remove 202 people from Greece to Turkey passes unexpectedly calmly, but observers say these were easy cases At about 9.45am on Monday, a man stepped off a ferry in the small Turkish port of Dikili and moved silently towards a group of waiting officials. In his hands was a red bag, and on his arm a policeman. Related: First boats returning people from Greece arrive in Turkey – in pictures Total transparency on this EU-Turkey deal. Turks now putting up blue tarp to stop the prying eyes of the press pic.twitter.com/KSYm5zDOSq Related: EU-Turkey deal begins as Syrian refugees arrive in Germany and Finland Related: Refugee crisis: What does the EU's deal with Turkey mean? Continue reading...
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[venice endangered]Shutterstock/g215 Picturesque villages, pristine beaches, centuries-old architecture—none of it lasts forever, especially when threatened by ravaging hoards of tourists. That's why some of the world's dreamiest destinations would rather you _didn't_ pay them a visit, thank you very much. CINQUE TERRE, ITALY iStock / Lukasz Janyst Italy's Cinque Terre is the latest popular tourist site to limit the number of allowable visitors—in this case, to a maximum of 1.5 million people per year. More than 2.5 million tourists visited last year, mainly because of an increased number of cruises adding the picturesque 14th century fishing villages as a shore excursion. (The villages do not have the infrastructure to handle the dramatic increase in visitors.) Now, once the 1.5 million cap has been reached—which will be tracked by pedometers along the trails—access to the paths between the five villages will be closed. RELATED: Why You May Not Be Allowed to Visit Italy's Cinque Terre This Year SANTORINI, GREECE iStock / Freeartist The whitewashed cliff-side homes of Santorini look like something out of a storybook—but the reality of visiting this scenic Greek island is that it's usually overrun with cruise tourists. Greece's Hellenic Ports Association recently announced it will cap the number of cruise tourists allowed to enter the island at 8,000 per day, a 20 percent reduction from peak days that saw up to 10,000 entries in 2015. Santorini ports were the most trafficked by cruise ships in the country last year, according to University of the Aegean research. Reducing them year by year could “ensure the best quality services” and “safeguard the environment,” according to the association. VENICE, ITALY Shutterstock/g215 Venice is sinking, and seas of tourists aren't helping—at least, that's the message the Italian city seems to send when proposals surface to cap visitor numbers. The city of canals sees upwards of 80,000 tourists some days, in addition to rising sea levels and increased flooding. Some locals in Venice say the tourist traffic is threatening the ports, canals, lagoon, and streets themselves as cruise ships and tour groups take over each summer. Venice hasn't yet imposed a limit, but the collective groan of its people reverberates in the news each time infrastructure like new rail lines and subways to handle the masses are proposed. ”All this speculation is threatening the town and the lagoon itself,” the head of heritage group Italia Nostra has said, according to Deutsche Welle News. “They can eat Venice now, or leave it for the future.” RELATED: Best of Venice: Row Like a Venetian SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDER
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The Main and Stone mixed-use project on the north end of downtown is almost complete, with tenants already living there, and now the project is locked in on the businesses that will come there. Two Chefs Cafe & Market was the first to announce months ago ...
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… bool(false) (ShareCast News) - Greece and the International Monetary Fund … through leaks," she said. Greece on Sunday demanded an explanation … review of that deal, and Greek progress towards implementing fiscal reforms …
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Then they leaked it, causing a fresh storm of indignation in GREECE about economic blackmail. Tsipras fired off a theatrical letter to IMF head Christine ...
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ATHENS: Greece on Monday picked a local theater director to curate its most renowned annual summer arts festival after Belgian artist Jan Fabre quit following protests from artists that his plans excluded Greek works. Fabre resigned on April 2, complaining ...
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Greece began its mass deportations of migrants Monday when 202 people were shipped to Turkey. The deportations are part of the deal struck between the European Union and Turkey to get rid of economic migrants and allow Syrians fleeing war the chance of asylum.
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Italy is pleading for EU help to ramp up the deportation of migrants arriving on its southern shores, warning that the bloc's immigration system is at risk ...
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Refugees and migrants arrive at the port of Mytilene after being collected from sea by GREEK coast guards yesterday. Migrant returns from Greece to ...
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Lesbos, Greece — For months, migrants have placed all their hopes upon the Aegean Sea, piling into dinghies and braving the illegal passage from Turkey to this Greek island, their gateway to Europe and the West. Today, as 200-odd migrants were placed on ...
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Greece is right to urge for a conclusion of the Program Review as soon as possible, insisting that talks and agreement should be over by the middle of April. Athens is right to insist and to slam the International Monetary Fund over the delays that may end up in a […]
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Appointment of a Special Liquidator for all the credit and financial institutions under special liquidation The Bank of Greece, in implementation of a relevant provision of Law 4336/2015 and by virtue of Credit and Insurance Committee Decision No. 182/1/4.4.2016, has appointed PQH Single Special Liquidation S.A. as Special Liquidator for […]
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The European Union plan to contain the refugee crisis took a major step on Monday with the return to Turkey of 202 migrants and refugees who had not applied for asylum in Greece, and Germany received its first Syrian refugees under the program.
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April 4 -- Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called for the International Monetary Fund to replace top officials overseeing the nation's bailout following leaked information on the IMF possibly pressuring Germany to provide debt relief to Greece.
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Turkish police seized over a ton of smuggled meat in the Enez district of the western province of Edirne bordering Greece on April 4, in the latest attempt to smuggle cheaper meat into the country
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A migrant deal between the EU and Ankara goes into effect with Turkey accepting refugees from Greece as others are flown to Germany
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Greek director Vangelis Theodoropoulos was appointed on Monday by the Culture Ministry at the post of the artistic director of the annual Athens and Epidavros Festival, the country's most prestigious cultural festival since 1955. Theodoropoulos takes over ...
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The first refugees have been returned under the EU-Turkey deal, and there are already concerns about coercion and force being used Today had been declared the first day that migrants and refugees would be deported from Greece within the framework of the EU-Turkey deal, and European authorities seemed determined not to miss the date. So as of Sunday, Greek police, along with the EU border agency Frontex, organised a large-scale operation to ensure the smooth handling of today’s returns from the islands of Chios and Lesbos. The operation was initially deemed a success, with reports being limited to the boats and their occupants, which offered some digestible photo ops. There is plenty of evidence, though, that suggests that it has been no more than a media-savvy gesture on behalf of the European commission. Continue reading...
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The transcripts posted on WikiLeaks, assuming they are accurate, give a fascinating glimpse into the behind-the-scenes negotiations over GREECE'S ...
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Boats carrying dozens of migrants and refugees have arrived in Turkey amid criticism from human rights advocates. Migrants look through a bus window on the island of Lesbos, in Greece, on Monday, after being collected at sea by the Greek coast guard.
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Under a pact criticized by refugee agencies and human rights campaigners, Ankara will take back all migrants a... Read More DIKILI, Turkey/LESBOS, Greece: The first migrants deported from Greek islands under a disputed EU-Turkey deal were shipped back to ...
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