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Saturday, May 21, 2016

Greek court overturns Syrian deportation order, citing lack of rights in Turkey

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region—A Greek court has ruled that a Syrian refugee cannot be returned to Turkey as Turkey would not give him his rights under international law. The landmark decision deals a blow to the already faltering EU-Turkey migrant deal, which ...


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EgyptAir flight MS804: smoke detected in 'multiple locations' before crash

… aircraft signal was lost,” the Greek defence minister, Panos Kammenos, told … taken a normal course through Greek airspace before abruptly taking sharp …


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Xi expresses condolences over EgyptAir plane crash

"Late Thursday, other finds in the area turned out to be unrelated debris". Greece said radar showed the Airbus A320 had made two sharp turns and dropped more than 25,000ft before plunging into the sea. It added that there is "no guarantee that the slick ...


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Report: Ominous graffiti was scribbled on the bottom of the crashed EgyptAir flight

[EgyptAir]REUTERS/Christian Hartmann Ominous graffiti reading "We will bring this plane down" in Arabic was written underneath the EgyptAir jet that crashed en route from Paris to Cairo on Thursday morning, the New York Times reported on Saturday. The note is believed to have been written about two years ago by aviation workers at Cairo Airport who were sympathetic to the Muslim brotherhood, according to three Egyptian officials. "Playing on the phonetic similarity between the last two letters in the plane’s registration, SU-GCC, and the surname of Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, some workers also wrote 'traitor' and 'murderer,'" the Times reported. Three EgyptAir in-flight security officers,Walid Ouda, Mohammed Farag and Mahmoud el Sayed, were on the flight when it crashed, according to the Times. Officials said there are usually two security personnel on every EgyptAir flight, and previous statements from aviation authorities indicate that the third onboard guard was a trainee. Significantly, flights over Egypt have encountered trouble on several occasions in the past year, prompting aviation authorities to instruct pilots to fly above 26,000 feet in the region. In October 2015, a Russian airliner crashed in northern Egypt, killing all 224 people on board, and EgyptAir flight was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus in March, prompting an hourslong standoff. No one was harmed in that incident. In 2002, an EgyptAir Boeing 737 went down near Tunis-Carthage International Airport, killing 14. In 1999, an EgyptAir flight from Los Angeles to Cairo, with a stop in New York, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, 60 miles off Nantucket Island, killing the 217 people on board. Greece's civil aviation department said that while it was in contact with the pilot, 36-year-old Capt. Mohamed Shoukair, he seemed "in good spirits and thanked the controller in Greek," after he was cleared to exit Greek airspace. Shoukair had logged more than 6,000 flying hours, and his co-pilot, 24-year-old Mohamed Mamdouh Assem, had logged just over 2,000 flying hours. Greek investigators said they found body parts, debris, and personal belongings of passengers in the Mediterranean on Friday, 140 miles north of Alexandria on Egypt's coast. French investigators confirmed on Saturday that smoke was detected in "multiple places" on board the doomed jetliner in the minutes before it crashed, likely indicating "the start of a fire." Reports have also emerged that search crews have found the black boxes from the plane, though that has yet to be confirmed.  NOW WATCH: FORMER CIA DIRECTOR: Why I won't vote for Donald Trump


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This is a pretty worrying chart for China's demographic future

This is a pretty worrying chart for China's demographic future NOW WATCH: FORMER GREEK FINANCE MINISTER: The single largest threat to the global economy


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Phone Conversation Between Alexis Tsipras and Francois Hollande

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke on the phone with French President Francois Hollande on Friday afternoon, discussing the negotiations underway and ways to ease the Greek debt ahead of next Tuesday’s Eurogroup, a government announcement said. In addition to their talks about Greece’s debt, Hollande also thanked the Greek prime minister for the prompt mobilization of Greek


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Dimitris Avramopoulos: Imperative to Speed Up the Refugee Relocation Program

Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Friday it is imperative to speed up the refugee relocation program from Greece. His statements were made after the end of the meeting of EU interior ministers in Brussels. “There’s no alternative to the relocation, or a plan B. Relocation from Greece must move ahead and


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Government Announces Auction For the Sale of Four Nationwide TV Licenses

The government announced an auction for the sale of four nationwide, digital TV licenses on Friday, with a starting bid of three million euros each, according to the published document. Commenting on the tender, State Minister Nikos Pappas described it as “an important moment” because “Greece will no longer hold the embarrassing ‘exclusivity’ of being


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The Acropolis Museum Amongst TripAdvisor’s Top 25 Museums in the World

The Acropolis Museum is once again amongst TripAdvisor‘s list of the 25 Best Museums in the world. “The brand new building is as stunning as the treasures it houses. A clear glass walkway reveals the ruins and current excavations below,” TripAdvisor writes. The Greek museum is in 11th place on TripAdvisor’s list, one place above the


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Greece: No metro over weekend, buses to halt on Sunday

There will be no metro service in Athens on Saturday and Sunday, while the ISAP electric railway, buses and trolley buses will not be in operation on Sunday due to strikes by unionists who are protesting the government’s multi-bill. Intercity trains and ...


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Here's some great news for every American worker

Slow wage growth has been among the biggest problems for the American economy over the past several years. Wages are finally rising, however, and they're starting to grow faster and faster. No matter which tracker you use, everything is looking a little rosier. The basic measure — average hourly earnings from the monthly jobs report — has hit cycle highs three times in the past five months and has been accelerating of late. Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: FORMER GREEK FINANCE MINISTER: The single largest threat to the global economy


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Greek aviation official: Flight MS804 crashed in Egyptian airspace

Greek defence minister Panos Kammenos said the Airbus A320 made 'sudden swerves" mid-air, lurching 90 degrees to the left then 360 degrees to the right as it fell out of the sky. The Greek government has issued a timeline of the moments leading up to the ...


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Seminar on Western Sahara in Mediterranean Conference in GREECE

Rhodes (GREECE), 20 May 2016 (SPS) - The Department of Mediterranean Studies of the University of Aegean organised the seventh “Mare Nostrum ...


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LinkedIn hack and Auerback on GREEK debt relief

The social media site LinkedIn has vastly underestimated a 2012 data breach, with 100 million users apparently affected. Elsewhere, the precious ...


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Cultural and culinary delights

052016 Wesley Bunnell | Staff St. George Orthodox Church started their 3 day GREEK festival on Friday afternoon. Athina Morikis on left with Andrea ...


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Donald Trump explains why Republicans lose elections

[Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump poses for a photo after an interview with Reuters in his office in Trump Tower, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., May 17, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson ]Thomson Reuters In an extensive interview with The New York Times, Donald Trump pondered his own success within the Republican Party, musing that he was able to gain support by eschewing the party's obsession with ideology. Trump suggested that his bombastic personality and non-traditional path to the nomination is what has gotten people to the polls to vote for him in likely record-setting numbers. He also explained why he thinks Republicans lose so many elections: One thing I’ve seen over the years is that the Democrats stick together, and the Republicans eat their young. That’s why they lose so many elections. You know, a normal, very nice, very likable Republican would be hard pressed to win. Trump certainly has obliterated his many competitors. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who was thought to be the likeliest Republican nominee before the primary season began, dropped out before winning a single state. Marco Rubio, a Florida senator considered a rising young star within the party, lost his home state to Trump. The 2016 Democratic primary has certainly tested Trump's theory about Democrats, however. The party has an insurgent candidate of its own in Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has drawn massive crowds at his rallies and drawn significant popular support among younger and more left-leaning voters. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was long expected to be the party's nominee — and likely still will be — but Sanders has refused to drop out and has pledged to fight until the end of the nomination process. NOW WATCH: FORMER GREEK FINANCE MINISTER: Why Hillary Clinton is a 'dangerous person'


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Astrophysicist Economou Visits Cyprus

NASA is getting ready for a manned mission to Mars but this attempt is not that simple, according to Astrophysicist at the University of Chicago, Thanasis Economou, the Cyprus News Agency reported. The Greek Astrophysicist, who, since the mid 1960s has been building for various space agencies, like NASA and ESA, instruments for interplanetary spacecraft,


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EgyptAir flight: 'Smoke detected' inside cabin before crash

Egyptian authorities found luggage, a seat and a body part during the search for an EgyptAir jet which plunged into the Mediterranean, Greece's defense minister said on Friday. Undated handout photo taken from the Facebook page of Egyptian Armed Forces ...


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Earthquake shakes Macedonia, Albania and northern GREECE

A moderate earthquake southwest of Skopje has been felt in Macedonia, Albania and some areas of northern GREECE, seismologists and residents say ...


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Migrant Deportations in Jeopardy As Greek Court Rules Turkey ‘Unsafe’

A Greek court has ruled Turkey to be an unsafe country, putting at risk a deal between Ankara and Brussels to return failed asylum seekers there. So far, fewer than 500 migrants have been returned under the deal. A committee of judges ruling on an asylum ...


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GREEK astrophysicist will do everything he can to push for Troodos observatory

GREEK astrophysicist Thanasis Economou, who was in Cyprus this week has said he was asked to contribute to the idea of creating an observatory in ...


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4 GREEK traditions that are slowly disappearing

4 GREEK traditions that are slowly disappearing The afternoon siesta between the “quiet hours” (2pm to 5pm) is one of the most enjoyable GREEK habits.


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A Member of a Monastery Accused of Abusing a 5-Year-Old in Rhodope

A shocking report was recently published by the newspaper “Foni tis Rodopis”, the report details that a member of a monastery sexually abused a five-year-old boy in Rhodope. A court in Rhodope, northern Greece, is to make a decree about the alleged abuse of the 5-year-old boy by a local archimandrite and another man, according to the local newspaper. The boy


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Greek judge says Turkey is unsafe, rules against sending Syrian migrant back

ATHENS, Greece - Greek judges have ruled that a Syrian refugee should not be sent back to Turkey. Amnesty International has said that migrants in Turkey are not safe as they do not have basic human rights and could be taken to Syria. According to reports ...


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St. Nicholas GREEK Church supports Boys & Girls Club

FORT PIERCE — St. Nicholas GREEK Church made a donation to the Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Lucie County from the proceeds of the 37th Annual ...


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Greek jets scrambled to US plane after EgyptAir crash

Greece scrambled fighter jets to monitor a US passenger plane that failed to identify itself when entering Greek airspace this week, an official said Saturday, confirming media reports. The Delta Air Lines aircraft, flying from Paris to Kuwait, entered the ...


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G7 takes aim at terrorist financing; rifts on policy remain

Sapin, the French finance minister, said the group also made progress on how to help Greece resolve its dire troubles over its debt, most of which is owed to European creditors. "Until everything is decided, we can't consider it done, but I think all the ...


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Companies are 'coming right up to the line' of breaking the law

Short seller Carson Block makes his living by spotting frauds. He made his name shorting the Chinese company Sino-Forest, and he tries to shine a light on companies that are total fakes and those that are stretching the truth. In a recent conversation with Business Insider, Block said that he was seeing less of the out-and-out frauds that led to a total collapse of a company but that a new trend worried him. NOW WATCH: FORMER GREEK FINANCE MINISTER: The single largest threat to the global economy


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Greek judge rules against sending Syrian refugee back to Turkey

ATHENS, Greece - Greek judges have ruled that a Syrian refugee should not be sent back to Turkey. Amnesty International has said that migrants in Turkey are not safe as they do not have basic human rights and could be taken to Syria. According to reports ...


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Greek National Tourism Organisation to promote GREECE across the globe

Aiming to promote the destination on a global scale, Greek National Tourism Organisation (EOT) has revealed a host of projects underway.


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Saginaw area GREEK organizations donate 900 cases of water to Flint

Representatives from the St. Demetrios GREEK Orthodox Church stand with the Gordon Food Service truck that delivered 900 cases of water to the ...


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Minister Kountoura: GREECE can satisfy Russians interested in religious tourism

GREECE is a destination open to all visitors "genuinely interested in religious tourism and truly seeking to find themselves," Alternate Tourism Minister ...


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800000 property owners in GREECE to pay up to 3425 euros more in ENFIA tax

At least 800,000 owners of properties in GREECE (including hoteliers) with "objective value" more than 200,000 euros will have to pay from 50 to 3,425 ...


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Commissioner: Refugee relocation from GREECE must move ahead

“There's no alternative to the relocation, or a plan B. Relocation from GREECE must move ahead and urgently,” Avramopoulos said, adding that tens of ...


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Monday's TV: Visit GREECE with Simon Reeve, see Kiwi bogans or marvel at Grey's Anatomy

While never being anything less than accessible, Simon Reeve does a terrific job of these potted biographies of countries, and his visit to GREECE is no ...


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GREEK fighter jets dispatched as airline pilots fail to respond

Reports said the pilots failed to respond to repeated calls from GREEK civil aviation authorities. At 7.38 p.m. two F-16 fighter jets were dispatched, ...


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DEPA expects increase in gas transportation from Azerbaijan to Greece

… Azerbaijan to Greece in 2 years, President of DEPA (Greece) Harris Sachinis … from Azerbaijan in to Greece and beyond Greece to Bulgaria and through … Turkey and Greece and the interconnector that will built between Greece and …


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Economist Dimitris Kazakis: Greece Can and Must Leave the Eurozone and EU

As discussions continue to take place between the Greek government and the country's lenders, Greece's economic crisis is showing no signs of abating. Meanwhile, new cuts to pensions, wages and social services are currently on the table. Unemployment ...


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Are You (And Your Industry) Ready And Willing To Be Disrupted?

Sometime around 500 BC the Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus said, “Everything changes and nothing stands still.” Today, many paraphrase his sage wisdom as, “The only constant in life is change.”


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GREECE-ATHENS-FEATURE-INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM DAY

ATHENS, May 20, 2016 - A woman takes pictures of a bronze statue of Zeus dated back to around 460 B.C. at the National Archaeological Museum in ...


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LANE RANGER: Get ready for second-busiest Memorial Day ever

GREECE Post · Classifieds · Jobs · Cars · HOMES. FEATURED ». NEWS NOW. FreshConnect Food Box program receives $500,000 in funding .


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GREECE Arcadia 6, GREECE Athena 2

GREECE Athena's Justin Bunting, right, tags GREECE Arcadia's Kevin Blum out at second base during a Class A1 sectional quarterfinal at GREECE ...


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GREECE'S tax reform vote to pile pressure on government

Greek MPs will vote Sunday on a new bill that will include extra tax hikes and reforms as demanded by GREECE'S international creditors in order to ...


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GREEK Week provides fun for whole campus

Sophomore and President of the Lawrence University Panhellenic Council Rachel Taber said, “When planning GREEK Week each year, the ...


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GREEK debt relief deal 'very close,' EU official says

A senior United States Treasury official at the G7 meeting said it was "certainly encouraging" to see signs of progress in GREEK debt talks. "It means ...


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GREEK Cypriots go to polls Sunday to elect new parliament for 5-year term

A record number of 493 parliamentary candidates -- 488 from 12 parties and five independents -- will compete to grab one of the 56 seats in the House ...


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Traditions That are Slowly Disappearing

There are several habits that over the years have turned into some sort of tradition which Greeks have incorporated in their daily lives. However, in our days, these “traditions” are starting to wear off for many reasons; technology, demanding working hours, globalization to name a few. The afternoon siesta : The afternoon siesta between the


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Twenty-three Refugees, Migrants Returned to Turkey from Greek Islands

Twenty-three refugees and migrants were returned to Turkey from the Greek island of Lesvos by boat on Friday in the fourth such readmission this spring under the March 18 EU-Turkey deal to cope with the refugee crisis, local authorities announced. The refugees hadn’t expressed any asylum will, according to the Greek police. They are from


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Greek Pavilion at 2016 Venice Biennale to Emphasize Importance of Architectural Collaboration

The Greek Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale will be hosting an exhibition titled #ThisIsACo-op, which underscores the role of collaboration in architecture. Through a series of displayed research and discussions, the exhibition aims to understand how ...


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Foreign Minister Kotzias meets with the Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, Bert Koenders, ...

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias met in Brussels yesterday, 20 May, with the Foreign Minister of the Netherlands, Bert Koenders, within the framework of the proceedings of the Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs.Having congratulated Mr. Koenders on the successful Netherlands Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Mr. Kotzias had a constructive exchange of views with his counterpart on matters of special interest to Greece. In that regard, he thanked Mr. Koenders for his country’s contribution to the actions of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) in the Aegean, as well as for the significant humanitarian and material...


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