Bangladesh Ambassador to GREECE Md Jashim Uddin presented his credentials to the President of GREECE, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Wednesday at a ...
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How the world sees Greece
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Greece Recieves Mutliple Honors in 2015 TripAdvisor Traveler’s Choice Awards
The American travel website TripAdvisor announced the winners of its annual Traveler’s Choice awards, on Tuesday, which are based on votes by its readers, and Greece placed amongst the best in many different categories. The well-known Greek island of Santorini was chosen by TripAdvisor’s readers as the fourth best island in the world. “Even if you’ve
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Greek Migration Policy Minister: Two More Migrant Reception Centres to Open in Greece
Greek Alternate Migration Policy Minister Giannis Mouzalas announced that the Greek government will create two additional migrant reception and registration centres in Greece, Kathimerini newspaper reports. One of the alleged centres will be in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece. The other will be at an old factory at the area of Laurio, which is located close to Athens. This second
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OECD: Greek GDP Per Capita Dropped By 22.8% in Eight Years
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development published new data on Tuesday that highlights, among other figures, the negative performance of the Greek economy in the last eight years between the first quarters of 2007 and 2015. The initial decline in Greece’s various economic indexes was in line with the OECD’s general negative trend. However, the OECD as a whole began
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COSCO: Container Traffic in Port of Piraeus Increases in August 2015 Compared to 2014
Chinese company COSCO Pacific Limited released a report on the August container throughput traffic of its various subsidiaries. Among these subsidiaries is the Piraeus Container Terminal S.A., which operates Piers II and III at the Port of Piraeus, Greece’s largest port. According to the report, PCT processed 249,100 containers at the port of Piraeus this past August. This amounts
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Why Greeks Abroad Thrive: Opportunity
So what arose from the debate between former Prime Minister and SYRIZA head Alexis Tsipras, and New Democracy leader Evangelos Meimarakis? The post Why Greeks Abroad Thrive: Opportunity appeared first on The National Herald.
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Farmers Block Roads Over Tax Hikes
Farmers protesting tax hikes under Greece's international bailout agreement used tractors to disrupt traffic on a key border crossing with Turkey. The post Farmers Block Roads Over Tax Hikes appeared first on The National Herald.
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World Press View: What Happens to Greece after Elections?
Greeks vote again on Sept. 20 for another government but the big question comes later when more austerity and reforms kick in again. The post World Press View: What Happens to Greece after Elections? appeared first on The National Herald.
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Two polls show conflicting results ahead of Greek election
ATHENS (Reuters) - Two Greek opinion polls published on Wednesday differed ahead of Sunday's national election, with one giving leftists a four percentage point lead over conservatives and the other putting the conservatives marginally ahead.
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The Great British Bake Off episode seven – live
The remaining bakers are thrown into a time-warp for this week’s challenge involving pies, cakes and desserts from the Victorian era 8.58pm BST So that’s it for another week! I’m off to hop about the Greek islands tomorrow, so won’t be here for next week’s Patisserie quarter final, but the lovely Julia Raeside will be standing in. I’ll be back in two weeks, however, then we’ll push on through to the final. Thanks for joining in and being hilarious as ever, do pop by Twitter @heidistephens if you want to say hello or pass on your Greece travel tips. See you in two weeks! Hx 8.56pm BST And Star Baker is...TAMAL! Yes! His time has finally come. And going home is...MAT! He had a rubbish week, but always sad to see anyone go at this stage. He’s delighted to have made it to week 7 and to have won Star Baker last week. What a top man. Continue reading...
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Turkey taking care stopping Aegean Sea refugees
Near the tiny village of Behramkale, refugees from Syria leave the Turkish coast and cross the Aegean Sea, heading for the Greek island of Lesbos.…
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GREEK prosecutor calls for 18 to stand trial over defense systems
According to prosecutors, Liakounakos's company SONAK allegedly received a 35-million-euro commission on behalf of the GREEK state but failed to ...
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Chinese Tourist Arrivals in GREECE Rise 20%
chinese-asian-wedding-santorini-photos-36 The arrival of Chinese tourists in GREECE will increase by 20 percent, exceeding 120,000, according to ...
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GREECE'S Meimarakis wants big coalition if victorious after election
VM: “GREECE has changed, we changed too. Mr. Tsipras lied a lot last January. Nine months ago GREECE had a fiscal surplus and the prospect of ...
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The Surprisingly, Almost Eerily, Calm Greek Election
The Surprisingly, Almost Eerily, Calm Greek Election Voters are prepared to settle for quiet consensus instead of bold economic reforms.
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My travels: Victoria Hislop on a former leper colony off Crete
… Spinalonga, a small island off Crete, which was a leper colony … thick-lensed spectacles along with the Greek-English dictionary that he kept in … in Cretan dialect, by Kornaros, Greece's equivalent to Shakespeare …
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For Greece, Only Debt Relief Will Do
For Greece, Only Debt Relief Will Do Athens needs to reduce its debt quickly. Adjusting interest rates or maturities won’t be enough.
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Turkish police, migrants in standoff near Greek border ...
Edirne (Turkey) (AFP) - Hundreds of refugees barred by Turkish police from continuing their journey to Europe across a land borders with Greece and Bulgaria vowed ...
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Protesting Greek farmers block highway over income tax hike
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Farmers protesting tax hikes under Greece's international bailout agreement are using tractors to disrupt traffic on a key border crossing with Turkey.
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Scandal hits Tsipras mentor
Alekos Flambouraris under pressure to pull out of Greek election race
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Danish Citizens Counter Government, Post 'Warm Welcome' To Refugees
Everyday Danish citizens are fighting back against their government's anti-refugee campaign. When Denmark’s Minister of Integration, Inger Støjberg, took out advertisements last month in newspapers to deter refugees from seeking asylum in the country, many citizens were appalled. As a response, three women used social media to fight the anti-refugee messages by creating a Facebook group called “Welcome Refugees – No to Støjberg’s Deterrence-Campaign.” They raised over 200,000 kroner (about $30,200 USD) in two weeks, according to The Local, which allowed them to run counter-advertisements in The Guardian and Germany’s Tageszeitung newspaper. Welcome Refugees decided to fight fire with fire, and counter what they considered to be xenophobic messages with more welcoming ones. The advertisement tells potential refugees not to heed Denmark's scare tactics, with the above posting that states: "Dear fellow human being, there is another voice in Denmark - a voice representing peace, solidarity, and human decency," and promises that "we're not all like minister Støjberg." The group’s founders Marianne Rosenkvist, Anne de Haas, and Mille Stockner describe themselves as “3 ordinary Danes” on their Facebook page, which they started in July, following Støjberg’s announcement of the anti-refugee campaign. In August, Støjberg and the Danish Ministry for Immigration, Integration and Housing used four Lebanese newspapers and social media to announce, in both Arabic and English, that benefits were being drastically cut for asylum seekers in Denmark. Støjberg wanted to use the ads as an unofficial information campaign to publicize the official changes that will affect refugees. The new policies are part of the anti-immigration platform by which Støjberg’s right-wing Venstre party recently came to power. The government’s ads explain that Denmark’s assistance for asylum seekers has been reduced by up to 50 percent, that new refugees must speak and understand Danish, that they cannot immediately bring their family to Denmark, and that they cannot receive permanent residence permits for at least five years. Welcome Refugees isn’t the only pro-refugee voice in Denmark, although it is one of the most prominent. In August, thousands gathered in Copenhagen to protest the government's policies. Last week, seven young Danes went to the Greek island of Lesbos to help receive refugees arriving via boat. And last month, the head of the Danish NGO called Refugees Welcome penned an op-ed in The Guardian_, _listing five reasons why asylum-seekers should come to Denmark. For the time being, most migrants and refugees are just passing through Denmark en route to Sweden, so experts point out that the impact of both campaigns remains to be seen. RELATED ON HUFFPOST: -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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Greece's Eleonas Refugee Camp Is A Safe Haven For Afghan Refugees
If a police car wasn't parked outside its entrance, you’d hardly be able to guess that there’s a refugee camp in this Athens neighborhood. Parked trucks and junk yards surround the campsite, which had been empty until recently. A wall and a sliding door prevent anyone from looking inside. It is absolutely quiet -- very few sounds come from the camp. We enter the enclosure with a small group of Afghan refugees. The only documentation they are required to show to get in are the temporary residence cards they received upon arriving in Greece. White makeshift houses are neatly lined up. Whoever wants to leave the camp has to go through a small house that serves as a reception. A sign on one of its windows reads “IN/OUT.” Another bungalow houses a medical center. The Red Cross operates out of it, and there’s a kitchen where the Greek Navy hands out food. The children's space is the most lively part of the camp. All sorts of people come and go: volunteers, employees of the Ministry of Migration and members of nongovernmental organizations. There are also people from the United Nations refugee agency, the NGO “Praksis” and the government’s asylum services. Most of the refugees in the camp are Afghans who want to avoid camping out in public places like Victoria Square. Many of them leave after two or three days, once they receive money wired to them from friends and relatives, which will fund the next leg of their journey. I meet Sayed Ahman in the children’s tent. He's about two or three years old and bursts into laughter every time he is teased. His dad, Atmajan, 42, came to Greece with his wife, little Sayed and his baby brother, Etmah. The family set out from their hometown 40 days ago leaving their seven and nine year old daughters with their grandparents. “In Afghanistan I had a job, which was OK considering the situation there, I drove an ambulance and many times I worked for the UN,” Atmajan says. “But everyday life in Afghanistan is really hard. There are the Taliban, the tribe leaders, the army even, you don't know who you should guard yourself from, who is fighting whom ... Working with the ambulance I saw a lot of terrible things. We had to leave.” I ask him about the route they followed. “In 15 days we crossed through Iran and in another five through Turkey. Throughout the way we were with traffickers, we were scared to move by ourselves. You feel constantly in danger, you just go on without knowing exactly where you are,” Atmajan says. From Turkey, their journey was so hasty that he only remembers crossing over by boat. “These hours inside the boat with my wife and two kids were the most dangerous,” he says. Does he miss his daughters? “We are communicating all the time, but our souls hurt and my wife cries all the time," Atmajan says. “We don't know where we are going to end up, but when we reach somewhere we are going to bring the girls, all be together again.” Anthi Karaggeli of the Greek interior ministry says that there are rules in the camp, but people are free to come and go. “We primarily want the people to feel safe and calm inside the camp,” she says. “They need the calm, they have been through so much. They have risked both their lives and the lives of their children, so they are very emotional. Here, they can catch their breath and keep going.” There were small protests before the camp opened at the end of August. “It was seven people all in all who protested, and they are residents of the wider area because there is no neighborhood here,” Karaggeli says. “The number of people from Votanikos, from Eleonas, who arrive at the camp carrying clothes, food, milk, and toys for the refugees' children is far bigger. And they bring their children with them to play with these children, even if they don't speak the same language.” In the camp there are 94 little houses, 90 of which are occupied. Every house has four double bunk beds, a sink with some small cupboards, a toilet with a shower and air conditioning. The camp can hold 720 people. Two families of four can stay together, but single men traveling alone are sheltered in another section, not isolated but separate. A refugee comes closer. He wants to share something. He says he lost most of his money in the boat to the Greek island of Lesbos. He is here at the camp with his family, seven people in total. The man says the trafficker asked for 1,000 euros for each person and half that amount for every child for them to continue the journey, but the family only has 400 euros left. “I don't know what to do,” the man says. He shows a fresh scar on his forehead and says he was attacked by Pakistanis with sticks and stones when he was in Lesbos. The situation was really tough. “Here we are respected and taken care of," he said about conditions in the camp. "We thank them, we thank you all.” Mohamed, 22, and Khojand, 23, are Afghans, but they were raised in Iran, where their families sought a safer future. They met on the journey to Greece and became friends. Both men are considered “economic migrants.” I find them listening to Iranian rap in a shady part of the camp. Mohamed and Khojand say they left Iran because the state treated them like second class citizens. They passed from Iran to Turkey, walking for hours in the mountains, along with the traffickers. At some point they were robbed by locals who wanted to get the traffickers' money but eventually took personal items from their “cargo”. To travel from Iran to Turkey, Mohamed and Khojand say they paid $500 and another $1,000 to reach Lesbos on a dinghy. It took them, and 35 others, two and a half hours to reach European soil in the little boat. The sea was calm at first, then somewhere on the way the boat's engine crashed and started to flood. They had to empty the waters. "We were really scared," they say. “Here, everything is great,” Mohamed says about the camp in Eleonas. “There is no such camp in Asia.” It's getting dark. Volunteers with the Greek Red Cross entertain the children with balls and drawing. Katerina, a volunteer, says, “Despite their stress and fatigue, they are full of energy, typical children. They are so happy with the little things like painting. When they leave here, they never cry, we always see them smiling.” There are nights when the refugees gather in a circle and sing. “They relax. And we with them. We forget to go home,” Karaggeli says. _All photos courtesy of Menelaos Myrillas._ _ This post first appeared on HuffPost Greece and was translated into English. It has been edited for clarity_. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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Chicken Kabobs with GREEK Village Salad
In a large bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, zest, garlic, chili flakes, oregano and ¼ cup olive oil. Add the chicken pieces and toss to coat.
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Short order: GREEK Festival, an ASAP benefit and more
Do this: Opa! The 29th annual GREEK Festival comes to 227 Cumberland Ave. in Montford Sept. 25-27. From 11 a.m.- 9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, find ...
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ECB's Constancio: GREEK euro exit 'never for real'
Although the GREEK crisis shook confidence in the euro area, European Central Bank Vice President Vitor Constancio said on Wednesday in Frankfurt ...
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GREECE'S conservatives slightly ahead in new opinion poll
ATHENS GREECE's conservative New Democracy party has a 0.5 percentage point lead over leftist rival Syriza, a poll published on Wednesday ...
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Saviors of Greek Peak ski resort to buy Toggenburg ...
Fabius, N.Y. — The two Elmira businessmen who resurrected Greek Peak Mountain Resort from bankruptcy are buying Toggenburg Mountain and combining ...
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Prof. Kalyvas of Yale On What Happened and What Comes Next in Greece
NEW YORK – Dr. Stathis N. Kalyvas of Yale University has followed the Greek crisis closely. He recently published “What Really Happened in Greece – And What Will Come Next” on Foreignaffairs.com. In a conversation with TNH Kalyvas said, “there has to be some improvement,” in the terms of the memorandum…but this is not going […] The post Prof. Kalyvas of Yale On What Happened and What Comes Next in Greece appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greek social networks refuse EP’s European Citizen Prize 2015. “It would be hypocrisy,” says Vichas from Athens Social Clinic
Two Greek social networks have refused to accept the European Citizen’s Prize for 2015 that is given European Parliament to honor citizens providing social aid where the states fail to do so. Giorgos Vichas from the Metropolitan Social Clinic in Athens and Kostas Polichronopoulos from the “Social Kitchen – The […]
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GREEK Coast Guard Picks Up Hundreds From The Sea
(AP) – Greece's coast guard says it's picked up hundreds of people from the sea near eastern Aegean islands as migrants try to reach Greece ...
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GREEK Gods still trapped at Muzik Nightclub
GREEK gods muzik Canadian sculptor E.B. Cox's magnificent GREEK Gods statues have been caught in an ugly tug of war between the City of Toronto ...
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Turkey stops Syrian refugees entry to GREECE
Turkey stopped the penetration of Syrian refugees to GREECE. Over the past two days, more than 500 Syrian refugees gathered on the border in the ...
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Tsipras says Greece can return to the markets by early 2017
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Syrian migrants determined to march on amid ‘deadline’
Edirne’s governor has given a large number of refugees three days to leave his border province following the beginning of a march by Syrian refugees to the Thracian region in an effort to cross by land into Greece en route to Germany
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What Do GREEK Tragedies and the Latino Experience in L.A. Have in Common?
One of the more striking elements in playwright Luis Alfaro's work is his ability to successfully transpose GREEK tragedy into stories about ...
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Despite High Stakes, GREEK Election Generates Little Fervor
ATHENS — Inside campaign tents pitched by various political parties seeking to win over GREEK voters here, including an immense one set up near ...
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Festival of GREEK Goodness in Scranton
SCRANTON -- The Annunciation GREEK Orthodox Church is serving up a lot of fun and flavors in Scranton. Folks at the Annunciation Church are pretty ...
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GREECE crisis: knife-edge election raises bank fears
This threatens GREECE'S ability to comply with controversial reforms ahead of a review of the agreement, which could determine whether the ...
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Refugees see last chance for Europe before winter closes route from Turkey
By Ayla Jean Yackley ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Hundreds of Syrians and other migrants thronged a small park in central Istanbul on Wednesday, hoping for a last chance to reach Europe before poor weather makes their favoured route from Turkey to Greece too dangerous to undertake. "It is time to go, while the door to Europe is open," said Zopir, 20, who fled the Syrian town of Deir al-Zor three years ago and now wants to reach Europe before his wife, eight months pregnant, gives birth. "I am afraid, but I am ready." Zopir scraped together 8,000 euros ($9,000) for their trip, which begins in and near the park in Aksaray, a working-class district of Istanbul, by hiring a "dealer": a front man for smugglers who help refugees reach the Aegean coast.
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Refugee Influx Hurts Tourism on Greek Islands
The president of the Lesvos Hoteliers Association Pericles Antoniou sent a letter to interim Finance Minister Giorgos Chouliarakis and Tourism Minister Nikos Christodoulakis describing the damage caused to tourism because of the refugee influx. In his letter Antoniou stresses that many hotel units will close 30 to 45 days earlier this year, while others that
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Afghan Refugees Remain Stranded in Athens’ Victoria Square
For thousands of migrants coming to Greece from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, Victoria Square in central Athens, will be their home until they find money and papers to start their journey to Northern Europe. The refugees that have flooded the square and its surrounding streets, mainly Afghans, remain stranded in Athens for weeks waiting for
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Migrants and Refugees Remain at Turkish City Close to Greek Border
Migrants and refugees who were stopped from reaching Turkey’s northern border with Greece on Tuesday, have not yet left the Turkish city of Edirne, the AFP reports. Turkish authorities had blocked the group from moving further west from Edirne, which lies 17 kilometres away from the Greek border. Around 1,000 refugees and migrants were still in Edirne on Wednesday, according to the AFP. This
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Greek-Am. Company Launches NY’s Largest PV Solar Energy System
SPRINGFIELD GARDENS – A Greek-American owned facility in Springfield Gardens was the launch site on September 15 of the largest photovoltaic (PV) in New York State. The system is named “The Bloomberg-JFK Airport Park Solar Project,” derived from the names of former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the Greek-American-owned company JFK Airport Park (JFKAP). The […] The post Greek-Am. Company Launches NY’s Largest PV Solar Energy System appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greensboro GREEK Festival: Be GREEK For The Weekend
We have a braised lamb shank and a GREEK Spaghetti in addition to our GREEK-style baked chicken and the Pork Souvlaki. Don't forget about the ...
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Our Opinion: Secret Society Should Have No Role in New GREEK Life Task Force
In an editorial published in the Wheel last week, Ducemus announced that it will help select the members of a committee, called the GREEK Life Task ...
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'Aylan Island' underway! Egyptian billionaire negotiates with GREECE, UN to purchase island for ...
Earlier this month, Sawiris, owner of Orascom, urged GREECE or Italy to "sell me an island." According to a statement released Monday, Sawiris, worth ...
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Hungary: Fence needed on Serbian border due to migrant push
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The razor-wire fence Hungary is building on its border with Serbia is needed to secure the European Union's external border and will remain as long as large numbers of migrants keep trying to enter the country, Hungary's foreign minister said Wednesday. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told The Associated Press that "only a physical obstacle" could help Hungary protect its border with Serbia as long as migrants were able to pour into fellow EU member Greece and then make their way north. "If we are able to defend the border of Greece, then that migration pressure will be much lower in Hungary," Szijjarto said, adding that disabling boats used by human traffickers on the Mediterranean Sea would help reduce the number of migrants.
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Closed borders and razor-wire fences fail to deter desperate refugees
Desperate refugees waiting to leave the Greek island of Lesbos say they are determined to make their way to northern Europe, despite closed borders…
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Below Deck Recap: GREEK Week
Kate cajoles the guests to stay put as she plays a round of GREEK trivia, citing that the crew needs to finish dinner prep. In reality, she's allowing Rocky ...
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National Bank Of GREECE (ADR): ECB Reduces Funding Ahead Of Elections
Deposit outflows ease ahead of elections in GREECE, following European Central Bank's cut in emergency liquidity assistance to Greek banks. The cut ...
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