How the world sees Greece
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[University North Carolina Chapel Hill UNC Students Fans]Grant Halverson/Getty Images First and foremost, college is about getting an education. But it's also about having fun, going out, and making new friends. Business Insider created a list of schools that best embody this dual principle — the "work hard, play hard" mentality that many students look for. To find the most intense colleges in the country, we combined four rankings from college information site Niche: colleges with the best academics, smartest students, best Greek life colleges, and top party schools. We eliminated any schools that ranked only for academics or only for social life. The list runs the gamut from big state schools, such as the University of Texas and the University of Michigan, to Ivies like Dartmouth and Yale. Take a look at the most intense colleges in America, where students go all out, whether they're studying or partying. _Additional reporting by Andy Kiersz. _ 30. WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY Streeter Lecka/Getty Images LOCATION: Winston Salem, North Carolina ACADEMICS: A+ PARTY SCENE: A "Academics at Wake are impeccable," one student said. "You will get a great education, albeit with a large workload. The workload is manageable, and if you want to actually learn something in college, go here." Greek life takes over campus on the weekends. "Greek life dominates the party scene, so usually there is either a frat lounge party or off-campus house party every Friday and Saturday night," one freshman noted. 29. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Sam Greenwood/Getty Images LOCATION: Gainesville, Florida ACADEMICS: A PARTY SCENE: A+ "A lot of people party — almost every day of the week there's going to be people at the club," one senior said. There's still plenty of time to study, however. "I have never been challenged as much in my academics than I have at UF, but being challenged like this is only going to help me in life after college," a junior noted. 28. TULANE UNIVERSITY Tulane Public Relations/Flickr LOCATION: New Orleans, Louisiana ACADEMICS: A+ PARTY SCENE: A+ "Tulane seamlessly combines social life and academic rigor to provide a great college experience and ensure success after graduation," one sophomore commented. Other students agree — Tulane students study as hard as they party. "Most students follow the 'work hard, play hard' model religiously," one freshman reported. "Most students study all day and go out after. People do go out a decent amount during the week, as many of the bars have deals during weeknights." SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDER
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However, GREECE is not going to tolerate flights of combat aviation above its territory. According to the Greek Defence Ministry, the drills will be carried ...
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IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said that form of the International Monetary Fund participation in bail out of GREECE may vary depending on ...
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WASHINGTON -- The head of the International Monetary Fund questioned GREECE'S ability to meet its budget targets, a salvo against Europe's ...
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Greece and the institutions must stick to the agreement reached last July and the country’s program review must conclude as soon as possible, the head of the European Parliament Martin Schulz said on Thursday, after a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Strasbourg. In a readout issued after the meeting, Schulz said the
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Human Rights Watch, a pro-human rights group, issued on Thursday a statement, in which they criticize the living conditions of refugees and migrants on the islands of Chios and Lesvos. “Greek authorities, in coordination with the European Union, are automatically detaining all asylum seekers and migrants who arrive on the islands of Lesbos and Chios
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“Refugees Mythybusters GR,” in an attempt to offer a more accurate and realistic image to the readers regarding the refugee and migrant issue in Greece, has created an interactive map that contains all hoaxes that have been reported and circulated through media and social media during the refugee crisis. The “Hoaxmap” pins all the areas
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… Turkey Middle East North Africa Greece & Cyprus. Giorgio Stock president …
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The Parthenon, one of Chicago's oldest GREEK restaurants (and one of the most popular destinations in Greektown) has been shut down by the city.
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The GREEK grandmother's parents were ethnic GREEK refugees who left Turkey in a population exchange in the early 1920s. The family lost their home ...
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Northwestern State University student Otha “Tre” Nelson of Prairieville was one of 50 members of Greek organizations from throughout the U.S. selected to participate in the annual Greek Life Lobbying Trip April 18 – 21 in Washington D.C. The ...
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Turkey’s minister for European Union affairs and its chief negotiator with the bloc, Volkan Bozkır, said if the EU does not grant Turkish citizens visa-free travel, Turkey could stop accepting migrants sent from Greece
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BEFORE reading a “poem” on German television on March 31st, Jan Böhmermann, a satirist of questionable tact, explained that he wanted to clarify the boundaries of free-speech law. He then declaimed a series of obviously fictional passages (in rhyming verse) depicting Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, engrossed in a series of athletically challenging sexual activities with barnyard animals. By the time the broadcaster took the video off its website a day later, it had caused a diplomatic fracas between Turkey and Germany. The tension had been a long time brewing. In 2007 the chancellor, Angela Merkel, snubbed Mr Erdogan by opposing Turkish membership of the European Union. As Mr Erdogan’s rule became increasingly autocratic, Mrs Merkel often chided him for nobbling dissidents and the press. But in 2015 refugees started streaming into the EU via Turkey. Suddenly Mrs Merkel needed Mr Erdogan’s help. The result is the deal that the EU, at Mrs Merkel’s prodding, made with Turkey last month. In return for taking back migrants from Greece and cracking down on people-smugglers, Turkey gets billions in aid and new talks...
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ZIPPING across the choppy Aegean in his powerboat, Nassos Karakitsos, a volunteer with a search-and-rescue NGO called Emergency Response Centre International, scans the horizon for refugees. He spots none. A few months ago the seas around the Greek island of Lesbos were filled with overstuffed rubber dinghies (“balloons with engines”, Mr Karakitsos calls them) carrying Afghans, Iraqis and Syrians from the Turkish coast. Today they are home only to the more forbidding vessels of the Greek coast guard, Frontex (the European Union’s border agency) and NATO, lately arrived to help with maritime surveillance. The quiet seas are the result of a deal struck between the EU and Turkey to reduce migrant flows, which came into effect on March 20th. It took everyone by surprise, says a European official on Lesbos, and there were teething troubles: the police tailed a Turkish liaison officer stationed on the island, suspecting he was a spy. But for now the migrants have stopped coming. Some of the scrappy volunteer groups that flocked to Lesbos last autumn, when 6,000 refugees might clamber ashore in one day, are closing shop. Larger organisations are moving...
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Eighty dead, eighty men buried in array. All but one have their hands tied on their backs with iron chains. One skeleton has his feet chained. The remaining of Ancient Greeks have been laying in a big area of Falirikon Delta in South Athens for more than 26 centuries. Digging […]
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Macedonia says GREEK military plane violated its airspace. A GREEK military airplane entered Macedonia's airspace at 10:30 CET on Thursday, ...
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On Thursday, it was reported that My Big Fat GREEK Wedding star Lainie Kazan got into a nasty car accident that resulted in her being rushed to the ...
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Turkish military aircraft on Thursday violated GREEK airspace six times, flying over a number of GREEK islands, the GREEK General Staff said in a ...
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Pope Francis To Visit Migrant Centre In GREECE. Pope Francis will enter one of the controversial migrant sorting centres backed by the European ...
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A woman collects water at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, GREECE. A Vatican ...
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The Alternate Foreign Minister for European Affairs, Nikos Xydakis, will carry out a visit to Berlin in the coming days, on the occasion of the events marking the 71st anniversary of the liberation of Ravensbrück concentration camp.On Friday, 15 April, Mr. Xydakis will have successive meetings with the German Minister of State for Europe, Michael Roth, and State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior Emily Haber.Mr. Xydakis will also meet with members of the German Parliament.On Sunday, 17 April, Mr. Xydakis will unveil the commemorative plaque in honor of the Greek men and women held at Ravensbrück concentration...
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An open records request filed by the Kentucky Kernel revealed that the racial makeup of UK’s Interfraternal Council fraternities and Panhellenic Conference sororities as a whole are more white than campus. From 2007 to 2013, IFC, NPC, and United Greek ...
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The Greek army launched an unscheduled military exercise Thursday along its border with Macedonia and a cluster of islands near Turkey, with fighter jets passing over a tent city in Idomeni near the border. Sources within the Greek army confirmed that ...
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French Minister of Finance Michel Sapin and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew argued in Washington that “a lot of work” is needed in Greece and bailout review talks must be completed soon. The two officials discussed the Greek issue ahead of the arrival of Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos for the International Monetary
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A trilateral meeting between Greece, Italy and Albania will be held in Athens on Thursday to discuss plans to tackle the refugee crisis, according to the Greek foreign ministry. Top police and foreign ministry officials from the three countries will discuss the refugee crisis and projects to halt the illegal migrant inflow in cooperation. More
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In an exclusive interview to Charalampos (Babis) Petrakis and Greekreporter, Interior Minister, Panagiotis Kouroublis, described ND’s recent law proposal that would enable expatriates to vote in Parliament elections, as “a draft, hypocritical and deliberate.” Despite his disapproval of the current proposal, the Minister is positive regarding the opportunity for Greek expatriates to be able to
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… 2016 Following reports that a Greek army jet violated Macedonian airspace … ;s airspace without precise measurements. Greek jets and helicopters flew over … refugees to reception centers across Greece.
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BERLIN (AP) — The Latest on European efforts to respond to the wave of migration (all times local): 3:55 p.m. Greek police have arrested two Spanish men on suspicion of taking part in clashes between refugees and other migrants and Macedonian police at ...
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The director of a Greek engineering company was reportedly handed over to Cypriot police after being linked to a landfill scandal.
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With Greece and its lenders deadlocked over austerity-driven reforms, the country's debt crisis will highlight the IMF spring meeting in Washington.
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What a beautiful week to be a Greek here at Hillsdale College. Or at least, I wish it were. Greek Week is supposed to be a week where all members feel immense pride to be a part of the Greek community. Instead, each house oozes with pride for its own ...
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Last week, dozens of migrants who risked their lives crossing the Aegean Sea to reach Europe were returned from two Greek islands to Turkey — the first of thousands earmarked for return under a European Union deal with Turkey meant to stop the continent's massive refugee flow.
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The pontiff isn't content to remain in the Vatican or sit on the sidelines. His trip this weekend to the Greek island of Lesbos is just one part of his emerging world view.
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GREEK shipowners continue to flag the majority of their vessels in Greece and Liberia, but are increasingly favouring the Maltese flag instead of their ...
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This is so scary! 'My Big Fat GREEK Wedding' star, Lainie Kazan was raced to the hospital after a terrifying car crash in LA. It turns out she drifted into ...
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The 75-year-old “My Big Fat GREEK Wedding” star was driving her black Lincoln SUV when she allegedly veered into oncoming traffic in front of The ...
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Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has predicted a gloomy political future for Macedonia, casting doubt whether the early elections scheduled for June 05 will take place at all. "Macedonia will be permanently destabilized in my opinion, let's hope I am wrong," Dnevnik.bg quotes him as saying after a national security council meeting. Borisov also noted information had been received of intentional destabilization of countries in the region such as Macedonia, citing Wednesday's attempts of migrants to break into the country from Greece. He said Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov had warned the EU and counterparts in the region that "provocations" were being prepared against the state. His comments follow two days of tensions in the country over a decision of President Gjorge Ivanov to halt proceedings against dozens of politicians over their alleged involvement in a wiretapping scandal. The move sparked controversy, with protesters taking to the streets of Skopje both on Tuesday and Wednesday evening. Earlier on Thursday, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov called on Macedonian politicians to renew dialogue and help the country return on its European track.
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PanARMENIAN.Net - Greece's military is carrying out unscheduled exercises along the country's northern borders, with fighter jets flying over an informal tent city of 11,000 migrants next to the border with Macedonia, the Associated Press reports.
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Refugee women queue for goods at the makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, on April 14, 2016.
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The number of European Union citizens living in “severe deprivation” fell to a five-year low in 2015, according to a poverty measure tracked by ...
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The boisterous matriarch of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” has reportedly been hospitalized after a car crash outside of a Greek restaurant. Lainie Kazan, 75, is in unspecified condition after coasting into oncoming traffic and colliding head-on with ...
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Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments as they happen, including Jeremy Corbyn’s speech on the EU referendum * Corbyn’s EU speech - Verdict 1.21pm BST We are now expecting to get the decision about whether Grassroots Out (GO) will launch a legal challenge against the Electoral Commission’s decision not to make it the lead Leave campaign after 3pm, my colleague Rowena Mason reports. Originally the decision was due before noon. Now expecting Leave.EU statement about whether they will judicially review designation after 3pm... 1.15pm BST You can read the full text of Jeremy Corbyn’s speech here but, as I said earlier, the best material was in the Q&A. Here are the key quotes from it. There’s nothing half-hearted about what we are doing. There is nothing half-hearted about our campaigning. There is nothing half-hearted about our alliances. I’ve attended a number of meetings of the Party of European Socialists. I’ve had lengthy conversations with prime ministers and party leaders all across Europe on the social justice case, the environmental case, issues of climate change, trade and steel. I’ve made numerous speeches on these subjects. There is nothing half-hearted about what we are doing. We are putting forward a political agenda about social justice in this country, driving down tax evasion in this country, but we are also putting the international case on human rights and justice and social justice all across Europe. That is what we’re doing. You’ll hear plenty from us on this. There is nothing half-hearted about anything I do. Yes, I’ve been critical of many things within the European Union. I think you have probably gathered from my speech I’ve criticisms of the European Union. This is a decision about whether we stay in and argue for the kind of socially just Europe that I want, that our party wants, that the vast majority of trade unions and ordinary people of this country want. Or we walk away from it. That’s the decision that has been made. Does it mean I recant on everything I have ever said or done? Absolutely not. I’m sorry about that. We’ve had a very big debate within the Labour party and within trade unions. Overwhelming the Labour party and trade unions have come to the view that they wato to campaign for a social, just Europe ... That is the position we’ve reached. That is the position that has been adopted by the party. That is the party that I lead and that is the position I’m putting forward. I want to be part of a government that leads the way on climate change, leads the way on air quality, leads the way on pollution, leads the way on sustainability, leads the way on recycling and stops this attitude that somehow or other everything is expendable, everything is disposable and we can carry on destroying habits and the planet on which we live. Eventually that attitude will destroy us. There has to be an attitude of mind that everyone one of those people that is shuttling now between Turkey and Greece, all those people in refugee camps in Greece, or indeed people in refugee camps in Calais or Dunkirk - they’re all human beings, just like you and me. In a different set of circumstances we could all be in those refugee camps. Therefore I want to be part of a voice demanding a humanitarian and human approach dealing with this, that every European country plays its part, as Germany has done, in supporting and taking refugees so that they can live and contribute ... What I want is an attitude of mind that understands the humanitarian issues. You are not going to solve the refugee crisis with tear gas, barbed wire, electronic surveillance and hatred. You will only solve it by mutual action, support and understanding of the human needs of everyone one of us to survive. And I wish to contribute to a stronger society for everbody else. Continue reading...
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Liberia has strengthened its position as the leading open registry of choice for Greek shipowners, according to the figures released by the Greek Shipping Co-operation Committee (GSCC). The GSCC statistics show that in the year ended with March 2016 the ...
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… only spa resort on the Greek island of Rhodes. Dreaming of …
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… on twitter Latest update : 2016-04-14 Greece is in the eye of … of our special report from Greece. Or click here to read …
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Greece's import prices decreased …
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… these refugees will come from Greece and Italy, as well as …
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Pictured with His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios (center) are (L to R) Sophia Stroumbakis (executive secretary), Dimitris Filippidis (supreme secretary), Dimitris Chatzis (supreme president), Stelios Kirimlis (supreme vice-president), and Fotis Gerasopoulos ...
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Human Rights Watch issued a statement criticizing what it said were the "deplorable conditions" in which about 4,000 people were being detained on ...
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