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Saturday, October 13, 2018

Steinmeier: GREECE and Germany making a new beginning

I am visiting GREECE at a critical time after some difficult years in our relations. We are making a new start. This was evident in our talks. GREECE and ...


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11 killed in road accident in north GREECE

ATHENS, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- A passenger car collided with a truck in northern GREECE on Saturday, killing all eleven people inside the car, official ...


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6 Tips on How to Decorate your Balcony like Greece

Whether you have visited or not, everyone yearns to have a piece of the beautiful Mediterranean heaven that is Greece. So, why not decorate your outside space of your balcony to look like Greece?


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GREECE, Cyprus lash back out Turkey over comments on trilateral summit

GREECE and Cyprus hit back at Turkey on Saturday following comments by Ankara that it was 'dismayed' by the joint declaration at the trilateral summit ...


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Hibs close in on deal for Greek internationalist Charalampos Mavrias

Hibs are closing in on a deal for Greek internationalist Charalampos Mavrias until the end of the season. The 24-year-old, who has been capped five times by his country, is currently a free agent afte...


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Families Live In Fear As Children Suffer Sexual Abuse At Greece's Biggest Refugee Camp

When the sun disappears each day at Greece's largest refugee camp, so too do the women and children who live there. Taking refuge in their tents and caravans, mothers living at Lesvos' Moria refugee c...


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Greek 'migrant-smuggling' car crash kills 11

Thessaloniki (Greece) (AFP) - Eleven people died on Saturday in northern Greece when a car thought to be carrying migrants crashed head-on with a truck and burst into flames, police said. Firefighters ...


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Police patrols to be stepped up in GREEK cities

The GREEK Police (ELAS) is inaugurating a scheme on Monday that will increase the presence of foot patrols in Athens, Thessaloniki other cities.


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GREEK food and beverage companies expanding into Asia

Great prospects await several GREEK companies after securing deals with companies in Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei, Shenzhen and Hong Kong.


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Greece: 11 people die in head-on collision

It's thought 10 were migrants travelling in a mini-van close to the city of Kavala in the north-east of the country. The accident happened in the early hours of Saturday morning.


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Greek police say 2 officers part of drug trafficking ring

ATHENS, Greece — Greek police say two policemen were involved in a drug trafficking ring that moved large amounts of cocaine, cannabis and other drugs. Police said Saturday that a Friday operation in ...


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Car smuggling migrants crashes, catches on fire in Greece, 11 people dead

Eleven people have died in Northern Greece on Saturday after a smuggler’s vehicle carrying illegal migrants crashed head-on with a truck and caught fire. Firefighters managed to recover 11 bodies from ...


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Ieronymos Refused to Meet with Bartholomew

ATHENS – Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece refused to meet with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Athens on October 5, saying […] The post Ieronymos Refused to Meet with Bartholomew appeared first on The National Herald.


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Stournaras Stresses Need to Shield Greek Economy

ATHENS – Bank of Greece (BoG) governor Yannis Stournaras in an interview with ‘Parapolitika’ newspaper on Saturday stressed the need to shield the Greek economy […] The post Stournaras Stresses Need to Shield Greek Economy appeared first on The National Herald.


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Eleven migrants killed in fiery road crash in GREECE

Eleven migrants travelling from Turkey to GREECE were killed when their minibus collided head-on with a lorry near the Greek port city of Kavala, state ...


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11 killed in fiery, head-on crash in GREECE

Eleven people are dead following a head-on crash with a truck on a Greek motorway. According to police, cited by Reuters, the 11 people killed, ...


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Holiday island club boss on why he'd rather staff sleep with customers than each other

A CLUB boss on the Greek party island of Zante has lifted the lid on what really goes on in the holiday resort — nakedness, boozing and a whole lot of ...


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Eleven migrants killed, burned beyond recognition after car bursts into flames after collision in Greece

THESSALONIKI, Greece — A speeding car carrying migrants collided with a truck in northern Greece on Saturday, killing 11 people, police said. Ten of the victims were believed to be migrants who ...


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Greek despair gifts bronze for Saudi Arabia’s Ali Yousef Al-Othman at Youth Olympics

BUENOS AIRES: The Olympians of Ancient Greece would likely not approve. Inside the Europe Pavilion and competing in the 85kg weightlifting category at the Youth Olympic Games, Greek athlete Gerasimos ...


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BoG Governor Stournaras: ‘We Need To Shield The Greek Economy Against International Turmoil’

Bank of Greece (BoG) governor Yannis Stournaras in an interview with Greece’s ‘Parapolitika’ newspaper on Saturday stressed the need to shield the Greek economy against international turmoil.


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Minnesota college reviews Greek policy after student death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The University of Minnesota is re-examining its Greek life policy following the second alcohol-related death of a campus fraternity member within a year. The Minnesota Daily ...


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Greek road inferno 'kills 11 migrants'

Eleven people thought to be migrants have died after their vehicle and a lorry collided head-on in northern Greece. Both the car and the lorry burst into flames but the lorry driver managed to escape ...


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11 People Believed to Be Migrants Are Killed in Collision in Greece

ATHENS — The Greek authorities recovered the charred remains of 11 people believed to be migrants after the vehicle they were traveling in collided with a truck in northern Greece and both vehicles ex...


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11 Migrants Dead After Their Bus Crashes With Truck in Northern Greece

According to local news portal ”Xanthi Times”, eleven people, all of which were migrants, were burned alive on Saturday morning after the bus that was transferring them to Greece’s city of ...


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Eleven die when car burst into flames after crash in Greece

ATHENS – Eleven people, thought to be migrants, died in Greece on Saturday when their vehicle collided head-on with a truck and burst into flames, police said. The 11 individuals were traveling ...


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11 dead after car carrying migrants in Greece crashes

By Associated Press Reporters A car carrying migrants has collided with a truck in northern Greece – killing 11 people, police said. Ten of the victims were believed to be migrants who crossed into th...


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North Event holds 1st GREEK Panorama B2B Roadshow in the US

North Events, working in cooperation and with the support of ASTA (American Society of Travel Agents), has organised the 1st GREEK Panorama B2B ...


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$15,000 Raised by Greek Reporter Fundraiser Handed Over to Greece’s Fire Victims

A total of $15,000 ($14,400 after fees) collected by Greek Reporter through the “Go Fund Me” platform was handed over to the victims of the deadly east Attica fire last month. The donations ...


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Pension cuts: IMF refers Greece to its “European partners”

The International Monetary Fund referred  Greece to Brussels, when Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos presented the government’s arguments that cutting pensions was not a structural measure. During the meeting with IMF’s Managing Director Christine Lagarde and the head of the Fund’s European department Poul Thomsen in Bali, Tsakalotos argued that there was a fiscal space to … The post Pension cuts: IMF refers Greece to its “European partners” appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Cyprus, Greece hit back at Turkey’s trilateral summit ‘dismay’

Cyprus and Greece lashed back at Turkey on Saturday after Ankara said it was ‘dismayed’ by the joint declaration at the trilateral summit between the two countries and Egypt held in Crete on ...


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German President visits the ancient site of Messene in GREECE

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the President of Germany, visited the ancient site of ancient Messene, near modern-day's city of Kalamata in southern ...


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The Latest: Spain says 3 migrants dead, 17 missing at sea

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — The Latest on Europe's migrant crisis (all times local): 12:10 p.m. Spain's maritime rescue service says it recovered the bodies of three migrants and feared that another 17 were missing in the Mediterranean Sea. The service says that its rescue craft found the three bodies in waters near a sinking boat it intercepted east of the Strait of Gibraltar. Rescuers saved 36 men of sub-Saharan origin from the boat. The saved migrants said that another 17 men who had traveled with them were missing. In total, the service pulled 509 migrants from 15 small boats on Friday. The United Nations says that 337 of the total of 1,783 migrants who have died trying to reach Europe by sea in 2018 perished in waters near Spain.


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October 13 marks the death of Macedonia’s heroic officer, Pavlos Melas (photos)

The hero whose struggle and death united all Greeks in the fight to liberate Macedonia from the Ottoman yoke


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GREEK State Prosecutes 21 Environmental Defenders for Opposition to Eldorado Gold Mine

That deal saw the GREEK state receive, at least nominally, a mere 11 million euros. But Maria Kadoglou of Mining Watch Greece says that this money ...


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Kathimerini: Ankara: claims at summit by GREEK, Egyptian, Cypriot leaders 'unwarranted'

Ankara. A spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry has expressed dismay at what it described as "unwarranted" claims made during a joint meeting ...


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Kenyans attacker trying out with GREEK side

Kenyan forward Katana Agege is trying out with GREEK side, Panathinaikos with the view of earning a deal with at the club. The Aspire Academy ...


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Overweight tourists banned from riding donkeys on GREEK island Santorini

The GREEK Ministry of Rural Development and Food has stated that it will be illegal for owners to burden animals with any load exceeding 100kg or ...


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Eleven die in head-on collision on Greek motorway: police

ATHENS (Reuters) - Eleven people, thought to be migrants, died in Greece on Saturday when their vehicle collided head-on with a truck and burst into flames, police said. The 11 individuals were travel...


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'Migrant-smuggling' car crash kills 11 in Greece: police

Eleven people died in northern Greece early Saturday after a car thought to be carrying migrants crashed head-on with a truck and burst into flames, police said. Firefighters recovered 11 bodies from ...


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11 Migrants Killed When Smuggler’s Car Crashes in Greece

A car carrying migrants collided with a truck in northern Greece Saturday, killing 11 people, police said. Ten of the victims were believed to be migrants who crossed into the Greece from Turkey. The ...


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11 migrants burned alive in car crash in Northern Greece

Eleven migrants were burned alive in a car crash in Northern Greece early Saturday morning. The frontal crash between a truck and a mini van occurred short after 5:00 a.m. Saturday near the village Sarakina by the town of  Kavala. According to Greek police, the private car was heading to Thessaloniki when it collided with … The post 11 migrants burned alive in car crash in Northern Greece appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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11 killed in crash of car carrying migrants in Greece

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A car carrying migrants collided with a truck in northern Greece on Saturday, killing 11 people, police said. Ten of the victims were believed to be migrants who crossed into the Greece from Turkey. The 11th person was the driver and a suspected migrant smuggler, police said. Police said the car in which the migrants were packed had another vehicle's license plates and is suspected of having been used for migrant trafficking. The car had not stopped at a police checkpoint during its journey, but it wasn't immediately clear how close to the site of the crash that it happened. Police said the crash occurred just after 5 a.m. (0200 GMT) near the town of Kavala.


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A Greek Restaurant in Mississippi Offers American Too

MADISON, MS – It may seem unlikely deep in the heart of Mississippi – unless you know how Greeks love to cook and open eateries […] The post A Greek Restaurant in Mississippi Offers American Too appeared first on The National Herald.


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Fallen Greek Soldiers of WWII Reinterred in Albanian Military Cemetery

The remains of 573 Greek soldiers and officers who fought in the Greek-Italian war of 1940-1941 and died in Albania were reburied at the military […] The post Fallen Greek Soldiers of WWII Reinterred in Albanian Military Cemetery appeared first on The National Herald.


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Greek police say 11 suspected migrants killed in car crash

THESSALONIKI, Greece — Greek police say 11 suspected migrants killed in car crash. Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or ...


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11 suspected migrants killed in Greece car crash

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek police say they have recovered the bodies of 11 people believed to be migrants who recently crossed from Turkey, after the car they were travelling in crashed in nort...


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Pre-bookings from UK to GREECE Up 10% for 2019

(GNTO) UK & Ireland Office Director Emy Anagnostopoulou told reporters last week that few people are aware of GREECE'S ski resorts within a short ...


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Nearly 40,000 people applied to run a cat sanctuary on a Greek island

A cat gave birth in Joan and Richard Bowell's garden on the Greek island of Syros in 2010. She had two kittens, and one was ill. The Bowells took them in and named them: Pepper was the mother ...


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Pocatello doctor to head on medical mission to GREEK refugee camp

POCATELLO -- On a lush Mediterranean island famous for its pristine beaches and lavish resorts, Dr. Georgia Milan will soon be immersed in human ...


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Locals in Lesvos raise Christian Cross again

As reported by GREEK City Times this week, the large cement Christian cross, which was built on the rocky shore of Apelli, under the castle of Mytilene ...


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