Racists in Volos create “association of hunters of illegal migrants” on FB

Racists in Volos, Central Greece, have created an group on Facebook with the despicable name “Association of hunters of illegal migrants.” Theis aim is reportedly to “clean Volos of migrants” and to travel to Evros to help the national guards to prevent illegal entries. Through their Facebook page they invited people for a rally in … The post Racists in Volos create “association of hunters of illegal migrants” on FB appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.

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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson on promotion spot of “Greece 1821-2021”

Hollywood star Tom Hanks and his wife, producer and singer Rita Wilson are on a promotion spot of “Greece 1821 -2021.”  The two lovers of Greece invite people around the world to joint the events marking 200 years of the Greek Independence War and the Revolution of 1821 against the Ottoman occupation. Hanks and Wilson, … The post Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson on promotion spot of “Greece 1821-2021” appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.

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The re-discovery of a long-lost Greek city

For more than a decade, archaeologists have been excavating the remains of Thouria, an ancient Greek city that could be more important than they had anticipated. When talking about influential cities, ...

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TV reviews: Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King; The Trip to Greece; Age of the Image

Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t go anywhere near the boxer Tyson Fury’s bizarre new reality show, Tyson Fury: The Gypsy King. For a start, his heart doesn’t seem to be in it — it was meant to ...

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Piracy in Greek tanker between Nigeria & Benin – Six Greeks on board

The fate of a Filipino crew member is not known

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Ankara, Athens exploiting refugees for dangerous political game

Thousands of migrants and refugees are sitting at Greece's gates, eager to cross into Europe. But Turkey and Greece are capitalizing on the turbulent border situation to further their own political agendas.

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Greek-flagged merchant ship attacked by pirates off Benin

A Greek-flagged chemical tanker with a crew of 22 has been attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea off western Africa, the ship's management company says

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Migrants hurry to the Turkish-Greek border, only to find confusion and chaos

Migrants hurry to the Turkish-Greek border, only to find confusion and chaos

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Frontex to Launch Rapid Border Assistance for Greece on Wednesday

KASTANIES, Evros – Frontex will launch its rapid border intervention for Greece by land and sea as of Wednesday, according to the EU border agency’s […] The post Frontex to Launch Rapid Border Assistance for Greece on Wednesday appeared first on The National Herald.

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Catsimatidis Featured in NYTimes Article about Facial Recognition App

NEW YORK – Greek-American billionaire John Catsimatidis was featured in a recent New York Times article for his use of Clearview AI, a facial recognition […] The post Catsimatidis Featured in NYTimes Article about Facial Recognition App appeared first on The National Herald.

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Defending Greek Soccer Champion PAOK Docked 7 Points, Remains 2nd

ATHENS — Defending Greek league champion PAOK Thessaloniki was deducted seven points on Thursday for breaching ownership rules, severely hampering its efforts to overtake league […] The post Defending Greek Soccer Champion PAOK Docked 7 Points, Remains 2nd appeared first on The National Herald.

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Greek Parliament President Sends Border Issue Letter to Council of Europe, EU Parliament Presidents

ATHENS – An update on current events at the Greek-Turkish borders, following an attempt orchestrated by Turkey to have tens of thousands of migrants and […] The post Greek Parliament President Sends Border Issue Letter to Council of Europe, EU Parliament Presidents appeared first on The National Herald.

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Turkey: Elite police going to stop Greece’s migrant pushback

Thousands of refugees and other asylum-seekers have tried to enter Greece from the land and sea in the week since Turkey declared its previously guarded gateways to Europe open. Greek police fired ...

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Are Germany and the EU prepared for a new influx of refugees?

Thousands are stranded on the Greek-Turkish border. Some have drawn parallels to the 2015 crisis but both Berlin and Brussels reject the comparison. DW breaks down what's changed since then, and where problems remain.

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Blame Europe, not just Turkey, for migration deal collapse

Chaos on Turkish-Greek border is also the result of Brussels' failure to deliver on its side of 2016 deal.

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Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke obituary

My friend Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke, who has died aged 80, was a poet whose work was widely admired not only in her homeland of Greece but across Europe and the US. She was also a translator of many works from English into Greek, including the poetry of Seamus Heaney and Sylvia Plath, and was particularly proud of her translation of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood. Katerina was born in Athens, the daughter of Yannis Anghelakis, a lawyer, and his wife, Eleni (nee Stamati). She had her first poem published in the New Era magazine in Greece in 1956, when she was 17, having been urged to submit it by the writer Nikos Kazantzakis, her godfather and a friend of the family. After schooling in Athens she studied languages at universities in Nice and Geneva. Continue reading...

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Turks give wigs to illegal immigrants to pass as women and enter Greece (photos)

The Turks are marking those they send so that they can monitor and control their movements

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Turkey threatens to let asylum-seekers flood into Europe

But Greece and the EU are refusing to let them in

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The Trip to Greece review - this Greek Odyssey is delicious even before we get to the food

The Trip reminds me of stags. As in do, not deer. When you’re a young man in your late twenties or early thirties (which I’m not, but was) they exist as bubbles; strange reversions to embedded status.

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Turkey Deploying Forces to Greece Border to Prevent Refugees From Turning Back

Brutal clashes have unfolded at the Turkish-Greek border as thousands of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees seek to enter Greece.

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On Turkish-Greek border, desperate migrants find confusion and chaos

“Why did they tell us to come here and we find that the borders are closed? The escalating humanitarian crisis here has trapped thousands of Syrians between armed Greek border guards and Turkish ...

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Bethlehem’s Storied Greek Orthodox Church of the Nativity Closes amid Coronavirus Fears

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Palestinian officials on Thursday indefinitely closed the storied Church of the Nativity in the biblical city of Bethlehem over fears of […] The post Bethlehem’s Storied Greek Orthodox Church of the Nativity Closes amid Coronavirus Fears appeared first on The National Herald.

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EU, Turkey Trade Βlame on Deal as Thousands Gather at Greek Border

BRUSSELS — As thousands of people near Turkey’s border with Greece wait to cross over to the European Union, a migration deal the EU and […] The post EU, Turkey Trade Βlame on Deal as Thousands Gather at Greek Border appeared first on The National Herald.

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Mytilene Protesters Prevent NGO Ship from Tying at Port for Supplies

MYTILENE, Greece A group of residents of Mytilene did not allow the NGO ship “Mare Librum” to tie at the port for resupply on Thursday, […] The post Mytilene Protesters Prevent NGO Ship from Tying at Port for Supplies appeared first on The National Herald.

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Greece confirms 21 more cases, shuts schools and bans public meetings

Greece reported 21 cases Thursday — all linked to a person who recently traveled to Israel and Egypt on a pilgrimage, health authorities said.

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Turkish police bolster Greek border to stop migrants' return

The chaos on the Greece-Turkey border continues to deepen.

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Remember the refugees stuck in the hell that is Moria

A volunteer doctor's account of the immense suffering she witnessed in Greece's Moria refugee camp.

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Turkey to deploy 1000 officers to prevent pushback at Greek border, minister says

GREECE'S response to irregular migrants and asylum seekers has been harsh, with many battered and tear-gassed, and at least two killed by Greek ...

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Plan to send Japanese students to GREECE for torch relay canceled over virus concerns

Eighteen students had been expected to travel to GREECE as part of a cultural exchange with Olympia, a sister city with Inazawa since 1987. Students ...

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Stefanos Tsitsipas of GREECE attend press conference ahead of Davis Cup World Group II match

Stefanos Tsitsipas of GREECE gestures during a press conference ahead of the Davis Cup World Group II match between the Philippines and Grecce in ...

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Green light for first advanced gasification plant in GREECE

The new facility will be built in Larissa in central GREECE and its feedstock will be densified straw, corn and cotton ...

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Coronavirus update: Iran closes schools, 21 new infections in GREECE, HSBC employee tests positive

The Iranian government has decided to close all schools and universities until March 20th, Iran's Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur told ...

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NGOs: EU should immediately help child refugees in GREECE

“Lone children on the Greek islands are being deprived of the most basic necessities of life and living in inhuman conditions,” said Eva Cosse, a GREECE ...

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Number of Coronavirus Cases Jumps to 31 in GREECE

Twenty one out of the 24 contacts of the ninth person in GREECE who was found to be suffering from the virus, and who had just returned from a trip to ...

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GREECE: 21 pilgrims returning from Israel, Egypt infected with coronavirus

An elderly man and his wife tested positive as GREECE'S ninth and tenth case respectively. Greek health officials on Thursday reported 21 new ...

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Coronavirus: GREECE shuts schools as WHO warns about local transmission

GREECE'S precautionary measures came as Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the WHO, said countries should be preparing for sustained ...

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Greece to deport migrants who arrived after Turkey declared border open

The decision will apply to arrivals after March 1.

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Citizen patrols ward off 'invasion' on Greek-Turkish border

It's nightfall in Poros, a small village in northeastern Greece. Tractors lie idle and the streets virtually deserted. Tranquil the site may look but it has become a favoured entry point for migrants, ...

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Greek coronavirus cases triple after people linked to pilgrim test positive

Greece said on Wednesday that 21 people linked to man who had tested positive for coronavirus after they all visited Israel and Egypt had themselves become infected.

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Turkey deploys special forces as tensions rise along Greek border

Ankara claims scores of people trying to enter Greece have been injured during pushbacks ...

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Coronavirus: Greece confirms 21 new cases, all pilgrims to Israel

Greece’s health authorities announced 21 new cases tested positive to coronavirus, raising the total number of infections in the country to 31. In a press conference Thursday noon, spokesman of National Health Organization, Sotiris Tsiodras said that the 21 infected people were co-travelers of the 9. confirmed case, a 67-year-old man currently hospitalized in Patras. … The post Coronavirus: Greece confirms 21 new cases, all pilgrims to Israel appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.

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Great Club of Kavala Reveals Its Grandeur after Restoration

KAVALA, Greece – One hundred and ten years after its inauguration, the Great Club (Megali Leschi) of Kavala, one of the most iconic and historic […] The post Great Club of Kavala Reveals Its Grandeur after Restoration appeared first on The National Herald.

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Turkey Claims Refugee Killed at Greek Border: Greece Says Fake News

KASTANIES, Greece – Turkish officials repeated their assertions that a refugee on the border with Greece was killed when Greek forces fired tear gas and […] The post Turkey Claims Refugee Killed at Greek Border: Greece Says Fake News appeared first on The National Herald.

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Analysis: Five years on, Ill-Prepared EU Sees Migrants on Its Borders

Brussels — Thousands of migrants massed on Greece’s borders with Turkey, and security forces struggling to keep them at bay. Five years on it feels […] The post Analysis: Five years on, Ill-Prepared EU Sees Migrants on Its Borders appeared first on The National Herald.

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Four EU Member-States to Take Unaccompanied Children from Greece, Asylum Min Says

BRUSSELS – Four EU member-states have told the extraordinary Council of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers that they will relocate unaccompanied children from Greece to […] The post Four EU Member-States to Take Unaccompanied Children from Greece, Asylum Min Says appeared first on The National Herald.

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Mitsotakis Meets with Greek Rural Development and Food Ministry Leadership

ATHENS – The ways and means that will help the Rural Development and Food Ministry achieve its priorities, as well as an evaluation of the […] The post Mitsotakis Meets with Greek Rural Development and Food Ministry Leadership appeared first on The National Herald.

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Turkish police move to stop Greece pushing migrants back

Turkey says it is deploying 1,000 police officers to its land border with Greece to halt the pushback of migrants into Turkey. Thousands of migrants and refugees, desperate to get into the EU, remain ...

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Greek coronavirus cases jump, 21 new cases: Health Ministry

Greece confirmed 21 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, detected among travelers who had recently returned from a pilgrimage to religious sites in Israel and Egypt, the health ministry said.

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Turkey to dispatch 1000 policemen to “prevent pushbacks at Greek border”

Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu announced the dispatch of 1,000 police officers to the country’s North-West border in order to”prevent Greece to push migrants back to Turkey.” In an interview with CNN Turk on Thursday, Soylu said that the EU border protection agency Frontex and Greece have pushed 4,900 migrants back to Turkey since March … The post Turkey to dispatch 1000 policemen to “prevent pushbacks at Greek border” appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.

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Greek Navy NAVTEX restricts Navigation around 3 islands to prevent migrants’ influx

Greece is stepping up deterrence measures at the sea border to Turkey as the government expects the pressure at the Evros borders to be transferred to the northeast Aegean islands. The Greek Navy issued a Restricted Navigation Warning (NAVTEX) for the sea areas within the Greek territorial waters and for around the islands of Lesvos, … The post Greek Navy NAVTEX restricts Navigation around 3 islands to prevent migrants’ influx appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.

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