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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Government Officials Criticize Ambassador’s Home Shooting

Early this morning, a shooting took place outside the German ambassador to Greece’s residence in Halandri in Athens, Greece. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier described the assault as “very serious.” Meanwhile, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras contacted German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the shooting. He assured her that the Greek government was determined to find […]

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The Deadliest Frat's Icy 'Torture' Of Pledges

Photographer: David Glovin/Bloomberg The Scarborough Student Leadership Center is a Greek life hub named after the Sigma...

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Deadly Facebook Encounter for Young Greek Girl

  On the second day of Christmas a seventeen-year-old girl left the home of family friends where she and her parents had been staying, to meet up with someone she had recently been in contact with on Facebook. Tragically, she was never seen alive again. The man whom she met invited her into his home […]

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Schaeuble: ‘Europe Won’t Abandon Greece’

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble stated on Monday that Europe won’t abandon the Greek people and that the assumption of the EU presidency is a great opportunity for the country. According to the German politician, the EU presidency will offer Greece identity, self confidence and also pride. In a pre-release of an interview that will be published […]

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German Company Representative Arrested for Bribes

According to Greek news sources, police have arrested 78-year-old arms dealer Dimitris Papachristos, on charges of bribing Greek officials in order to receive lucrative arms contracts. He was a representative during the year 2000 of the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW). Furthermore, warrants have been issued for a number of other people also involved in the case. […]

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13-Year-Old Greek Girl Crowned Chess World Champion

A major success for the Greek chess team came from the Kavala Chess Club member Christina Tsolakidou who won first place at the World Individual Championships in Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi, in the category for girls under 14-years-old and was crowned world champion. Christina Tsolakidou participated in a total of eleven chess matches. She won eight, drew […]

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60 shots fired at ambassador's residence in Athens

Unidentified assailants opened fire on the German ambassador's residence in Athens with a Kalashnikov assault rifle early on Monday in an attack seen as an attempt to sour relations between debt-laden Greece and its biggest creditor nation.


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