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Saturday, October 17, 2015

Remote Greek village becomes doorway to Europe

At Greece's northern border, a tiny settlement is the final stop in the country for hundreds of thousands of refugees on their way to Europe. Omaira Gill reports from Idomeni, population 154.


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Anxious Migrants Abandon Belongings

LESBOS — The migrants arrive by the hundreds on the beaches of the Greek island of Lesbos. And in their eagerness to move on, they leave behind belongings they carried on their backs. The people fleeing war and poverty, mostly from Syria but also from Afghanistan, Iraq or Pakistan, turn up from the Turkish coasts after […] The post Anxious Migrants Abandon Belongings appeared first on The National Herald.


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Archdiocesan Chancellor tells TNH Passias’ Mistress 4 Months Pregnant

Translated from the original Greek. NEW YORK – Ethel Bouzalas, the mistress of Fr. George Passias, who was defrocked on October 13 by the Holy Eparchial Synod for carrying on an affair with her (they are both married), is four months pregnant, Archdiocesan Chancellor Bishop Andonios of Phasiane told TNH, although he is not sure […] The post Archdiocesan Chancellor tells TNH Passias’ Mistress 4 Months Pregnant appeared first on The National Herald.


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Greeks Gone West: The Geneticist Helping To Treat 'Gigantism'

Constantine A. Stratakis - Greeks Gone West _by HuffPost_Greece_ In the third episode of HuffPost Greece's video series 'Greeks Gone West,' we introduce Constantine A. Stratakis, M.D. D.Sc., a tenured investigator in the NICHD, who has been the head of the Section on Genetics and Endocrinology (SEGEN) since its inception in 1999. His work is focused on treating the rare condition of 'gigantism.' The research began with a family who came to the the U.S. National Institutes of Health for treatment for gigantism in the mid-1990s. In that family, the mother and two of her sons all had the condition. This is his story. Watch the first and second episodes of 'Greeks Gone West' here and here. -- 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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GREEK Elite Marathon Runner Hitting New York City's Streets on November 1st to Benefit Greece's ...

With a third of the GREEK population living at or below the poverty line, government social services are struggling to keep up and cope with the rise of ...


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by: public works: Bronwyn Watson

But, despite this, what remains is a beguiling example of the late Archaic period in GREECE (700BC to 480BC). The face is dominated by protruding ...


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Migrants arriving every hour at GREECE camp: Durban relief worker

As European Union nations have announced a deal with Turkey to stem the flow of migrants into the continent, a Durban relief worker currently based ...


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