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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Syrians using stolen passports freed on bail in Honduras

Five Syrian men jailed in Honduras for arriving with stolen Greek passports were freed on bail by a judge Tuesday after authorities deemed them migrants and not security risks.


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Macedonia Closes Borders with GREECE to Avoid Refugees Passage

Out of the more than 870,000 immigrants that reached the European shores this year, 730,000 arrived in GREECE, of which 26 percent were children, ...


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Five Syrians caught in Honduras heading for U.S. freed from jail

Five Syrian men caught in Honduras trying to reach the United States last month on fake Greek passports were freed from jail on Tuesday, after they agreed to pay a fine in exchange for the charges against them to be dropped, a court spokeswoman said. Caught in Tegucigalpa's Toncontin airport in the aftermath of the Paris attacks, the Syrians had aroused fears in the United States of the possibility of Isis fighters entering through the country's southern borer with Mexico. Court spokeswoman Barbara Castillo said the men had each agreed to pay a 10,000 Lempiras fine (£298) for the charges of falsification of documents to be dropped.


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Greek Supreme Court Reportedly In Favor of Extraditing Syrian Citizen to the United States

The vice prosecutor of Areios Pagos, one of Greece’s Supreme Courts, supported on Tuesday the extradition of a Syrian citizen to the United States to stand trial there, the citizen is currently being held in Greece. The Syrian is being accused of conspiracy to commit forgery and to create counterfeit passports, identity theft, and deception of the


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Date of New Democracy Presidential Elections Still Uncertain as Party Sues Software Company

New Democracy, Greece’s main political opposition has yet to decided when it will go ahead with its postponed presidential elections. The party’s parliamentary group convened today, ahead of the discussion of the yearly budget in the Greek parliament. New Democracy‘s interim president Yiannis Plakiotakis did not announce a new election date nor the potential companies that will provide the software


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Greek Bank Gets $2.9Bln in Recapitalization Assistance From ESM

… .2015Get short URL BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — Greece's Piraeus Bank has … and designated to cover the Greek banking sector’s potential resolution … Bank, Eurobank, National Bank of Greece and Piraeus Bank submitted their …


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GREECE faces Schengen threat amid refugee impasse

As GREECE comes under intense pressure to tighten its borders, authorities are still grappling with a relentless influx of migrants. Pressure on GREECE ...


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