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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Greek police seek foreign clues on mystery child among Roma

In that case it was Roma babies who were being trafficked. The ring arranged for pregnant Bulgarian women, primarily of Roma origin, to give birth in Greece with their babies then sold off in illegal adoption procedures. Illegal adoption, in some cases ...

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Greeks 40 percent poorer than in 2008

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greeks are on average almost 40 percent poorer than they were in 2008, data indicated, laying bare the impact of a brutal recession and austerity measures the government may be forced to extend into next year.

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Greek police hunt mystery girls parents

Greek police are investigating nearly a dozen missing child cases from at least four countries that could match a young blonde girl whose discovery in a Roma camp has sparked worldwide interest, a charity caring for the child says.'There are nearly a dozen disappearance cases from countries such as the US, Sweden, Poland and France that are being more closely investigated,' Panagiotis ...

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Interpol say four-year-old ‘Maria’ found living in a Greek Roman camp is not on their missing persons list

DNA tests carried out on Maria, the young ... a dozen people in the two neighbouring Balkan countries, for the trafficking of newborn babies to Greece. In that case it was Roma babies who were being trafficked. The ring arranged for pregnant ...

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US couple: Is mystery girl our missing daughter?

ATHENS -- An American couple whose baby daughter vanished from their Kansas City home two years ago has contacted authorities in Greece who are trying to solve the mystery surrounding a blond girl found in a Roma camp.

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Greek Gov’t Leaders to Set Greeces “Red Lines” on Wednesday

This Wednesday, one day before the  summit meeting in Brussels, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and PASOK leader and government’s vice president, Evangelos Venizelos will have a face to face conversation in order to set out Greece’s “red lines,” while anticipating the crucial negotiations with Troika. Troika’s officials will arrive in Athens on October 28th, […]

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Photo Exhibition for 40 years of AUTH Geology Department

The Department of Geology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), in celebration of the 40 years of its function, is organizing a photo exhibition entitled “40 Years of Geology Department.” The exhibition presents the course of the Department of Geology from its opening until today, through forty photos which aim to show its work […]

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Olli Rehn: The Situation for Greek Citizens Remains Very Difficult

The fifth report of the EU ‘task force’ for Greece, a group of experts sent by Brussels to Athens to help the government deal with structural funds and work on scheduled projects, has been positive. ‘While we are seeing encouraging signs of economic stability in Greece and are expecting a return to growth in 2013, […]

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Consumer confidence may remain high but Greeks are not optimistic, survey shows

Greek consumer confidence remains unchanged in October, according to the Economic Barometer - Consumer Climate Index (CCI) for October published by Public Issue on Tuesday, though the survey shows that 84 percent of citizens continue to believe that their... ...

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'Maria' not on Interpol's list of missing children, Greek Police says

The young girl found living with a couple who are not her biological parents in a Roma camp in central Greece last week is not on Interpol's list of missing children, the Greek Police told Skai on Tuesday. The child, who is aged between 5 and 6 and has co... ...

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Ant-fascist rally and events to be held in central Athens on Saturday

Ant-fascist and migrant rights groups said on Tuesday that they will be holding a rally and a series of cultural events in central Athens on Saturday in a bid to reach out to residents in rundown parts of the Greek capital. The event will include the part... ...

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Greece girl investigators focus on 10 leads

About 10 cases of missing children are "being taken very seriously" in connection with the suspected abduction of a girl by a Roma couple in Greece, a spokesman for a Greek children's charity said Tuesday.

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UPUA Kills Legislation to Strip Greek Voting Seats

The UPUA Greek Council seats will live to see another day ... Chase Englund asked, “How can we take steps here when we don’t even know the direction we want to go?” Rep. Victoria Woods echoed Englund’s sentiment.

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Greece makes progress in absorbing EU funds, task force says

Greece has made “striking improvements” in absorbing European Union structural funds as it attempts to unlock sources of growth for its economy, according to a European Commission report.

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Couple accused of abducting 4-year-old girl tells Greek court biological mother gave her to them as baby

By Karolina Tagaris LARISSA, Greece (Reuters) - A Roma couple accused of abducting a mystery four-year-old girl dubbed the "blonde angel" by Greek media told a court on Monday that her biological mother willingly gave her to them as a baby ...

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Roma Couple Ordered Jailed by Greek Authorities

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The Greek tragedy of Obamacare

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where at some point you stop and ask yourself "how the hell did I end up here?" I have, and like a Greek tragedy, usually whatever predicament I found myself in was the result of a number of poor decisions that seemed to compound themselves until they finally reached a point where I had to stop and say "What the hell am I doing?" At ...

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Greek police reveal identity of Roma couple who deny abducting Maria

known as ‘Maria’ , was discovered during a raid on a Roma community in central Greece. The pair, named by Greek police as Salis Christos and Sali Selini, told magistrates ‘Maria’ had been given to them by her mother and a Bulgarian Roma, when she was still a baby. The pair’s lawyer has asked for the authorities to trace a mobile phone they say was used in the ...

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Greece MPs vote on funding freeze

A woman walks past graffiti reading "crush the fascists" in Athens as Greek lawmakers vote on a proposal to suspend state funding for political parties accused of criminal activities ...

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Greece made largest fiscal adjustment, says EU paper published 'by mistake'

Greece performed the largest fiscal adjustment in the eurozone between 2011 and 2013, according to a research paper by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, which was apparently published by mistake on Monday.

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More Blond Girls in Roma Camps?

After news of the couple accused of abducting the little blonde, green-eyed girl in Greece, Roma now seem to face a stigmatization as being child traffickers. Amnesty International is fighting to protect their rights and condemns the unfair and often illegal evictions from their homes, while media tries to unveil the truth. The Roma community […]

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Greek MPs to vote on party funding

Greek lawmakers are due on Tuesday to vote on a bill that aims to halt state funding for parties whose leaders or MPs are charged with serious crimes. Greece's conservative-led government and leftist opposition SYRIZA have reached a common position, with ... ...

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Greek supermarket chain Sklavenitis eyes third buyout this year

Greek supermarket chain I&S Sklavenitis SA is planning its third round of acquisitions this year with an application to the Competition Commission to buy out nine stores of the Extra Prota chain currently under consideration, local daily Naftemboriki repo... ...

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Police looking for Bulgarian couple said to have left 'Maria' at Farsala Roma camp

The Roma couple charged with abducting a young girl aged between 5 and 6 who has come to be known as "Maria" and was taken by authorities from a Roma camp in Farsala, central Greece, after DNA tests confirmed that the couple are not her real parents, told... ...

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Worldwide search across five continents for family of Maria

Families from as far afield as Japan, South Africa, Sweden and Canada have been contacting authorities in Greece in the hope that Maria, the young girl found in a Greek Roma camp, is their missing daughter    

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Greece's reform pace needs a boost to spur growth -Commission

Greece has made progress in tackling fiscal problems but needs to accelerate the implementation of structural reforms and raise the efficiency of public administration to spur growth, the European Commission ...

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Greece girl 'Maria': First picture of gypsy couple accused of abducting ...

Mirror.co.ukGreece girl 'Maria': First picture of gypsy couple accused of abducting ...Mirror.co.ukThe pale, blonde-haired, blue-eyed girl - named Maria by the charity looking after her - was spotted last Wednesday at the site in Larissa, Greece. A police officer became suspicious she looked nothing like the couple who claimed to be her parents and ...

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Greece Mystery Girl: Thousands Answer Greek Appeal On 'Abducted' Child

Greece Mystery Girl: Thousands Answer Greek Appeal On 'Abducted' ChildHuffington PostThey are already stereotyped by some in Greece and elsewhere as social outcasts, thieves and beggars — and now they fear they will be stigmatized as child traffickers as well. The case "doesn't reflect on all of us," Babis Dimitriou, president of the ...

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Couple deny abduction of girl in Greece

The GuardianCouple deny abduction of girl in GreeceThe GuardianThe discovery of the girl, known as Maria, has riveted Greece and prompted thousands of calls with leads from across the world as authorities try to track down her real parents, after DNA tests showed she was not born to a Roma family. The case has ...

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Greece mystery girl: Attorney for Roma couple says they adopted 'Maria'

The GuardianGreece mystery girl: Attorney for Roma couple says they adopted 'Maria'CNN(CNN) -- The lawyer for a Roma couple accused of abducting the blond girl found living with them says the pair adopted the child from her biological mother. In a case that has generated huge interest in Greece, authorities have charged the couple with ...Photo of blonde girl found in Greece triggers thousands of inquiriesThe GuardianMystery over girl's ID in Greece sparks global searchUSA TODAYMystery Greece girl: Couple in court over abductionBBC NewsHuffington Postall 518 news articles »

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Greek lawmakers to vote on freezing state funding for Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party

Greek lawmakers are to vote on a proposal to suspend state funding for political parties accused of criminal activities, a measure targeting the Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn group.

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Greece mystery girl: Investigators look at 10 missing children cases

Athens (CNN)-- About 10 cases of missing children are "being taken very seriously" in connection with the suspected abduction of a girl by a Roma couple in Greece, a spokesman for a Greek children's charity said Tuesday. "They include children ...

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Greece girl Maria: Gypsy couple accused of abduction 'bought blonde child for £900'

President of the Gypsies of Northern Greece claims that girl was also offered to him for the same price when she was two weeks old A Greek gypsy couple ... Maria is one of theirs”. Salis and Dimopoulou were yesterday remanded in custody after being ...

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Roma in Greece: Tough Life, Segregation and… Crimes

She was born in Athens, within a musically inclined family, and grew up wandering around with her parents. Irene Merkouri, a pop singer, whose mother is of Roma origin. Born in Athens in 1981, Merkouri has been pursuing a professional music ...

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Greece girl Maria: Gypsy couple accused of abduction 'paid £900 for her', neighbour claims

A Greek gypsy couple charged with abducting a blonde girl paid £900 for her when she was two weeks old, a man has claimed. Maria, who is believed to be about five years old, was allegedly sold to Hristos Salis, 39, and Eleftheria Dimopoulou, 40, by a ...

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Mystery Greece girl: First picture emerges of couple accused of snatching ...

Mystery Greece girl: First picture emerges of couple accused of snatching ...Express.co.ukThe child, known only as Maria, was discovered at a gypsy camp in Greece last week where she was living with Christos Salis, 39, and Eleftheria Dimopoulou, 40. DNA tests proved the Roma suspects who were living at a gypsy camp were not the child's real ...

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Mystery over girl's ID in Greece sparks global search

Greek couple charged with abduction says they adopted the child when she was days old.

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'Blonde Angel' Maria: Mystery child may have been bought for £850

Hristos Salis, 39, and Eleftheria Dimopoulou, 40, (pictured with Maria) appeared in court in Larissa, Greece, to be formally charged with child abduction and forging documents.

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The 'adopted' girl in the Greek Roma camp: Mystery drives hopes, fears of ...

Christian Science MonitorThe 'adopted' girl in the Greek Roma camp: Mystery drives hopes, fears of ...Christian Science MonitorThe case of “Maria,” the little blond girl found in a Roma camp in Greece last week by a couple who are not her biological parents, has generated interest around the world as authorities seek to resolve the mystery of how she ended up in the camp and ...

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World Cup qualification about more than football for Greece

Greece head coach Fernando Santos believes the importance of his side's World Cup play-off with Romania stretches far beyond football. The Greeks only lost once in qualification but missed out on an automatic qualifying spot by goal difference to Bosnia and Herzegovina. With the political issues currently dominating headlines in Greece, Santos believes a play-off victory over Romania ...

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Greece efforts about more than football

"After that my team is ready to play this game, because these two games are very important for us." The two sides will meet on 15 November in Greece, before meeting in Romania for the second leg four days later.

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Couple in Greece mystery girl case deny abduction

A Roma couple accused of abducting a mystery four-year-old girl dubbed the “blonde angel” by Greek media told a court today that her biological mother willingly gave her to them as a baby because she could not look after her. The couple were ordered ...

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Tarpon Springs: Gulf Coast town with Greek flavor

Most of Florida is marked by land so flat it would make a pancake seem hilly. Not so Tarpon Springs. Enter this fascinating village on the Gulf Coast and you'll notice, almost immediately, that there are rises and falls in the road. Not mountains, mind you ...

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Mystery of girl found in Gypsy camp deepens

Sydney Morning HeraldMystery of girl found in Gypsy camp deepensCBS News(CBS News) ATHENS -- She answers to the name Maria and has blond hair and emerald-green eyes. In these handout photos taken Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, Greek Roma Eleftheria Dimopoulou, 40, or Selini Sali, and Christos Salis, 39, are seen in the Larisa ...Couple in Greece mystery girl case deny abductionIrish TimesIdentity of Greece girl remains a mysteryNBCNews.comThe 'adopted' girl in the Greek Roma camp: Mystery drives hopes, fears of ...Christian Science MonitorCTV News -Telegraph.co.uk -TIMEall 498 news articles »

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Gypsies Adopted Blond Girl in 'Non-Legal Way,' Lawyer Says

A Greek Gypsy couple, accused of kidnapping a little girl in a possible scheme to receive illegal welfare benefits, unofficially adopted the girl from her Bulgarian mother and "cared for her as if she were their child," the couple's lawyer told ABC News.    

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PM joins Maltese Italian peers in joint bid to curb illegal immigration

Greek Prime minister Antonis Samaras speaks during a joint press conference with Italian Prime minister following their meeting on Monday at the Palazzo Chigi in Rome. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Monday sought to forge a first step, together with his counterparts in Malta and Italy, toward a Southern European alliance aimed at tackling the problem of illegal immigration in the ...

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Greek Roma couple held on abduction charges

Greece A Greek Roma couple has been remanded in custody on charges of child abduction after a young girl in their care was found to be unrelated to them.Christos Salis, 39, and Eleftheria Dimopoulou, 40, told a court in the central Greek city of Larrisa that the little girl called Maria had been given to them by a Bulgarian woman who could not care for her. Police removed the girl from the ...

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Greece Italy Presidencies to change EU direction

Greece and Italy will act jointly during their successive 2014 EU presidencies so that "Europe changes direction" according to their respective Prime Ministers, Antonis Samaras and Enrico Letta. Samaras visiting Rome on Mondaysaid the joint action undertaking is "particularly important" so that Europe "changes direction." Speaking during a joint conference after ...

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Smile of the Child helps mystery girl as Roma couple are detained in custody in Greece

She is known as Maria and has captivated Greece. An international search is under way to find her real parents For the moment the young girl is being looked after by the ';Smile of the Child'; charity and is in hospital undergoing tests. Maria was found during a police raid on a Roma camp in central Greece. A judge has given temporary custody of the girl to the charity and it is ...

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