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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Greece Delays Sending Refugees Back To Turkey under EU Deal

Some 2,500 migrants now on Lesbos and other islands are being taken to mainland G... In another incident two Syrian refuge... In exchange, European Union countries will begin accepting up to a maximum of 72,000 migrants from Turkey to European Union ...


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Australia marks WWII Greece campaign

A host of ceremonies, speeches, book launches and parades will honour the Anzac story in Greece this year, with the 75th anniversary of the Greece and Crete campaigns set to mark the bonds forged in war between Australia and Greece. In Melbourne, while ...


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Dinner hosted for Greek envoy

… Greece to Pakistan, and currently Director General for Political Affairs MFA, Greece … the current ambassador back to Greece and staying on, for which …


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'My Big Fat GREEK Wedding' fans get taste of sequel 14 years later

It has been 14 years since the world was first introduced to the beloved, “big, fat and GREEK” family that took the rom-com box office by storm.


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Turkey Migrant Deal Fails to Curb Refugee Arrivals in Greece

Under the deal, all migrants arriving in Greece from Turkey from midnight on Sunday will face being sent back to Turkey. In another incident two Syrian... German Chancellor Angela Merkel is urging migrants in the squ... A baby leans on the railway tracks ...


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Youngest refugee captured on way to GREECE

Eyisa, a 3-day-old is now the youngest recorded refugee. Eyisa's parents were trying to go to GREECE when they were all captured by Turkish officials.


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Migrant crisis: Greek loudspeakers to counter rumours at chaotic refugee camp

… at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, on Saturday. Photo … opening of the border between Greece and Macedonia on Sunday. Photo … between Greece and Macedonia on Sunday. Photo: AP At the Greece-Macedonia border …


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Athens close to deal over lease of former international airport

Greece aiming to close €915m agreement to lease the 444-acre plot to property consortium by the end of April as part of bailout programme Greece is aiming to conclude a deal to lease a prime seaside property at the site of the former Athens International airport, as the country pushes on with state sell-offs as part of its bailout programme. In 2014, Greece signed a €915m (£717m) deal to lease the property to a consortium that includes Chinese and Abu Dhabi-based firms. Continue reading...


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What Will A $15 Minimum Wage Do To California? Take A Look At Greece

Higher wages do not usually drive companies out of business. They help them attract talented employees and thrive, unless higher wages are part of a bunch of government mandates that raise business costs without raising productivity. That was the case for Greece before the crisis, and may end up being the [...]


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Too early to say if EU-Turkey refugee deal is working

Initial reports indicate a decline in the number of refugees trying to cross to Greece from Turkey since Ankara and the EU concluded their controversial agreement on refugees


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Going back to black on Cyprus deal

The Turkish and Greek Cypriot sides are in intense negotiations to find a permanent settlement on the divided island


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Greece acts against false rumors concerning closed Balkan refugee route

The Greek government is sending translators and setting up loudspeakers at its Macedonian border to warn refugees over false rumors concerning the Balkan route. Borders along the route are to remain closed. The Greek government's refugee crisis committee ...


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Baltimore Celebrates Greek Week

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It’s Greek Week in Baltimore. Greek-owned restaurants will be featuring specials and there’s much more over the next seven days. Ron Matz has more on the celebration of all things Greek. You can see it along Eastern Avenue and feel ...


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GREECE: Adult men no longer dominate migrant arrivals

Children under 18 now constitute the largest share of asylum seekers reaching GREECE, signaling a shift in adult male-dominated migration to Europe.


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Athenian’s Society Features Nostalgia and Philanthropy

  NEW YORK – The guests were energized by the Greek and American music of their youth and inspired by a tango performance, but they brought their own kefi – fueled by their love for Greece – to the fundraising dinner dance of the Athenians’ Society in the Penthouse Suite of the Terrace on the […]


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Giant ex-GREEK house for sale in Urbana

Have you ever wanted to live out Animal House but in real life? You're in luck. As it happens, we live in a college town with a massive fraternity/sorority ...


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GREEK Canadian and American Snowbirds Don't Forget Their Roots

A group of GREEK-Canadian seniors exemplify the many positive qualities of being GREEK – joy, family, community, celebration and pride, among them.


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Evanston TV hostess faces her own big fat Greek wedding in her latest role

… ;My parents are both from Greece and I was born in … TV programs, plays Dimitra, a Greek-American woman in her 30s who … least amount of Greek, so toning down my instinctive Greek pronunciation was …


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The Portokalos family is back with My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 follows Toula who is still working in her parents’ Greek restaurant whose own daughter Paris is growing up. She is getting ready to graduate high school and Toula and Ian are experiencing marital issues. When Toula's parents ...


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Loudspeakers to counter Greece border rumours

Children play on a slide at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece. Greece said yesterday it would make use of loudspeakers at a migrants’ camp on the Macedonia frontier to dispel ...


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Greece scrambles to implement migration deal

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was meeting with ministers and senior officials involved in the migration crisis, hours after the deal was reached in Brussels to send back migrants arriving on the Greek islands to Turkey, starting Sunday. For every refugee ...


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