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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Fraternity "Sincerely Apologizes" After Allegedly Sexually Harassing Student at Greek Event

The University of Mississippi's Title IX office is actively investigating claims that members of the school's Sigma Chi fraternity sexually harassed sorority women in front of hundreds of students at the school's annual Derby Days closing …


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Coroner: Teen's death after row on Crete holiday 'unlawful killing'

… a holiday on the Greek Island of Crete was an unlawful killing …


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17 award-winning photos from 2015 everyone should see

[refugee crisis]REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis Instability throughout large parts of the world in 2015 have furthered exacerbated a growing refugee crisis in Turkey, parts of the Middle East, and throughout Europe.  Coming from war zones in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and portions of sub-Saharan Africa, the refugees have been driven towards Europe with the hopes of finding a better life for themselves and their families. The scope of the crisis is almost impossible to grasp: in 2015, over 1 million refugees have entered Europe alone.  The following photos from staff photographers at Thomson Reuters won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography.  A SYRIAN REFUGEE HOLDS ONTO HIS CHILDREN AS HE STRUGGLES TO WALK OFF A DINGHY ON THE GREEK ISLAND OF LESBOS, AFTER CROSSING A PART OF THE AEGEAN SEA FROM TURKEY TO LESBOS SEPTEMBER 24, 2015. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis A SYRIAN REFUGEE KISSES HIS DAUGHTER AS HE WALKS THROUGH A RAINSTORM TOWARDS GREECE'S BORDER WITH MACEDONIA, NEAR THE GREEK VILLAGE OF IDOMENI, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis SYRIAN MIGRANTS CROSS UNDER A FENCE AS THEY ENTER HUNGARY AT THE BORDER WITH SERBIA, NEAR ROSZKE, AUGUST 27, 2015. Bernadett Szabo/Reuters SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDER


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Deputy FM Amanatidis’ Philhellenism and International Solidarity Day message (19 April 2016)

With a feeling of pride and in a spirit of diligence, it is with great pleasure and honor that I address all members of the Greek Diaspora, on the occasion of the Day of Philhellenism and International Solidarity.192 years since the death of the distinguished philhellene Lord Byron, the radiance of the Greek spirit, of the humanitarian ideal, as expressed in every verse, every concept of the ancient Greek and modern European discourse, remains a beacon for eminent figures and citizens, who align themselves to the actions of the philhellenes of preceding generations, in the defense and promotion of Greek...


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Hungary's Orban, Germany's Kohl say EU ability to absorb migrants limited

[Child lies on the ground as women and children queue for tea at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni]By Frank Simon OGGERSHEIM, Germany (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a fierce critic of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door refugee policy, and her ex-mentor Helmut Kohl agreed on Tuesday it was questionable whether Europe could continue to absorb migrants indefinitely.  Orban and Kohl issued a joint statement after the right-wing Hungarian leader paid a rare private visit to the 86-year-old Kohl, architect of Germany's 1990 reunification and a major driver of European integration in the 1990s. Orban's meeting with Kohl, 86, who makes only rare public appearances and is largely wheelchair bound, stoked speculation that it was meant as a snub to Merkel and that Germany's foremost elder statesman disagrees with her course.  Trying to play down talk of any such rift, the Kohl-Orban statement said they and Merkel shared the overall objective of alleviating the humanitarian emergency represented by migrants but signalled differences over how to tackle the challenge.  "There is complete agreement on the goal," the two said in the statement issued by Kohl's office after the hour-long Orban visit to the conservative Christian Democrat's longtime home in Oggersheim near the Rhine river in southwestern Germany.


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Human Rights Watch says the initial round of deportations of migrants from Greece to Turkey under ...

The GREEK writing on the Idomeni railway station, towers over a man using his mobile phone at a makeshift migrant camp in the northern GREEK border ...


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Bishop blesses bikers at local GREEK church

His Grace Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos, chancellor of the Holy Metropolis of Chicago (right), blesses Leo Hondros and his bike during the biker ...


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Amnesty Reveals The Squalor Thousands Of Refugees Face In Greek Shelters

Amnesty International criticized GREECE and the European Union for its treatment of refugees and migrants in a report published Monday.


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Some 180,000 Migrants Arrive in Europe by Sea through April 17

An estimated 178,882 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea in 2016, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced on Tuesday. “Latest confirmed fatalities stand at 737,” IOM said in a statement The number of estimated arrivals in Greece through April 17 was 153,625, or 85% of the total. Italy followed with 24,581 arrivals, with much lower numbers registered in Spain (648) and Cyprus (28). This compared with a total of  52,570 arrivals in Europe by sea between January 1 and April 30 of last year, including 22,408 to Greece and 26,228 to Italy. About 90% of migrants arriving in Italy come from Libya, the remaining 10% leave from Egypt, according to IOM.  


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Odyssey that ended with a Muslim family in Rome as pope's guests

[Nour, 30, a Syrian refugee and one of the 12 Syrian asylum seekers Pope Francis brought back with him from Greek island of Lesbos, holds her son Riad, 2, as she arrives at the St. Egidio Roman Catholic Charity in Rome on April 18, 2016]They left war-ravaged Syria, family and friends behind them. France was where they were aiming for. A Greek island was where they ended up.


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2 Giannis Antetokounmpo Wants a 'GREEK Freak Day like Kobe Bryant'

Set aside whatever you're doing and watch Kyrie Irving, CJ McCollum, Dwyane Wade, Kevin Durant, Joe Johnson and many more damaging ankles ...


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On the ADXW catwalk, GREEK fashion fights on

The fun show signaled a fashion comeback, the return of GREEK brand .Lak on the runway following a six-year absence. The occasion was a new ...


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Pope in new blast at West's indifference to refugees

[Pope Francis welcomes a group of Syrian refugees after landing at Ciampino airport in Rome following a visit at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on April 16, 2016]Pope Francis on Tuesday blasted the indifference of Western society to the plight of refugees in another powerful intervention in the migrant crisis engulfing Europe.


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Stacey Dooley Meets The Child Refugees Making Their Harrowing Journey Through GREECE

You could literally feel the levels of despair and heartache growing as we moved through GREECE, towards a border that shut just as we got there.


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Searching For Hope in Greek Refugee Camps

Back in the late 1970's when my family and I came to Greece for our regular summer visits, it always felt like we were leaving our modern California paradise, and going back in time to what was then a very underdeveloped country. The roads were terrible ...


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Former Greek Minister Gerasimos Arsenis Dies at 85

On Tuesday afternoon, former Greek Minister Gerasimos Arsenis, died at the age of 85. Gerasimos Arsenis had been hospitalized for the past month and his death is most likely attributed to upper respiratory infection. Gerasimos Arsenis was born in Cephalonia in 1931. He studied Law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and continued his


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EU provides $94.4 million to help refugees in Greece

BRUSSELS, April 19 (UPI) --The European Commission has approved $94.4 million to improve living conditions for refugees in Greece. The funding approved Tuesday was immediately made available to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the ...


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Greece To Hike VAT To 24 Percent

19 April 2016 Greece has agreed to raise its … , 2016. The hike will push Greece's headline rate closer … that the hike will boost Greece's revenues by about …


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The Latest: HRW critical of migrant deportations from Greece

Human Rights Watch says the initial round of deportations of migrants from Greece to Turkey under a new European Union-Turkey deal were "rushed, chaotic and violated the rights of those deported." The rights group said Tuesday that Turkish authorities had ...


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Dombrovskis: Greece and Institutions Can Conclude First Review ‘in a Very Short Time’

Greece and the institutions are close to a conclusion of the Greek review, European Commission Vice President for the Euro Valdis Dombrovskis said during a press conference on Tuesday. The Commissioner had been asked whether a staff level agreement could ...


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EU shirks refugee relocation responsibility

EU member states are failing to live up to their promises to ease pressure on Greece and Italy at the forefront of the refugee crisis, with asylum seekers paying the price. Pavlos Zafiropoulos reports from Athens.


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Pulitzer Prizes: Three Greek Photographers Amongst the Winners

Reuters news agency along with New York Times newspapers, were awarded with a Pulitzer Prize in the category “Breaking news,” for the photo coverage of the refugee and migrant crisis in Europe and Middle East.


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Evolving Greek yogurt market forecasts for 2016-2021 and trends in new 2016 research report

Global Greek Yogurt Market report gives a basic overview of the industry including definitions, classifications, applications and industry chain structure. The Greek Yogurt market analysis is provided for the international market including development ...


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Greece, New York- Built Capital

Built capital is defined as “the permanent physical installations and facilities supporting productive activities in a community…” (Flora and Flora, 2004). In my hometown of Greece, New York, there is an abundance of physical capital. A main example ...


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Number of migrants arriving in GREECE falls, Frontex says

dtt-net.com – Following the EU-Turkey agreement on migration crisis and the border closure by Macedonia, the number of migrants arriving in GREECE ...


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Harvard Square Greek Revival on the Market for First Time in More Than 50 Years

The 12-room, 4,970-square-foot Greek Revival at 29 Follen Street in Cambridge's go-go Harvard Square is on the market as of last week for the first time in more than 50 years. The 5-BR, 4.5-BA house dates from 1838, and comes with flourishes such as Doric ...


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Gerovasili: Negotiation at Technical Level in the Final Stage

Greek Government spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili said that the government estimates that the negotiation at the technical groups’ level is in the final stage and this agreement may become the basis for the completion of the Greek program’s review, during her briefing to the press. Gerovasili said that the European institutions returned to Athens, Greece, on


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European Commision Announces €83 Million Support for Emergency Refugee Support Mechanism

Τhe European Commission announced the granting of 83 million euros within the framework of the new emergency support mechanism, for the improvement of the living conditions of the refugees in Greece. The financial assistance will be immediately granted to UNHCR, to the Red Cross and to six international NGOs. These partners will cooperate with Greek


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Greek MP at PACE condemns RA authorities

… :49 | April 19,2016 | Politics Õ€Õ¡Õµ Greek MP at the Parliamentary Assembly …


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GREEK Life Student Leaders Chosen as National Traveling Consultants

Four University of Southern Mississippi GREEK Life students were selected recently by their national headquarters to serve as national consultants for ...


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Refugee babies detained on GREEK island 'not getting adequate milk'

Since the deal came into effect on 20 March more than 6,000 people have been held on GREEK islands, shortly after their arrival, in conditions that ...


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Multicultural Greek Council helps spread cultural awareness

Israel Uribe, a junior criminal justice major, is a member of a multicultural fraternity on campus called Sigma Lambda Gamma. Uribe didn’t think there was a cultural side of Greek life when he first joined a multicultural fraternity. “I always thought ...


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New report on conditions for 46000 refugees trapped in GREECE

The report, Trapped in GREECE: an avoidable refugee crisis, examines the situation of refugees and migrants – the majority of whom are women and ...


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GREECE expects Eurostat data to help conclude bailout review

ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek government said on Tuesday that European data this week will confirm it performed better than expected last year ...


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Europe Refugee Crisis: GREECE To Receive $793M In Aid From European Union

GREECE Migrants and refugees carry drinkable water in the makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, April 19, 2016.


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GREECE starts letting migrants leave island camps

A child gets out a tent in the makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni on April 19, 2016. AFP / DANIEL ...


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Migrants Re-Block Idomeni Train Line

Migrants stuck in the northern Greek town of Idomeni on the closed FYROM border reoccupied a train line, continuing to stop rail traffic.


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The Latest: EU told to admit more Turks or migrant deal dies

[Children peer out from train carriage windows near a makeshift camp at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Tuesday, April 19, 2016. More than 11,000 people have been waiting at this border point for over a month hoping it would reopen. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)]ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on Europe's efforts to cope with the influx of migrants (all times local):


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EU provides 83M euro to improve conditions for refugees in Greece

The European Commission (EC) announced on April 19 a sum of 83 million euro under the new Emergency Assistance Instrument, to improve living conditions for refugees in Greece. The EC proposed the funding on March 2, and the sum is being made available ...


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WATCH: Migrants Riot, Hurl Stones At Police And Tear Down GREEK Border Fence

GREEK police officers stand guard after migrants and refugees threw stones at a police van that was involved in an accident that seriously injured a ...


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Border skirmishes: Migrants stranded in GREECE and Macedonian troops face off

IDOMENI, GREECE — A tear-gas canister arced through the sky above a spring-green field on the Greek-Macedonian border. “Get out of the way!


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EU to offer humanitarian funding for refugees in Greece. Las Vegas Blog

Up to date three:31 am, Tues., Apr. 19, 2016 Photo: Gregorio Borgia, AP Image 1of/four Caption Close Image 1 of four Afghan migrants stroll in the direction of the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Tues., Apr. 19, 2016. Greater than 11,000 ...


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Queen Rania of Jordan to Visit Lesvos Next Week

Queen Rania, wife of King Abdullah II of Jordan, will visit Lesvos, Greece, in the beginning of Holy Week at an invitation of the international humanitarian organization International Rescue Committee. Her visit was confirmed by the Embassy of Jordan in Athens and the spokesman of the International Rescue Committee. In statements to ANA-MPA, the coordinator


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Culture Minister Refutes Ryanair Accusations of Ignoring Requests for Lower Airport Levy

Greek Culture Minister Elena Kountoura refuted accusations on Monday by budget airline Ryanair that she has ignored numerous letters and pleas from the company to reduce an airport tax imposed on all airline tickets, saying that such decision lies with the ministries of Finance and Transport. Kountoura said the airliner has indeed requested repeatedly from


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Asylum Applicants No Longer Detained in Registration Centers on Greek Islands

As of Monday, the “administrative restriction” process for asylum applicants on Lesvos and Chios is in effect, meaning that they cannot be detained in registration centers after 25 days. The migrants are gradually free to leave the hotspots since their asylum applications take longer than 25 days to process. The migrants released from the registration


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Greeks Trust Locally-Made Drugs But Don’t Know They are Cheaper, Survey Shows

A majority of Greeks trusts domestically produced pharmaceuticals but are not aware that local generics are cheaper than imported drugs, according to a survey conducted by ALCO for the Pan-Hellenic Pharmaceutical Industry Union. Those taking the survey largely blamed multinational firms and bad policy for the fact that 80 pct of drugs consumed in Greece


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A new SYRIZA Referendum, while ND urges for early elections??

Does SYRIZA play with the idea of holding a referendum? Government party MP Sakis Papadopoulos told Greek media on Tuesday morning that in case the review talks end in deadlock, the government could turn again to the people. “A Referendum might help,” Papadopoulos told private Star TV. Claiming to speak […]


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Communications Company WPP Buys Remaining Interest in Greek Research Agency

… ., a market research agency in Greece, through its global operating network …


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EU approves $93 million in aid for Greece’s refugee response

The build-up of refugees at Greece-Macedonia border has been described as … improving conditions for refugees in Greece, in its first disbursement under … ," said Ioannis Mouzalas, the Greek minister in charge of migration …


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Greece expecting a larger 2015 primary surplus than previously projected

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