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More than 800,000 refugees and migrants passed through the Greek islands of the Eastern Aegean Sea on their way to Europe for a better future. While local authorities and the central government were too slow to react to the challenge of thousands of people stranded, the residents of the islands …

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Greek government announced a series of emergency measures to meet basic needs of residents of Kefalonia, hit by a powerful earthquake on Sunday. To start with, the government will disburse directly 100,000 euro to the municipality of Kefalonia and another 100,000 euro to municipality of Ithaki in order to cover …

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Greece’s lenders representatives in Athens, also known as the “Troika”, released their report on fiscal progress and gave the green light for the 8 billion EUR. The sixth bailout tranche would be released to Greece most likely in early November, after the Eurogroup & IMF approval of the progress report. Finance Minister …

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Two military transport airplanes C-130 left the military airport of Elefsis Tuesday morning carrying 24 tons of drink water to Libya. 48,000 bottles of water will help the residents of Tripoli to extinguish their thirst. According to a Greek Foreign Ministry announcement, thousands of inhabitants are facing serious water shortages. …

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Turkish Red Crescent extended on Tuesday 8 tons of food stuffs, as well as stationary and office supplies and toys at the nursery of the Greek Orthodox  Ecumenic Patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey. Tekin Kucukali, the head of the TRC, said pain had no language, religion or sect while handing over …

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