July 1, 2022
Society, Very Mix
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla has donated the $1 million he received as the recipient of the 2022 Genesis Prize to the Holocaust Museum of Greece, which is being built in his native city of Thessaloniki. The annual $1 million Genesis Prize, dubbed the “Jewish Nobel” by Time magazine, honors extraordinary …
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April 15, 2022
Arts, Culture
Prominent private collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos has announced the donation of a large part of his collection of important works of contemporary art, which consists of more than 500 pieces, to four museums located in in Greece, Britain and the USA. The donation by Daskalopoulos, who is the custodian of the …
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September 7, 2021
Greece, Politics
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias delivered 100,000 vaccines against Covid-18 to Tunisia the country he visited on Tuesday. During his meeting with Tunisian counterpart Othman Jerandi, said Dendias said: “It is a great pleasure to be in Tunis today, more so as I have brought with me 100,000 vaccines, which I …
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August 8, 2021
FEATURED, Social
Giannis Antetokounmpo, has offered temporary accommodation to residents of Athens and Attic affected by the devastating wildfires that have swept across the area since Tuesday for several days and nights. The Greek Freak but also many anonymous volunteers jumped immediately to help, where other prominent Greeks remained silent to the …
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October 18, 2020
Social
A 90-year-old granny was evicted from a home in Agios Dimitrios suburb of south Athens due to unpaid rent. She landed on the streets together with her grandson and her little dog, wearing only her robe. The three spent two days on the street, because the lady did not want …
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September 24, 2020
Refugees
The Migration Ministry has transferred four respirators donated by the Dutch government for Moria refugees to the general hospital of Mytilene on Wednesday. The respirators were equipment of a mobile hospital unit donated on August 20 before the devastating fires in the camp on September 9. The Embassy of Netherlands …
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August 26, 2020
Politics, World
Austria will offer to Greece two million euros as contribution to the Greek government’s efforts to address the migration-refugee crisis and its repercussions, Austria’s Minister of Interior Karl Nehammer said on Wednesday. € Nehammer made these statement during his visit to the identification and accommodation center VIAL on the island …
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March 18, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
China has donated 50,000 masks for the needs of the Greek national Health system on Wednesday, while another, a bigger load is expected to arrive on upcoming Saturday. “The crisis lies before us.is ahead of us. The next few days, weeks and months will be difficult and we all need …
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November 23, 2019
Greece
The Union of Greek Shipowners has said it will donate high-speed boats to the Greek Coast Guard in order to enhance patrols in the country’s maritime borders and effectively control the inflows from Turkey. Donated will be 10 Rafnar 1100 Cabin Bulletproof boats. The boats will be built in Greece …
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June 27, 2019
Social
A Dutch national has donated two medical ultrasound scanner units to the cardiology clinic of the General Hospital “Agia Eirini” on the island of Corfu, one year after his hospitalization there in 2018, the hospital announced on Thursday. The two scanners are the first part of a donation total worth …
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May 20, 2019
Sports
Giannis Antetokounmpo made a gesture full of symbolism that proves his social sensibilities and the close relationship he maintains with Greece. The 24-year-old Greek Freak and Milwaukee Bucks star donated the construction of a baskeball court in Rafina, East Attica. the donation has been made in the memory of the victims …
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February 19, 2019
Greece
In 2013, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis donated $3,400 to the anti-corruption group Transparency International Greece. Novartis has been embroiled in a corruption scandal in Greece, accused of paying bribes to top public officials and the corruption scandal will likely be a key issue in the upcoming elections in October. …
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October 2, 2018
Lifestyle
It was supposed to be a scoop but it turned to be a fake news story dismissed by those directly involved. Hollywood star Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson had made a one-million euro donation for an excavation site in Greece and Hanks was to be honored for this, the …
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April 2, 2018
Greece, Politics
A prosecutor on Monday proposed that former PASOK minister Tasos Mandelis be found guilty of money laundering in relation to the sum of 450,00 German Marks (about 230,000 euros) that he is alleged to have received from German company Siemens for securing an OTE Telecom contract in 1997. Following a …
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December 12, 2013
Society
Are Greeks crazy? Most probably. There could be no other logical explanation, when parents reject a heating oil donation and take the risk that school radiators remain cold. OK, political motivation and other interests in the area cannot be excluded in this case, and we are very far away to …
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October 16, 2013
Very Mix
Is this how the European Union works? A generous donation by a special interest group can influence the decision-making process and make the EU directives questionable as for their motives? The answer could be most likely clear… According to German media allegations, a donation of 690,000 euro by the BMW …
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August 21, 2013
animals
Greece’s only bear sanctuary Arcturos announced that it will refuse a donation of 5,000 euro offered by the right-extreme political party Golden Dawn. “Arcturos recognizes that it was a mistake to accept this donation and for this reason has decided to turn the gift down and is returning the money …
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