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Greek court hands 15-year sentences to suspected jihadists with refugee status

May 12, 2017 Greece, World Comments Off on Greek court hands 15-year sentences to suspected jihadists with refugee status

A Greek court on Friday handed 15-year prison sentences to two suspected jihadists with Swedish passports trying to enter Turkey carrying combat items, a local justice source said. The suspects’ lawyer said the men, who have refugee status in Sweden, would appeal against the sentence. They will remain incarcerated until …

Iraqi who kidnapped his children in Sweden caught in Greece

April 12, 2017 Society, Very Mix 2

An Iraqi man who had kidnapped his own children from his Swedish wife has been caught in Greece. The man was driving a car with license plates from Sweden. He tried to smuggle his children. He was caught at the border crossing Kipoi, while he was trying to enter Turkey. …

‘Black Haired Pig’: Greek-Swedish journalist speaks up against racism and sexism

March 13, 2017 World Comments Off on ‘Black Haired Pig’: Greek-Swedish journalist speaks up against racism and sexism

“Black Haired Pig” A powerful and shocking message against racism, sexism and xenophobia from a Greek-Swedish woman who has experienced first hand hate against migrants in Sweden ever since she moved there with her family at the age of six. In a powerful video, Alexandra Pascalidou, 46, a prominent personality …

Europol: at least 10K unaccompanied child refugees disappeared in Europe

January 31, 2016 Refugees, Very Mix Comments Off on Europol: at least 10K unaccompanied child refugees disappeared in Europe

At least 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees have disappeared after arriving in Europe, according to the EU’s criminal intelligence agency. Many are feared to have fallen into the hands of organised trafficking syndicates. In the first attempt by law enforcement agencies to quantify one of the most worrying aspects of the …

Radio Sweden: “Whistleblower: Ericsson bribed Greek policymakers”

April 2, 2014 Politics Comments Off on Radio Sweden: “Whistleblower: Ericsson bribed Greek policymakers”

Telecommunications giant Ericsson has paid over 10 million euro to an agent in connection with a large defense deal in Greece, Swedish State Radio sverigeSRradio (Radio Sweden) reported on Wednesday. According to former Ericsson employee Liss Olof Nenzell, the payments were handled through a middle man and started beginning of …

IKEA Greece also withdraws meatballs after horsemeat found in Czech Republic

February 25, 2013 Very Mix 3

IKEA in Greece announced Monday noon on its Facebook page, that it took off the stores shelves frozen meatballs after horsemeat was found in IKEA meatballs in the Czech republic. “About the news posted online that DNA checks proved horse DNA in IKEA meatballs in the Czech republic, we will inform you responsibly …

Sweden’s jobless youth should find work in …Greece and Spain

January 29, 2013 Society 5

What if in Greece youth unemployment is over 56%? There are always work opportunities for jobless from around the globe. In this case from Sweden, the Scandinavian country that is unable to create 30,000 jobs needed for its own unemployed youth. Therefore Sweden has only one advice: go find seasonal work in …

How Merkel & Co “Competitiveness” Looks Like in Greece & the EU-South

October 18, 2012 Economy, Society 7

In case you missed this breaking through development: German Chancellor Angela Merkel must have got off her bed this morning in a cheerful mood and a teasing sense of humour. Speaking from far-away Berlin, Merkel sends her messages to world public in general and the citizens of bailout EU-countries in particular. Merkel said that: 1. “Painful …

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