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Greatest Greek Women of All Time

Greek City Times 10 Mar 2023
Greek women have played an essential role in shaping the history and culture not just of Greece, but of the world ... 620-570 BCE). Sappho. Sappho was a lyric poet who lived on the island of Lesbos ... 470-400 BCE). Aspasia ... Hypatia. Hypatia was a philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer who lived in Alexandria ... Agnodice was a physician who lived in Athens ... 0 ... .
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Woman, 3 children die in migrant shipwreck off Greece

The New Arab 06 Feb 2023
"Unfortunately, once again we have innocent victims who have lost their lives because of the criminal behaviour of traffickers," Greece's Merchant Navy Minister Yannis Plakiotakis said in a statement ... In December, a two-month-old baby died after a shipwreck off the Greek island of Lesbos.
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Shipwreck off Greece leaves four dead

Dawn 06 Feb 2023
Unfortunately, once again we have innocent victims who have lost their lives because of the criminal behaviour of traffickers,” Greece’s Merchant Navy Minister Yannis Plakiotakis said in a statement ... In December, a two-month-old baby died after a shipwreck off the Greek island of Lesbos.
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Woman and child drown in migrant shipwreck off Greece

Urdu Point 05 Feb 2023
"Unfortunately, once again we have innocent victims who have lost their lives because of the criminal behaviour of traffickers," Greece's Merchant Navy Minister Yannis Plakiotakis said in a statement ... Last December, a two-month-old baby died after a shipwreck off the Greek island of Lesbos.
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Woman, 3 children die as migrant boat capsizes off Greece

Khaleejtimes 05 Feb 2023
"Unfortunately, once again we have innocent victims who have lost their lives because of the criminal behaviour of traffickers," Greece's Merchant Navy Minister Yannis Plakiotakis said in a statement ... In December, a two-month-old baby died after a shipwreck off the Greek island of Lesbos.
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Woman, 4 children die in migrant shipwreck off Greece

Urdu Point 05 Feb 2023
"Unfortunately, once again we have innocent victims who have lost their lives because of the criminal behaviour of traffickers," Greece's Merchant Navy Minister Yannis Plakiotakis said in a statement ... In December, a two-month-old baby died in a shipwreck off the Greek island of Lesbos.
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Ghosts of Moria: living in the ashes of Europe's largest migrant camp – documentary

The Guardian 30 Jan 2023
As Europe’s most infamous migrant camp burned to the ground on the island of Lesbos in 2020, two Syrian friends ...
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Greek trial of volunteer migrant rescuers resumes

Beaumont Enterprise 13 Jan 2023
The Greek and foreign defendants argue they were doing nothing more than assisting people whose lives were at risk. Their lawyers have objected to the procedures followed by the prosecution, which could lead to the court on the island of Lesbos ordering prosecutors to refile the case.
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Drop all charges against refugee aid workers, UN tells Greece

Al Jazeera 13 Jan 2023
The United Nations has called on Greece to drop all charges against 24 migrant rescue workers accused of espionage, as hearings of a long-delayed trial resumed on Friday on the island of Lesbos ... The Greek and foreign defendants argue they were doing nothing more than assisting people whose lives were at risk.
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Greece: Migrant Rescue Trial to Begin

Greek City Times 11 Jan 2023
Two dozen defendants face trial in Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos, on misdemeanour charges related to Emergency Response Center International (ERCI). The 24 defendants deny all the charges, saying they did nothing more than help rescue people whose lives were in danger.
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Greek trial of volunteer migrant rescuers to resume Friday

Arab News 11 Jan 2023
The 24 defendants deny all the charges, saying they did nothing more than help rescue people whose lives were in danger. The trial in the town of Mytilene on Lesbos began Tuesday and was adjourned until Friday.
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Smuggling trial begins for aid workers over migrant rescue efforts in Greece

Belfast Telegraph 10 Jan 2023
The defendants deny all the charges, saying they did nothing more than help rescue people whose lives were in danger. The trial, being held on the Greek island of Lesbos, began on Tuesday and was later adjourned until Friday ... Sean Binder arrives at the court in Lesbos (Panagiotis Balaskas/AP).
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Smuggling trial begins for Irish volunteer and other aid workers in Greece

The Irish Times 10 Jan 2023
Rescue worker Irish-German Sean Binder arrives to the courthouse as he faces trial alongwith 23 aid workers charged with human smuggling, forgery and espionage on the island of Lesbos on January 10, 2023. - The defendants, from Greece and elsewhere, were involved in the refugee crisis on the Greek islands and claim to have saved lives.
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Volunteer migrant rescuers on trial in Greece

Federal News Radio 10 Jan 2023
The defendants deny all the charges, saying they did nothing more than help rescue people whose lives were in danger. The trial, being held on the Greek island of Lesbos, began Tuesday and was later adjourned until... The defendants deny all the charges, saying they did nothing more than help rescue people whose lives were in danger.
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Irish volunteer Seán Binder to face trial this morning for helping migrants at risk of drowning in Greece

Irish Independent 10 Jan 2023
Sean Binder said the trial, which is expected to begin this morning in Athens, was “an attack on the idea of human rights and the rule of law” but added he was confident of being found innocent in a fairly run trial.Mr Binder also said he has received racist ...

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