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Loving the Camera and Posting Everyday Improves Wellbeing

Posted by moodhacker on February 17, 2019 at 10:15 AM Comments comments ()




Taking a photo each day and posting it online has complex benefits say researchers who say it supports improved wellbeing. A study recorded what photos people took, what text they added and how they interacted with others on the photo-a-day site for two m...

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Athens Marathon 2018 hit record numbers, huge enthousiasm and grief

Posted by moodhacker on November 12, 2018 at 6:25 AM Comments comments ()




Some 55,000 professional and amateur athlete participated in the 36th “Athens Marathon. The Authentic”, on November 11 in the Greek capital, breaking last year’s record of 51,000 participants.

The event included the 42,195-meter Marathon Race, the morning 5km and 10km road races, the power walking race, the afternoo...

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Meet the Greekies and adopt them, wherever you are on globe

Posted by moodhacker on November 9, 2017 at 10:50 AM Comments comments ()




The new documentary by Menelaos Karamaggiolis, a cinematic allegory of events from the past seven years in Greece, is based on true stories that take place in “invisible” neighborhoods around Athens. The stories of the Greek Animal Rescue stray animals depict what is happening in financial-crisis-Greece, motivatin...

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Four year old raped in #refugee camp in #Greece, as many more minors, @HarvardFxb report

Posted by moodhacker on April 28, 2017 at 7:30 AM Comments comments ()



“We had a case of a 4-year-old girl who was raped. The mother did whatever was possible to report it. She was devastated and enraged,” said to Harvard University researchers a psychologist working in the camps in Athens.



The repulsve story among ...

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#Refugee minors Prostitution and #Trafficking "Epidemic" in #Greece Due to Lack of Governmental Response, Harvard Report Concludes

Posted by moodhacker on April 25, 2017 at 1:30 AM Comments comments ()




Harvard University’s FXB, Center for health and human rights, recently published the results of a research on abuse and sexual exploitation of refugee children in Greece.



The report Emergency Within an Emergency documents an alarming pattern of exploitation and abuse,...

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47 Christians killed in the Egypt Churches during Palm Sundayby the ISIS bomb attacks

Posted by moodhacker on April 11, 2017 at 2:00 AM Comments comments ()




Egypt Cabinet OKs state of emergency after Palm Sunday church bombings

A day after brazen ISIS attacks killed dozens at two Coptic Christian churches on Palm Sunday, Egypt's Cabinet announced a three-month state of emergency, a measure designed to help authorities root out the te...

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The Holy Fire Miracle and the Scientific Research

Posted by moodhacker on April 10, 2017 at 3:55 PM Comments comments ()




At Easter 2008, the Russian physicist Andrey Volkov,1 Associate Professor in Mechanics of Materials, was appointed head of a scientific mission which aimed at investigating the miracle of the Holy Fire. The project was organized by Professor Alexander Moskovsky, for the needs of a documentary dedicated to the role of mirac...

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Daphne Matziaraki's Documentary '4.1 Miles' at the UN

Posted by moodhacker on March 1, 2017 at 5:45 AM Comments comments ()



The Oscar-nominated short documentary “4.1 Miles” directed by Greek student Daphne Matziaraki is to be screened at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Wednesday, March 1

The screening of the documentary, which depicts the drama of the refugee crisis on the island of Lesbos at its height, was organized by the Greece’s permanent UN representation, the Stavros Niarchos Foundati...

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Help Refugees in Greece NGOs

Posted by moodhacker on February 3, 2017 at 6:20 PM Comments comments ()


Here are some humanitarian organizations who are directly involved in making their lives better:


Praxis: One of Greece’s largest humanitarian organizations dedicated to the care and support of vulnerable social groups, Praxis helps manage refugee assistance and shelter in multiple hotels across the country. They assist with transportation, meals, medical care, psy...

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The Greeks' taxes paid in real in Gold

Posted by moodhacker on January 28, 2017 at 4:45 AM Comments comments ()

 

 



 

Greeks exchanged their gold English pounds they were saving for a rainy day in order to get by in 2016, according to the Bank of Greece.

 

The gold coins traditionally bought and stashed away for emergencies, were liquidated in 2016 in order for holders to make ends meet.

 

According to Bank of Greece data regarding the buying and selling of gold English pounds, Greeks sold twice as many coins in ...

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Homeless abandoned to death in the snow freezing Greece

Posted by moodhacker on January 10, 2017 at 9:40 AM Comments comments ()



The Shocking picture of a Greek homeless who slept on the beach at Paleo Faliro region , close to Athens Downtown and chose the side next to the sea to escape the snowball, but woke up covered with snow. Indeed, he survived the conditions and the cold for the last 24 hours, nobody can guarantee his l...

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