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Relax. The fact that some of these kids look well fed doesn't mean that they haven't been through a lot over the past few years. It's a difficult situation. Just put yourself in those people's shoes for a moment. You had to flee your home, travel through Turkey, pay your weight's worth in gold, risk being killed or drown on your way to Greece, then finally reach the Greek islands and Greek mainland and after living in appalling conditions for months a decision is made by the powers that be (the EU and Turkey) that you now have to forcibly return to Turkey. Wouldn't you be upset? Wouldn't you feel desperate and ready to do whatever it takes to not return to Turkey?

I'm shocked that all those rich people were hiding money in offshores. Completely shocked!

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Well at least these guys accepted that they were wrong. There are many situations where people jump the gun but they still don't accept that they're at fault.

I think Israel has also asked last week that all Israeli citizens stay away from Turkey altogether.

This would be the 3rd time in the last 40 years we'd have a Papandreou/Mitsotakis face off if that would be the case. We had one in the 60s (George Papandreou vs Konstantinos Mitsotakis) and another one in the early 90s (Andreas Papandreou vs. Konstantinos Mitsotakis). Nepotism at its best.

This is the worst part. We're stuck with a bunch of idiots. Syriza won't last for much longer, but guess who's coming next...Mitsotakis' son. Nepotism is still alive and well in Greece.

Yesterday there was a suicide bombing in Iraq killing 29 people. Even though mentioned in the news, very few people took notice of it. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35901358 As westerners, do we only care of what happens in Europe and North America and we ignore the rest of the world? I was talking about this today with a friend who's originally from France. He agreed that this is mostly true. We are shocked by terrorist events happening in Europe or North America but we don't really show as much concern for terrorist acts happening in MiddleEast or Africa. Is this mostly because most westerners feel a sense of kinship with each other or are there other reasons behind it? I think that the sense of kinship is an important factor. Here in Canada I work or associate with people from all over the world all the time. Whenever I find myself in a group where there are people from all over the world, and some Europeans among them, it's almost natural that within a few minutes all Europeans sniff each other out and they hang out together. No matter if this people come from different European cultures, French, German, Italian, Romanian, Ukrainian, they all seem to find common ground in the fact that we're all European. On the other hand, a suicide bombing in a "peaceful" location like Paris or Brussels is a much more shocking event than a suicide bombing in a war-torn and "dangerous" area of the world as Iraq or Afghanistan. It's possible that in our mind it's "natural" for a bomb to go off in Iraq, but "devastating" if it goes off in Paris or Berlin.

Ηρεμααααα..... Δεν υπαρχει λογος να ασχολειται κανεις με τους πολιτικους καμμια παραταξης στην Ελλαδα. Ο ενας χειροτερος απο τον αλλο. Οταν πεσει ο Συριζα θα μας κυβερνουν μετα τυποι σαν τον Λυκουδη ο οποιος ειπε τα παρακατω στη Βουλη https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdfBoZn_ryY

They're indeed laughable as a government. The sooner the Greek people get rid of this riff-raff the better.

Unfortunately I cannot deny or argue what you're saying. However, there's must be a way to integrate those poor people into the western societies. And if there's no way found yet then we'll have to work harder to find one.

This was unfortunately bound to happen. All the signs were pointing that there was something brewing in Belgium. These attacks are hurting more all the refugees who are trying to find a home in Europe. They will allow far right assholes to find excuses to make the already miserable lives of these refugees even more miserable. It's clear that the enemy is not the refugees. It's the fanatics who call France, Belgium, Germany etc. home. All these people causing this havoc are mostly European citizens, most of them born and raised in the slums of Paris, Brussels, Berlin etc.

Most Greek islands are still good to visit. Crete, Milos, Paros, Naxos, Santorini, Rhodes, Corfu, Zante, Lefkada, Cephalonia just to name a few.

Stop calling the refugees scum. If I'll see it one more time you're gone. Be more respectful towards this people. And I'm not saying that some of them may not be criminals, much like some Germans or Greeks are.

I know that it sounds a bit ungrateful of them to complain, especially those who made it to Canada (look as an example what the ones in Greece have to go through...) but think about it: would you want to be in their shoes?

At least Angelina Jolie is visiting Piraeus right now: http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1080214/angelina-Jolie-in-greece-for-refugee-crisis See? The Tsipras government has managed to bring so many celebrities to visit Greece. What else do you want you unappreciative Greeks?

If it was not for the Greek people, the everyday people, the situation in Idomeni and other places which host refugees would be 1000 times worse. The Syriza government has done absolutely nothing to help the situation. ajax gave some good points about the "crimes" of the Syriza government on this issue. However, in my eyes the biggest crime was Tsipras' and Kamenos' claim last year that Greece would let her borders open and would allow anyone to come through to Europe. As a result of this stupid and criminal "invitation" the number of refugees and illegal migrants crossing the Greek borders swelled from less than 40,000 last year (2014) to over 600,000 in 2015! We've had over 4,000 people die in the waters off Lesvos, Kos and Samos in 2015 as compared to a few dozen last year. If this is not criminal negligence on Syriza's and Tsipras/Kamenos end then what is? How do you "invite" hundreds of thousand of people to cross to Greece without the agreement of the rest of your European partners, and without the means to support those people? This makes me extremely mad. The people who encouraged this carnage and the death of innocent people should be put to trial and spend the rest of their miserable and worthless lives in jail.

The Syriza government has committed a crime against the refugees and also against the Greek people. A crime against humanity. What we're watching happening during the last few months on all fronts is a result of poor handling of things in several key areas by a government made up of idiots and opportunists. I confess that I did support the Syriza party last year and I hoped that they'd get into power in the hopes that we'd see something different in the way Greece is run. Doing a bit of a review of what happened since Syriza came to power I realize that they did do many things differently. Only thing is that all those things they did "differently" they made the situation much much worse. They've screwed up everything, from the economy, to immigration/refugees, to sports to everything they touched. It's unbelievable how a group of clueless opportunists destroyed whatever was left standing in Greece within a few months.

Το εβαλε ενας φιλος μηχανικος στο Facebook. Το βαζω εδω γιατι εχω πεθανει στα γελια. Αυτη ειναι η ομορφια της Ελληνικης γλωσσας. Γελαω μονος μου ολη μερα σημερα κι οταν με ρωταει η γυναικα μου γιατι μου φαινεται τοσο αστειο αυτο το ανεκδοτο δε μπορω να της εξηγησω στα Αγγλικα γιατι ειναι αστειο και πια ειναι η διαφορα αναμεσα στα κολαρα και στην κολαρα. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Μου φερνει ο άλλος το αυτοκινητο να του βρω το πρόβλημα... - Έχεις τρύπια κολάρα του λεω Και με αρχιζει στα τι σε νοιαζει εσενα τι κανω στο κρεβατι μου, που το εμαθες, ποιος σου το'πε και τετοια...

Ψαξε εδω https://www.espa.gr/el/pages/news.aspx Φαινεται οτι το ΕΣΠΑ ειχε καποιες επιχορηγησεις για τετοια πραγματα μεχρι το 2013 αλλά τις εκοψαν απο τοτε.

Rhodes is amazing. Haven't been there in ages but it's trully a wonderful island.

Εαν ισχυει αυτο τοτε ξεχναμε οριστικα την Ελλαδα που ξεραμε.

Cuba would be a great place to start in the Carribean. You better visit before the Americans do I believe that in the next 2-3 years when the Americans will start investing heavily in Cuba and its tourism Cuba is going to lose some of its charm.

Η λαιλεπα Συριζα απλα εβαλε το τελευταιο καρφι στο φερετρο. Εβαλα ενα αρθρο παραπανω με συνεντευξεις απο Συριους κι αλλους μεταναστες/προσφυγες οι οποιοι εξηγουν γιατι προτιμουν να μπουν μεσω Ελλαδας κι οχι για παραδειγμα μεσα απο Βουλγαρια (η οποια επισης εχει χερσαιο συνορο με την Τουρκια). Αν αφησεις για λιγο στην ακρη την ανθρωπιστικη καταστροφη στην οποια συμβαλει το Συριζα με την σταση του, απο πολιτικης πλευρας αυτο που εκαναν ηταν πολυ βολικο γι'αυτους. Κοιτα για παραδειγμα τι συμβαινει στην Ελλαδα αυτες τις μερες με τους αγροτες. Η Ελλαδα ειναι κομμενη στη μεση με ολους τους αγροτες στους δρομους εδω και 1-2 μηνες. Επισης οι περισσοτερες οικογενεις εχουν φτασει στα ορια τους. Η οικονομικη καταστροφη ειναι απιστευτη. Κι ομως, αν παρακολουθεις τα νεα στην Ελλαδα ολα σχεδον τα καναλια ασχολουνται σαν κυριο θεμα με τους μεταναστες/προσφυγες. Απιστευτη πολιτικη σκοπιμοτητα απο το Συριζα το οποιο θυσιαζει τον Ελληνικο λαο για να συνεχισει να ειναι στην εξουσια. Τους τελευταιους μηνες διαβαζω κι ακουω απο γνωστους και φιλους πραγματα τα οποια με εξοργιζουν οσο δε με εχει εξοργισει τιποτε αλλο στο παρελθον. Λεγαμε για τα λαμογια του Πασοκ και της δεξιας που τοσα χρονια καταστρεψαν την Ελλαδα, αλλά οτι πηρε στους αλλους 30-40 χρονια εχει παρει στα λαμογια του Συριζα λιγοτερο απο εναν χρονο. Δεν εχει ξαναδει ο τοπος τετοια καταστροφη σε ολα τα επιπεδα. Κι ομως...ο κοσμος ψηφισε παλι το Συριζα στην εξουσια οταν μετα τους πρωτους μηνες της καταστροφης ειχε μια γευση απο το τι θα επακολουθουσε.