Author: Rea Christoglou

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV)– A decades-old Rose-Hulman tradition made its return on Sunday for the first time since 2011. The Greek Games included over 300 students involved in fraternities or sororities at the college. Ryan Brimberry, the associate dean of student affairs, said that it was the students themselves who helped bring it back for the first time in over 10 years. “We had mentioned Greek Games, how that used to be a thing on campus. The students really ran with it,” he said. “They’re the ones who decided, ‘let’s put a planning committee together,’ they started meeting weekly, like…

Famed Greek popular singer Antonis Remos made a visit to the Greek Centre in Melbourne on Sunday, accompanied by his maestro Vasilis Panagiotou and Greek Australian promoter Vasilis Mavrogiannis. Remos was welcomed by GCM president Bill Papastergiadis, GCM board members Marinini Pirpiris, Helene Hiotis, Leonidas Vlahakis, and GCM staff Jorge Menidis and Antonia Tsamis. During his visit, Remos was taken on a tour of the Greek Centre, which was hosting events for the Comedy Festival. He expressed his admiration for the GCM’s education and cultural programs, which were explained to him by the hosting party. He also spoke about the…

The epidemiological data released by the National Organization for Public Health on Thursday show that the positivity rate of Covid-19 for the week starting April 10 saw an increase. The rate of hospital admission for Covid-19 also saw an increase, but the intubation rate was decreased. The current number of intubated patients stands at 57. There were a total of 38 Covid-related deaths. Source : Ekathimerini

The planet’s population is expected to grow to around 10 billion before the end of the 21st century, according to United Nations projections. But this cannot be said for Europe, which, according to the same estimates, will see its numbers shrink to 7.3% of the world by 2050 from 22% in 1950 and 9.5% today. Greece’s population will also decrease – probably by 1.3 million, or 12%, compared to the present – according to a digital bulletin from the Laboratory of Demographic and Social Analyses at Athens University called “The population of Greece on the horizon of 2050.” The report…

Greece will hold general elections in May, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a television interview on Tuesday. The conservative government’s four-year term expires in July, and Mitsotakis was widely expected to call an election in early April. Opinion polls show his New Democracy party’s lead over the leftist opposition Syriza party shrinking following Greece’s worst rail disaster on Feb. 28. Greece will hold general elections in May, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a television interview on Tuesday. The conservative government’s four-year term expires in July, and Mitsotakis was widely expected to call an election in early April. Opinion…

The United Nation’s top human rights chief called for action on reform pledges and accountability in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, countries with awful human rights records, during recent visits to the two Central Asian states. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called for independent investigations, or “after action” reviews, into the July 2022 protests in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan’s autonomous region, calling for “accountability for the loss of lives,” as well as the January 2022 events in Kazakhstan, urging authorities to ensure “justice, reparations and truth” for all the victims. Human Rights Watch documented unjustified use of lethal force by security forces in both instances. While investigations…

Frankfurt, Brussels (11/3 – 120 Tajikistan’s reliance on a limited range of export products, including aluminium and cotton, makes its economy vulnerable to external shocks, such as changes in global demand or prices. Diversifying the export base by promoting new industries and products could help to reduce this vulnerability and create new opportunities for growth. The problem is the kleptocratic approach of a Stalin like economic regime of the Rahmonov clan. Improving trade relationships with existing partners, such as China, Turkey, Russia, Iran, and Afghanistan, and exploring new markets could also help to expand the country’s export base. However, to…

Italian MEP Andrea Cozzolino, targeted by Belgian justice in the alleged corruption scandal for the benefit of Qatar and Morocco, was placed under house arrest on Saturday and the hearing on his extradition will be held on Tuesday, according to Italian media. The Naples Court of Appeal considered that the risk of absconding for the MEP, arrested on Friday (February 10) on leaving the clinic under a European arrest warrant in the metropolis in the south of the peninsula, was weak, according to the AGI agency. He will also be allowed to leave his home for two hours a day,…

The lawyer for Marc Tarabella (PS) — the Belgian MEP who was arrested on Friday in connection with the Qatargate corruption scandal — has issued a scathing condemnation of his client’s treatment by the Belgian authorities, while detailing the 59-year-old’s harrowing mental state. “His situation is unbearable, he takes blow after blow,” Maxim Töller said during an interview with Le Soir. “He thinks about his wife, his children, his colleagues. We are condemning him to social death. This preventive detention has put a gigantic label on his forehead.” Töller vehemently rejected accusations made by Italian former MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri that Tarabella received bribes of up to…

The corruption scandal rocking Brussels continues to widen: Italian MEP Andrea Cozzolino has been arrested in Naples on a European warrant while MEP Marc Tarabella has been criminally charged, joining a group of four people awaiting trial. The investigation centres on an alleged cash-for-favours scheme that involved “large sums” of money and “substantial” gifts paid to influence EU decision-making, according to Belgian authorities. At least €1.5 million in cash have been seized across dozens of raids. The countries suspected to be behind the illicit lobbying are Qatar and Morocco. Both have vigorously contested the claims and denied any wrongdoing. The arrest…