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Greek News
Last of Lesbos Greek Grandmothers Who Helped Refugees Dies
Aimilia Kamvysi, the last of the three iconic grandmothers of Lesbos island who became a symbol of solidarity during the refugee crisis of 2015, has died at the age of 93, it was announced on Sunday.
She was one of...
Europe
Nobel Peace Prize Given to Eastern European Human Rights Activists
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organization Memorial, and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties.
" demonstrate the significance of...
Charity
Russian Journalist Auctions Nobel Prize to Help Ukraine Refugees
Russian editor Dmitry Muratov's 2021 Nobel Peace Prize sold at auction for a record $103.5 million. Muratov won the award for his efforts in defending freedom of expression but was forced to suspend his independent newspaper's operations in March.
All...
Greek News
Desmond Tutu, a Symbol of the Anti-Apartheid Struggle, Dies at 90
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a symbol of South Africa's anti-Apartheid struggle a laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize, died on Sunday in Cape Town. He was 90.
Tutu was the Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then the Archbishop...
Society
Journalists Win Nobel Peace Prize for Quest for Freedom of Expression
Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 for their ongoing efforts to defend freedom of expression in their homes countries of the Philippines and Russia.
In its Friday afternoon announcement, the Nobel committee...
Europe
Thirty-three EU Lawmakers Nominate Tsipras, Zaev for Nobel Peace Prize
Thirty-three members of the European Parliament signed a letter addressed to Norway's Nobel Committee proposing that the prime ministers of Greece and North Macedonia be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
"This is the first time that such a pioneering...
Greece
Flashback to Nobel Prize Winner Nadia Murad's Visit to Greece
Nadia Murad, the Iraqi Yazidi who was sold into sex slavery by ISIS and awarded the 2018 Nobel peace prize, visited Greece seeking to become the voice of refugees that were stranded in the country.
During her visits in 2015 and...
Europe
Congolese Gynecologist and Yazidi Activist Win 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecologist who treats victims of sexual violence in his country, the Democratic Republic of Congo, along with Nadia Murad, a Yazidi activist for human rights and a survivor of sexual slavery by the Islamic State...
Diplomacy
Greece's Tsipras and FYROM's Zaev Possible Nominees for Nobel Peace Prize
According to Wiktor Nummellin, the Swedish TT news agency's special correspondent for Nobel Prizes, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras along with his counterpart of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Zoran Zaev, are among the favorites to become nominees for...
Greece
Colombian President Snatches Nobel Peace Prize From Heroic Greek Islanders
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is the recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize handed out on Friday dashing the hopes of Greek islanders from Lesvos who had been nominated for the price due to their efforts in dealing...