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Tributes paid to Greek baker who fed hundreds of refugees Tributes have been paid to Dionissis Arvanitakis, a baker who provided free bread to refugees on a Greek island, after his death at the age of 77.European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker released a statement expressing his respect “for an exemplary European citizen” who showed “rare generosity and sensitivity towards the hundreds of unfortunate immigrants”.Mr Juncker said: “My Europe is the one Dionissis Arvanitakis symbolised.”Raised in a poor family of 10, Mr Arvanitakis emigrated to Australia at the age of 16 and eventually returned to Greece, settling on the island of Kos in 1970. He opened a bakery with his savings.In March 2015, he started giving away 100 kilos of bread a day to the large number of refugees arriving in Kos.Mr Arvanitakis said at the time: “I know what it feels like to have nothing.”
Facebook has behaved like a "digital gangster," say MPs, as they accuse firm's founder Mark Zuckerberg of lying Facebook has behaved like a “digital gangster”, says the Culture Committee of MPs, as it accused the company’s founder Mark Zuckerberg of lying.In one of the most damning verdicts ever on a global company, the committee said internal documents it obtained showed Facebook “violated” laws by selling people’s private data without their permission and by crushing rivals through anti-competitive behaviour.
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Cooking roast dinner produces air pollution as bad as heavily polluted city streets, study revealsScientists shocked by levels of potential harmful particles emitted by charred meat and vegetables over course of a dayCooking a roast dinner drives indoor air pollution up to levels found in some of the most polluted cities in the world, according to new research.The act of roasting and boiling meat, potatoes and vegetables pushes particulates in the air up to 13 times the levels recorded on the filthy streets of central London.Even making a piece of toast can briefly cause pollution spikes that exceed safe levels set by health authorities.While their effects are short-lived, scientists are concerned by the health impact scraps of burned food, chemicals from gas stoves and droplets of hot oil are having in kitchens worldwide.
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Greece: 4 bodies recovered from car swept into riverGreek authorities say rescue crews have recovered the bodies of four people who were swept away in their car by a swollen river on the southern island of Crete, following heavy rainfall in the region.The fire department said rescue crews located the car in the Geropotamos river on Monday, with all four people still inside.The four — a young married couple, the wife's sister and her mother — had reportedly been returning from a wedding celebration nearby late on Saturday night when their car was swept away by floodwaters. Two calls were made to emergency services from the car at around 1 a.m. Sunday, but rescue crews were unable to reach them in time despite a massive search operation.
Two Young Children Die After Falling Into Cesspool in Aliartos, GreeceTwo children, one 4-year-old and another 5-year-old, were found dead in the area of Agios Athanassios in the Central Greek town of Aliartos on Monday afternoon.The two children fell into a cesspool in the area and, according to local media reports, lost consciousness, either due to the fumes or the impact of their fall.
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Greece at risk of not getting euro zone cash as reforms lag - officialsBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Greece is at risk of not getting some 750 million euros next month that it won under a debt relief deal with the euro zone last year because it has not completed agreed reforms, euro zone officials said on Monday.
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