Europe
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Simple: Whatever Faith Tradition, It’s All About Kindness
Tawang, India. Since 2000, we have been operating charities Raising, Supporting, and soon Educating Young Global Leaders. From every corner of the world and from every fa…
Fears Renewed of Islamic State Attacks in Europe, U.S.
Washington, D.C. Western intelligence agencies are increasingly worried that Islamic State militants will soon find ways to carry out more and increasingly sophisticated…
For Britain's Muslims, Mayor's Victory Sign of Change
London, U.K. The election of Sadiq Khan as London's first Muslim mayor is a sign of changing times for Britain and its population of nearly 3 million Muslims. "He is a Mu…
Greek Hoteliers Offer Respite to Weary Migrants
Idomeni, Greece . Locals in northern Greece are divided about the flood of war refugees. Some say asylum-seekers cause chaos and steal. Others express deep sympathy for t…
Imminent Humanitarian Crisis in Greece Amid Disarray: U.N.
New York, N.Y. Europe faces an imminent humanitarian crisis, largely of its own making, following a rapid build-up of people in already over-stretched Greece, the United…
U.N. Demands Protection for Child Migrants Flooding into Europe
New York, N.Y. Child protection systems across Europe are completely overwhelmed as the rate of youngsters in the flood of refugees and migrants has soared to one in thre…
Unaccompanied Refugee Children in Europe ‘Falling Between Cracks’
New York, N.Y. New data reveal that a record 96,500 unaccompanied refugee and migrant children applied for asylum across Europe in 2015, the United Nations Children’s Fun…
#AidRefugees Campaign Provides Way to Help Those in Need
Washington, D.C. Images of refugees streaming into Europe from conflict-torn countries in recent weeks have deeply moved people around the world, many of them wondering,…
Ban Warns of ‘Misplaced Suspicions’ of Muslim Refugees, Migrants
New York, N.Y. As last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut continue to reverberate round the world with calls to restrict refugee and migrant movement in the nam…
European Border Restrictions on Refugees Violate Human Rights
New York, N.Y. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Balkan States today that border restrictions based on a refugee’s or migrant’s nationality infringed human rights, wit…
Fund Launch for Kids in Greece with Ancient Hellenic Ideals
New York, N.Y. The recent launch of the J. Luce Foundation 's Hellenic Fund to support children in Greece - whether economically distressed, orphaned, or refugee - was an…
Greece Today: Safe, Affordable - and More Beautiful Than Ever
Athens, Greece. I was in Greece last week and experienced a country completely different than was being portrayed on TV, amazed at how political and economic consideratio…
Group Praises Obama on Refugees, Advocates for LGBT Slots
San Francisco, CA. Neil Grungras, Executive Director of ORAM - Organization for Refuge, Asylum, and Migration, applauded the Obama administration for yesterday’s announce…
Health Pros Using Social Media in Europe’s New Crisis
Washington, D.C. For the thousands of Syrian refugees attempting to escape their war-torn nation in favor of safe haven in European nations like Germany, their needs ofte…
Officials: Greece, Creditors Reach Bailout Agreement
Athens, Greece. Greek officials said Tuesday the government reached an agreement with international creditors on terms for a new bailout. Several details remained to be w…
Refugees are the Responsibility of the World – Peter Sutherland
New York, N.Y. Peter Sutherland is the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration. A strong advocate for the rights of mig…
So Many In Need, it's Hopeless? Quandary of Assisting Youth in Greece
New York, N.Y. The needs of children and young adults in Greece are enormous. The problems there are so insurmountable that the Greek government alone cannot solve them.…
U.N. Hails Austria, Germany for Helping Migrants
New York, N.Y. As Austria and Germany begin receiving thousands of refugees and migrants who crossed the border last night from Hungary, the United Nations refugee agency…
U.N. Human Rights Chief: Czech Republic Should Halt Detention of Migrants, Refugees
New York, N.Y. The top United Nations human rights official today strongly criticized the detention of migrants and refugees in the Czech Republic, drawing attention to t…
U.N. Urges Greece, Europe to Boost Humanitarian Response
New York, N.Y. The escalating refugee crisis in Greece is continuing, with migrant arrivals accelerating “dramatically,” the United Nations warned today, urging the Greek…
U.N. Welcomes Expanded E.U. Support to Refugees Fleeing Conflict
New York, N.Y. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees today welcomed a decision by the European Union (EU) to increase resources for humanitarian assistance co…
U.N.: Flow of Refugee and Migrant Children into Greece Doubles
New York, N.Y. About a third of the refugees and migrants who have drowned in the Aegean Sea this year were children, while the number of children applying for asylum in…
U.N.: Refugees Must be Dealt with as Human Beings
New York, N.Y. Refugees have to be dealt with as human beings, and the broader migrant community, including economic migrants, cannot be dismissed “with a wave of the han…
UNHCR: Migrant Women and Children Face Sex Abuse
Washington, D.C. The United Nations refugee agency is warning that migrant women and children traveling to Europe are particularly subject to sex abuse, calling on countr…
Polish Cultural Salon for All Opens in New York City
New York, N.Y. I first met cultural icon Barbara Plewińska - “Basia” to her many friends in New York and around the world - after she passed recently from cancer. I met h…
Georgette Sinclair’s Work to be Featured at NYC’s Salmagundi Club
By John Laing, edited by Jim Luce. “I first met the exceptionally talented Georgette Sinclair at the Roosevelt Island Visual Artists’ Association ( RIVAA ) that I have wa…
Evil in America? U.S. Fundamentalist Group to Burn Koran on 9/11
New York, N.Y. One need not journey to the mountains of Afghanistan or Pakistan to discover evil. We have our own home-grown variety of dangerous extremism here in Florid…
Greece for Americans: From Aristotle to Athens, Astoria - and Loula
New York, NY. “Hellas” – the Hellenic Republic – has intrigued me since by boyhood when I collected foreign postage stamps and had to ask my father to identify the origin…
Greek-American Vicky Tzolis Helps Both Women’s Empowerment & Mentally Ill on Long Island
New York, N.Y. Loula Loi Alafoyiannis introduced me to Vicky Tzolis in Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney ’s living room. So I figured she must be someone interesting. I di…
Itzhak Perlman to Perform at Lincoln Center to Help Rotary Eradicate Polio
New York, N.Y. "Polio is only a plane ride away." So began my sobering interview with Carol Pandak, Manager of PolioPlus for Rotary International about polio, a crippling…
The Stewardship Report Announces Editorial Calendar
New York, N.Y. A bright new face has been added to the crowded Web, drawing a large readership and uploading more than 900 stories in its first twelve weeks. Still in sof…
Women for Peace Concert at the U.N. General Assembly
T onight I find myself at the performance of Women for Peace at the U.N. General Assembly, hosted by Mrs. Ban Soon-taek. This show has African drummers, the Drum Café Dan…