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Old January 31st, 2013 #1
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During the decade of sanctions and bombings against FRY and the RS Greeks were always there with support, even though they were under heavy political pressure by Washington and London to desist.

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TWO TONS OF GREEK HUMANITARIAN AID ARRIVED IN SERB REPUBLIC
Macedonian Press Agency
February 23, 1996
New humanitarian aid from Greece arrived yesterday in the Serb Republic of Bosnia.

The Athens Association of Greek-Serb Friendship gathered 200 tons of food, clothing and medicine that will be distributed to the people living in the cities of the Serb Republic of Bosnia.

The humanitarian aid was accompanied by a greek delegation led by the Chairman of the Association mr.Konstantinos Christopoulos

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50 TONS OF HUMANITARIAN AID TO BELGRADE FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF KALAMARIA
Macedonian Press Agency
April 13, 1999
The municipality of Kalamaria collects humanitarian aid for Serbia and it is expected to arrive in Belgrade in ten days.

The humanitarian mission will be headed by mayor of Kalamaria Christodoulos Economidis and will be made up of 50 tons of food and medicines that will be carried to Serbia with Serb trucks.

The ministry of health is expected to issue a special permit to include in the humanitarian aid the blood that was donated by volunteers in the municipalities of Kalamaria, Pentalofos near Thessaloniki, Florina, as well as by the monks in monastery of Hilandariou in Mount Athos.
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70 TONS OF HUMANITARIAN AID WILL BE SENT TO THE BOSNIAN SERBS Macedonian Press Agency
December 1st, 1995
Seventy tons of humanitarian aid will be sent to the bosnian serbs by the Municipality of Neapolis on December 5th.

The final destination of the humanitarian aid will be the region of Prijedor in the Serb Republic of Bosnia and will include olive oil, flour, baby food and medicine. The mission will be headed by mayor of Neapolis mr.Hadjisavas.
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ANOTHER CONVOY OF RELIEF AID FOR YUGOSLAVIA WILL LEAVE ATHENS SOON
Tanjug
17 April 1999
ATHENS - The Society of Greek-Serbian Friendship will send a convoy of aid in food and medical supplies to Yugoslavia on April 20, Society representatives told a news conference Friday.

The 16-truck convoy will be carrying aid in food and medical supplies worth a total of over 2 million german marks.

The Athens-based Society of Greek-Serbian Friendship will continue the drive of collecting aid for the population in Yugoslavia which has most heavily been affected by brutal aggressor NATO devastation.

Relief aid convoys will leave for Yugoslavia at 20-day intervals.

The Society also informed the press that it had engaged lawyers who would bring charges against the NATO leaders for aggression on Yugoslavia and the many civilian lives it has taken before the Greek Bar and the Hague International Court.

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A GREEK WITH A BIG HEART
Glas Javnosti
Stamatis Mavronas From Corfu Helps The Serbs

A Greek With a Big Heart

At a time when wealthier Serbs go to Corfu, an inhabitant of this island heads the other way to help the unfortunate Serbs. Last week, Stamatis Mavronas, a Greek customs officer, and his son Hristos brought a truckful of medicines and sanitary equipment to the hospitals in Belgrade and Krushevats.

The agile Greek hadn’t waited for the cooperation of the humanitarian organisations – he did the whole thing on his own. He had been stashing away his money and then he recruited a few of his countrymen. That’s how the humanitarian aid arrived in Yugoslavia.

- "I love Serbia and I want to help your people. It’s my father’s influence. He used to tell me a lot of stories about the history of this country. I inquired about what’s needed and…here I am. I don’t have much but I am doing the best I can to help", says Mavronas.

That Stamatos and Hristos’ help doesn't only consist of medicines, we find out in the Obradovich family house, in Krushevats. The family is playing host to Stamatis and Hristos.

- "Our kids go to Corfu every summer and Stamatis takes them on excursions all over the island, spends lots of time with them and makes sure their stay in Greece is an unforgettable one", says Spomenka Obradovich whose sons spent a summer on Corfu.

Now it’s time to return the favour. The young Obradovichs reminisce about a party Stamatis threw in celebration of one Serbian girl and add that he also financially helped a Serbian girl, refugee from Croatia. Now way you can count all the good deeds of this Greek Serbophile.

- “The Greek Orthodox Church is currently collecting new medicines, food, clothes and school stuff (pencils, pens, erasers, binders, notebooks…) for our friends in Serbia. The problem is logistics. Going by bus is dangerous because we’d have to go through Macedonia”, says Mavronas.

Mavronas also ran into problems while delivering this aid – he had trouble with air tickets and the medicine shipment Customs clearing.

Luckily, Beba Milich, a Serbian woman who works on Corfu, provided free transport and dr. Slavko Simeunovich, a cardiologist, made sure that the medicines went through. Mavronas expresses his gratitude.

We have to mention Doctor Alexandros Mastoras who, during the aggression, sent an aid shipment worth 50.000 Deustschemarks. Sadly, the aid never reached Serbia, it’s never been found, and the doctor was very sad that the aid wasn’t there when it was needed.

After ten days spent in Yugoslavia, during which they visited Mt. Kopaonik, Nish, Vrnyachka Banya, and Serbian monasteries, Stamatis and Hristos are overwhelmed by Serbia and its people. They say they expected to see the ruins NATO left behind but everything looks better than they’d imagined.

- “Your people know how to survive when the situation is unbearable. Kids are the mirror of a nation. Serbian kids are very open and friendly and it’s no wonder my son always spends his time with Serbs, even though the Camp on Corfu is international in its nature”, concludes Mavronas.

During the NATO aggression, American soldiers came to Corfu. Otherwise friendly islanders organized a welcoming party that "the Yankees" will remember forever. Serbian tricolours were hanging from every window and no store or supermarket wanted to serve the Americans.

- “One American wanted to shake my hand but I told him I didn’t want to get my hands dirty”, says Mavronas.

- “American tourists who were here at the time watched the bombing raids, appalling destruction brought upon Serbia and deaths it had caused. It was on our TV. They were disgusted. When they went back home, the media there convinced them that nothing of the sort had happened, that it was all a set-up; a montage if you will”, Mavronas says.
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BOSNIAN SERB CHILDREN ARRIVE IN GREECE
OMRI Special Report: Pursuing Balkan Peace Vol. 1, No. 2, Pt. 2
16 January 1996
Some 50 children from the Serb- held town of Zvornik arrived in Thessaloniki on 10 January for a two week vacation. The children arrived on a bus sent by the Kalamaria municipality of Thessaloniki and were sent on to Kavala and Imathia where they will stay with Greek families. Another 50 children from Zvornik which had spent Christmas and New Year in Greece returned to Bosnia

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CHILDREN FROM SERBIA TO SPEND CHRISTMAS IN GREECE
Athens News Agency-Macedonian Press Agency
Belgrade, 20 December 2006
Greek families will be the hosts of children from Serbia during the Christmas holidays, according to the Red Cross of Serbia.

A total of 216 children of refugees, who lost a parent in the war, as well as children of poor families will spend Christmas in Greece again this year within the framework of the hospitality programme for Serb children held by the Serb and the Greek Red Cross.

Cooperation between the Greek and Serb Red Cross for the hosting of children from Serbia was launched in 1993 and since then an estimated 16,000 children, most of them refugees, have stayed with Greek families.

Many children were helped this way to overcome psychological problems caused by the traumatic experiences they lived through while close friendship ties have been forged and in most cases the contact of the children and the host families continues.
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GREECE SENDS AID TO KRAJINA REFUGEES, CRITICIZES WEST
OMRI
8 August 1995
Greek Defense Minister Gerasimos Arsenis on 7 August announced Greece will send medicine, food, and clothing to Serbian refugees from Krajina, international agencies reported the same day. The first two planes will leave on 8 August, and the aid will be distributed by the UN. Greece will also send doctors to the region and is considering treating some of the wounded at Greek military hospitals. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Karolos Papoulias condemned the Croatian offensive against Krajina, saying "no difference was ever solved by military means" and urging a peaceful solution. Deputy Foreign Minister for European Affairs Georgios-Alexandros Mangakis the same day criticized the U.S. and Germany for backing Croatia's offensive against the rebel Krajina Serbs.

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GREECE SENDS HUMANITARIAN AID TO FLOOD-STRICKEN PARTS OF VOJVODINA
Government of Serbia
Belgrade, 24 May 2006
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica met today with humanitarian worker from Greece Kyriaki Panayiotidou and expressed gratitude for all humanitarian support given to Serbia in the past decade. Kostunica pointed out that traditional and deep friendship is what connects Serbia and Greece, adding that the two countries cherish political, cultural and economic connections.

Panayiotidou said that Serbia and Greece are great friends and that she is very pleased to be able to help those who are most in need.

She said that the reason for her visit to Serbia is to convey humanitarian aid for flood-stricken areas of Vojvodina.
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GREEK-SERB FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY HOSTS SERB CHILDREN IN KAVALA
Macedonian Press Agency
Kavala, 3 October 1999
A group of Serb children, mostly orphans between the ages of 8 and 12, will be cared for by families in Kavala over the next nine months.

As the Athens News reported, this initiative was organised by the Yugoslav branch of the Red Cross and the. The children will be accompanied by their Serbian teachers so that they will be able to keep up with their studies. The mayor of Kavala, Stathis Efifillidis, expressed his sympathy towards the children and said that "all the residents of the city have shown their love for the children", especially those who will be caring for them during this academic year.

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GREEK AID TO YUGOSLAVIA ARRIVES IN BELGRADE
Athens News Agency
Belgrade, 12 December 1995
Twenty-five trucks carrying roughly 400 tonnes of humanitarian aid from Greece arrived in Belgrade yesterday.

The aid is to be distributed to refugee shelters and orphanages in Serbia, Bosnia and the Krajina, and was collected through the initiative of the Hellenic-Serbian Friendship Society, in co-operation with local government.

During a press conference given yesterday in Belgrade by the organizers of the aid shipment, it was stressed that Greece and the Greek people will continue to send humanitarian aid, so creating a bridge of co-operation between the two countries and setting an example for co-operation between all Balkan countries.

President of the Hellenic-Serbian Friendship Society Kostas Christopoulos said his company would not limit itself to the collection and dispatch of humanitarian aid, but would also take the initiative to introduce a Hellenic-Serbian Friendship Economic Chamber which will aim to rebuild areas destroyed by the war and to develop a guide for Greek businessmen who wish to contribute to the rebuilding project.
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GREEK HUMANITARIAN AID TO BOSNIAN-SERB TOWN OF DOBOI
Macedonian Press Agency
Belgrade, 4 July 1997
Humanitarian aid that includes clothing and foodstuffs arrived yesterday in the Bosnian-Serb town of Doboi accompanied by a delegation from the municipality of Peristeri in Athens.

Mayor of Peristeri Giorgos Panopoulos, who is heading a 10-member delegation, was welcomed by his counterpart in Doboi mr.Drago Ljubitsic.

Mr.Ljubitsic stated that the friendly ties between the Greeks and the Serbs will last for ever and no one will be able to interrupt them.

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GREEK VOLUNTEERS FIGHT WITH BOSNIAN SERBS
OMRI (Open Media Research Institute, Inc.)
5 June 1995
Greek volunteers are fighting with Bosnian Serbs against Bosnian government troops "in the name of orthodoxy" and Greek-Serb friendship, AFP quoted the daily Ethnos as saying on 2 June. Reportedly several dozen Greeks fought with the Bosnian Serbs for periods of a few months up to two years during the last three years. One Greek fighter is quoted as saying there was "an anti-Serb and anti-orthodox genocide in Bosnia." He charged UN peacekeepers with "playing a dirty role in favor of the Moslems." AFP also quoted Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic as saying "the Serbs have only two friends, God and the Greeks."

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GREEK VOLUNTEERS IN YUGOSLAVIA
Macedonian Press Agency
26 March 1999
Greek volunteers are ready to leave for Belgrade in order to offer any kind of help to the Serb people.

In charge of this effort is 46yearold businessman Stavros Vitalis from Thessaloniki, who has already secured the participation of 250 people in the effort. He stated to MPA that they want to help the Serbs as they did in Bosnia and among the 250 people are lawyers, doctors and other professionals, adding that they are on the side of the Serbs because they regard them as friends and brothers.

Mr. Vitalis did not give more details on the mission that will be underway possibly next week.
GREECE WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO - AMBASSADOR
Tanjug
Belgrade, 19 November 2008
Greek Ambassador to Belgrade Christos Panagopoulos told Tanjug Wednesday that the stand of the Greek government and Foreign Ministry on Kosovo has not changed and that Greece will not recognize Kosovo, in keeping with respect of territorial integrity of states.

Pristina daily Koha Ditore has misquoted Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis as saying that Athens will allegedly recognize Kosovo soon, Panagopouls said.

Greece will not recognize Kosovo any time soon, in keeping with respect of territorial integrity of states, he reiterated.

Any wrong interpretation or undue tension should be avoided, as Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis told Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic when he visited Athens one week ago, he said.

Albanian TV Vision reported and Koha Ditore cited its report alleging that Bakoyannis announced recognition of Kosovo. This report was denied by the Greek Foreign Ministry.
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GREEKS HELPED LIBERATE SREBRENICA
OMRI, Inc.
14 July 1995
GREEK VOLUNTEERS FOUGHT ALONGSIDE BOSNIAN SERBS.

AFP on 13 July reported that a dozen Greek volunteers fought along Bosnian Serbs who captured Srebrenica. According to a report in the Greek daily Ethnos, they raised the Greek flag over the town's destroyed Orthodox church. Since the start of the war, about 100 Greeks have fought in a "guard of volunteers" based in Vlasenica, in central Bosnia. They were recruited in Belgrade, and liaison offices have been set up in Athens and Thessaloniki. A student working in one of the offices said he received may calls from "patriotic" candidates and claimed to have fought himself in Bosnia for six months. He added the Greek authorities "never caused any problems" and that the Greek intelligence service was in touch with the volunteers.

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HOSPITALITY PROGRAM FOR THE CHILDREN OF FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
Macedonian Press Agency
Thessaloniki, 9 July 2003
Orphan children from former Yugoslavia are expected to arrive in Thessaloniki tomorrow. The children will stay with Greek families during the summer until August 10.

According to the Municipality of Thessaloniki, the hospitality program is being held with the cooperation of the Greek and the Yugoslav Red Cross.
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HUMANITARIAN AID FROM GREECE ARRIVED
Nis City Hall/City of Nis
16 April 1999
In the organization of the Balkans Friendship Forum and Greek Ortodox Church – Athens Archiepiscopy, a humanitarian aid convoy from friendly Greece arrived in Nis yesterday. The convoy consisting of nine trucks of aid in food, medicines and clothes was led by the delegation of the Balkans Friendship Forum consisting of Mihalakakos Panagiotis, the President, Panagiotidou Kiriaki, the Chief of the Cooperation Departement with Serbia and Kiorteves Hristos, the President of the Managing Board.

Three trucks of ten humanitarian aid were handed over to Nis Eparchy of Serbian Orthodox Church whereas the rest of the convoy will be given to Belgrade Patriarchy. This humanitarian aid convoy was blessed by the Archbishup of Athens and the whole Greece, Hristodulos, and the whole action was helped by the Greek Ambassy in Belgrade, The Greek Council Department in Nis, Nis City Hall and The Greek Society in Serbia.
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ORPHANS FROM FORMER YUGOSLAVIA WILL BE HOSTED IN THESSALONIKI
Macedonian Press Agency
Thessaloniki, 9 November 2002
Greek families will host orphan children from the former Yugoslavia during the Christmas period.

The children will arrive in Thessaloniki by bus on December 20 and they will stay until January 6. The expenses of the children will be covered by the host families which will pay for their transportation and accommodation.

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GREEK 'PEACE TRAIN' OF AID TO BOSNIAN SERBS TO LEAVE ON OCTOBER 26
Athens News Agency
5 October 1995
A train carrying humanitarian aid to the Bosnian Serb refugees is scheduled to leave Greece for Bosnia on October 26, it was announced yesterday. The aid, consisting of 10,000 tonnes of clothing, pharmaceuticals and foodstuff, has been organized within the framework of efforts by the "Macedonian-Thrace Coordination Committee for Aid to the Orthodox Serbs of Bosnia." Committee representatives told a press conference yesterday, that they hoped the "peace train" would be constantly carrying aid to the Serbian refugees. The committee has been established at the initiative of the Balkan Strategy Development Institute and the Greek-Serbian Association. Its members include prefectures, northern Greek cities, local municipalities, chambers and public and private enterprises.


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REPUBLIKA SRPSKA
Srpska Republika News Agency (SRNA)
6 October 1997
BANJALUKA - President of Republika Srpska (RS) Biljana Plavsic, talked in Banjaluka with a delegation of the Association of Greek-Serb Friendship from Athens, led by Kostas Hristopulous, about possibilities of the establishment of economic cooperation between RS and Greece. RS presidential advisor for economic issues, Rajko Tomas stated that Greek friends were interested in the economic situation and prospects for RS economic reconstruction and development.

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SERBIAN CHILDREN HOSTED AGAIN IN GREECE
Athens News Agency
Belgrade, 17 July 1998
A total of 540 orphans and children of refugees from the "Serbian Republic" of Bosnia and Serbia have left Belgrade for Greece, where they will be hosted over the summer by various municipalities and communities in the country.

The mission was organised for the fourth time this year by the Central Union of Municipalities and Communities of Greece (KEDKE) in cooperation with the Red Cross and the Yugoslav Red Cross.

Athens ambassador to Belgrade, Panayiotis Vlassopoulos, who bid the children farewell at the Belgrade train station, said that hospitality for these children in Greece constitutes only a portion of the humanitarian aid which Greece-based local governments and organisations have been providing for Yugoslavia since war broke out in the neighbouring country. He also said these initiatives contribute to the strengthening of Greek-Serb relations, while also helping the children to forget their hardships for a while.

Mr. Vlassopoulos said that with this programme by KEDKE, more than 2,000 children have been given hospitality in Greece so far.

THESSALONIKI TO AID IN SERB REPUBLIC'S RECONSTRUCTION
Macedonian Press Agency
Thessaloniki, 31 October 1996
The President of the Serb Republic in Bosnia Biljana Plavsic met with representatives of the Northern Greece Exporters Association (SEVE) in Thessaloniki yesterday, wherein business cooperation opportunities emerged betweeen the two countries, especially in the areas of timber, construction and textile manufacturing. Ms. Plavsic explained that the large amounts of timber her country produces remain unutilized since the Serb Republic does not feature local manufacturing for this industry. She characteristically said that her country had one furniture-making plant which was destroyed in a fire.

In turn, the President of SEVE noted that the economies of both countries are complimentary to one another and, as such, there are many opportunities for cooperation.

Ms. Plavsic also met with Thessaloniki Prefect Kostas Papadopoulos who expressed the city's intent to cooperate for the reconstruction of Bosnia.

Mr. Papadopoulos told the Bosnian Serb President that he will personally see to it that the trade and economic chambers of Greece will come in contact with officials from the Serb Republic in order to promote the reconstruction efforts.

Ms. Plavsic has stated that Greece holds the most advantageous position among European countries when it comes to investments in the Bosnia-Herzegovina region.

Yesterday she visited the Zeytinlik Cemetery, where the Serbs who died here during WWI were buried, and later stopped by Thessaloniki's Archaeological Museum. Last evening she met with families in the municipality of Kalamaria which were hosts to 100 children from the war-torn regions in former Yugoslavia for seven months.
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"As Hellenic Nationalists, we express complete support with our Serb brothers, which was genuinely expressed in the past and we declare our solidarity in the common struggle for National Dignity and Sovereignty. Kosovo is Serbia!"

Golden Dawn Statement [posted on the Serbian Consulate in Thessaloniki]
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