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One of the most glamorous charity galas of the year took place a few days ago, at the Public Library of New York in Manhattan. Greeks, Romanians and Syrians from the political, business, academic and artistic fields attended the ceremony for the awarding of the international Constantin Brancoveanu prizes awarded for the first time by the Alexandrion Foundation, the charity of Alexandrion Group Romania.

In 2017, 12.015 people were granted asylum by Greece, according to the latest Eurostat data, which is the seventh highest in relation to the population, in the European Union.

Three Syrian nationals, attempting to enter Greece, illegally on a trafficking vessel moving in the Aegean were injured by ricochet bullets fired by Coast Guard officers trying to avoid getting rammed by the boat.