An initiative to mobilize Europe for the de-escalation of energy prices is undertaken by Greece, Romania and Bulgaria, the Minister of Environment and Energy, Theodoros Skylakakis, announced on Monday. Speaking to media, the minister noted that a joint initiative is being taken by the Energy Ministers of Greece, Bulgaria and …
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Fires in Greece? Blame the Romans for planting pine trees 2 millenniums ago
The newest theory for the fires in Greece: Blame the Romans who massively planted pine trees to put them on fire and destroy the regions they conquered. Excuse me, what? This is the baseless theory of the latest blame-game for the latest fire in north-eastern Attica and Athens that burned …
Read More »Roma boy shot dead during police chase
A 17-year-old Roma boy was shot dead after a police chase in the town of Thebes, north of Attica, on Saturday night. According to media information, the police were trying to do a car search of a suspicious car in the greater area of Aliarto in the region of Viotia, …
Read More »Greece, Bulgaria, Romania agree to extent NATO’s Fuel Pipelines Network
Defense Ministers of Greece, Bulgaria and Romania have agreed on Wednesday to extent NATO’s Fuel Pipelines Network towards the Alliance’s East Flank. The three ministers Nikos Dendias, Bulgarian Todor Tagarev and Romanian Deputy Minister of Defence Simona Cojocaru. signed a letter of intent on the sidelines of NATO defense ministers …
Read More »Greek, Finnish, Romanian evacuees from Sudan land in Athens
A C-27J Spartan transport aircraft carrier of the Hellenic Air Force landed at the Tanagra air base northern Athens short after 4 o’ clock on Wednesday afternoon. On board were 16 Greek nationals, 1 Greek-Cypriot woman, 9 Romanians and 8 Finnish who were evacuated from Sudan. Among the evacuees who …
Read More »Roma man with mental disabilities set on fire in Patras
The brutal, racist attack against a Roma man with mental disabilities in Patras is shocking. The 35-year-old man who singing the carols on New Year’s Eve was forced by a group of thugs to get on his knees and sing. Then they threw some inflammable liquid at him and set …
Read More »Police officer who shot Roma boy released from custody
The 34-year-old police officer accused of the fatal shooting of 16-year-old roma boy Kostas Fragoulis beginning of the month has been released from custody on condition that he will not leave the country. The decision of the officer’s release was announced on Monday by the Judicial council in Thessaloniki. The …
Read More »Protests and clashes with police after death of Roma boy
Carrying banners and shouting “Murderers” thousands of Greeks protest in Athens, Thessaloniki and other cities for the death of 16-year-old Kostas Fragoulis, an unarmed Roma boy shot in the head by a police officer. At the time, angry members of Roma communities across the country have started fires and …
Read More »Roma boy shot in the head by police officer dies in hospital
16-year-old Roma boy Kostas Fragoulis, shot in the head by a police officer on December 5, died on Tuesday morning Ippokratio General Hospital in Thessaloniki announced. For nine days, the teenager who was also a father of a baby, was struggling for life, intubated in the ICU. However, from the …
Read More »Roma shooting: Police officer under temporary house arrest
The 34-year-old police officer will be temporarily placed under house arrest for the shooting of the 16-year-old Roma boy. This was decided after the justice investigator and the prosecutor disagreed on the pre-trial detention of the accused officer. The officer will be placed under house arrest, until the final decision …
Read More »Large-scale police operations in Roma camps after riots (picts)
Large-scale police operations with dozens of police officers and special units have been taking place in Roma camps in western Athens since Thursday morning following ongoing riots over the shooting of a 16-year-old Roma boy by a policeman. Special units police officers with riot police squads and patrol cars moved …
Read More »Roma community in outrage; Grigoropoulos rallies turn into protests against police violence (videos)
As the 16-year-old Roma boy keeps struggling for his life after he was shot in the head by a policeman, members of the community are in outrage and started protests in Thessaloniki and Attica. Outside the hospital in thessaloniki The atmosphere is explosive also because of the anniversary of the …
Read More »Thessaloniki: Police shoots 16-year-old Roma boy in the head
A 16-year-old Roma boy has been shot in the head and is in critical condition after a surgery. The boy had reportedly tanked for 20 euros and left without paying the bill. He was shot in the head after a pursuit by the police. According to media, the teenager drove …
Read More »Greece’s Roma Confederation denounces illegal demolition of 25 houses and shacks
Twenty-five houses and shacks were illegally demolished in Doxato, Drama, bu local authorities the Panhellenic Confederation of Greek Roma has denounced. This action is not part of any plan for the legal relocation of the Roma families living in the area, who were not informed by any competent authority about …
Read More »Rare Roman mosaics of “Europa” and “Orpheus” in Sparta Museum
The museum of two rare Roman floor mosaics in Sparta was inaugurated on Monday a year after the modern buildings housing the mosaics opened to the public. “The Rape of Europa” (2.06 x 2.00 meters) and “Orpheus Charming the Animals” (1.40 x 1.13 meters), dated between the end of the …
Read More »Late Roman antiquities, mosaic floor unearthed in downtown Athens
Salvage excavations at the Theater Square – Plateia Theatrou- in downtown Athens have revealed Late Roman antiquities, the Greek Ministry of Culture said on Thursday. Salvage work in the area started on October 7, 2022. In works ahead of the area’s makeover, which lies southwest of the Athens City Hall, …
Read More »Greece announces humanitarian aid mission to Mariupol, reception group in Romania
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias announced a humanitarian aid mission to Mariupol and the establishment of a coordination and reception group for Ukrainian refugees in Romania. The Foreign Minister will accompany the humanitarian aid mission, he said. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Dendias said that he has already sent an official …
Read More »Police officer among suspects arrested for the death of Roma man in West Athens
A police officer is one of the two suspects arrested and taken to prosecutor on Tuesday for the death of a 44-year-old man, a member of the Roma community, in the suburb of Menidi, west Athens. According to media reports, the man was attacked and beaten on Sunday afternoon and …
Read More »Shocking indifference: The double death of Roma girl Olga crashed by factory door(new video)
A new video from the tragic incident where an 8-year-old Roma girl was crashed by a sliding factory door in Keratsini shows a shocking behavior by 6 to 7 people towards a girl dying in front of their eyes. Footage from security camera broadcast by Star TV on Thursday evening …
Read More »UPD 8-year-old Roma girl crashed twice by factory door, left there for over an hour (videos)
An 8-year-old Roma girl found a tragic death when its body was crashed by an electric factory door in Keratsini suburb of Piraeus on Wednesday, November 17. Serious questions arise from the fact that the girl’s body was crashed twice by the metal door and its body remained there for …
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