A technical problem in the “Themes Bank” of the Education Ministry has triggered an outrage among thousands of high-school students and teachers on Monday morning. Due to the collapse of the themes bank, the exams for the 1st and 2nd Lyceum-grade have been delayed or postponed to another time. According …
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German man, 55, dies after jumping from Athens police station window
A 55-year-old German tourist died in the early hours of Sunday morning after he jumped out of a window in the Omonia Police Station in central Athens. The man reportedly jumped from a window on the second floor of the building and suffered serious head injuries. According to official police …
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Mega party sends dozens of drunk students to hospitals
Dozens of people were transferred to hospitals in central Greece due to excessive use of alcohol during a mega students party with over 8,000 young participants who traveled to Volos from several parts of Greece. The party was organized by students of the Mechanical Engineering Department and its very popular …
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WHO awards Greek professor for anti-smoking campaign efforts
Professor Panagiotis Behrakis, head of the Smoke Free Greece initiative of the Hellenic Cancer Society, was recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) along with others in the annual awards for tobacco control in an event in Ljubljana on Thursday. In a statement, the Society said that Panagiotis Behrakis is …
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3 dead, 12 missing when migrants boat capsizes off Mykonos (vid)
Three people have died and 12 are missing when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the island of Mykonos early Friday morning. Two migrants have been rescued, so far. The one Syrian and one Palestinian men, were spotted swimming in the area north-eastern of Mykonos. They were transferred to safety …
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Zakynthos: Tourists arrested for leaving infant locked alone in a car
A Danish couple was arrested on the island of Zakynthos on Wednesday after they left an one-year-old infant locked in the car and went shopping. They face charges for exposing a minor into danger. According to preliminary reports by state broadcaster ERT, the couple on vacations on the island in …
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Seized titanium rods at Piraeus port reportedly bound for Iran
Titanium rods and high-tech lathes, which are raw materials that can have civilian, commercial, but also military use, have been seized by customs officers at the port of Piraeus. They were loaded at the port of Shanghai in China and, according to information from a foreign agency that reached the …
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Tourists dressed as Ancient Greeks take a ride in Crete (video)
Tourists dressed as Ancient Greeks entered a local bus in Herakleio on the island of Crete. They were wrapped in white bed sheets and had metal laurel wreaths on their heads they had probably brought from some local souvenir shops. A stunned bus passenger shot a video of nostalgia-struck two …
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Greek businessman charged with smuggling military tech to Russia in NY
The United States on Tuesday announced charges in five cases involving alleged efforts to steal technology to benefit China, Russia and Iran including a former Apple Inc engineer and a Greek businessman. The cases detailed at a Justice Department press conference centered on allegations concerning the theft of trade secrets …
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Toll-free Greek highways for private vehicles on election weekend
All highways in Greece will be toll-free for private cars and motorcycles on elections Sunday, May 21, as well as on Saturday and part of Monday in order to facilitate transportation to and from voting locations. According to the decision by Deputy Infrastructure & Transport Minister Giorgos Karagiannis, tolls will …
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US Greek Archdiocese proposes girls as Altar servers and readers
Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America hopes to implement the jurisdiction-wide practice of girls serving in the altar and being tonsured as readers. This would include not just young children, but even students of the Archdiocese’s Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, …
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Bags with hundreds of Greek Passports stolen from delivery truck
Αn unidentified group stole bags containing hundreds of Greek passports on Monday, when a Greek Post driver made a short stop in Kallithea suburb of southern Athens. The incident occurred at approximately 1.45 p.m. when the group broke into delivery truck after the driver pulled over for a few minutes. …
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Crete Mπαλωθιές: Young man dies after bullets cut power cable
Α young man on the island of Crete found a tragic death when he shot in the air following the dangerous custom of μπαλωθιές to express joy at his cousin engagement celebration. The 25-year-old man was fatally injured when he fired shots in the air, the bullets cut a power …
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Gang selling fake “professional pilot’s license” to students dismantled
Greek Police has dismantled a gang that was enabling students to pass exams in order to obtain a professional aircraft pilot’s license. Neither the gang nor the brainless students had scruple to obtain a license that could risk the lives of hundreds of people. The gang accused of rigging the …
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High school student fires at teacher with air gun
A high school teacher in Halkida on the island of Evia, was attacked with an air gun, police said on Thursday. The 43-year-old teacher told police that a teenager, accompanied by two friends, pulled out an air gun and hit her at the abdomen. She said she wasn’t injured. She …
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Students from Netherlands suffer food poisoning in Ancient Olympia
Ten students from the Netherlands suffered a food poisoning during an educational trip in Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. The students, who are accommodated in Krestena, started showing symptoms of poisoning after visiting the Ancient Olympia, local media patrisnews.com reported on Wednesday Of the ten students, eight were taken to the Ancient …
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Greek police seizes over 100kg of cocaine in Thessaloniki
Greek police confiscated over 100 kilos of cocaine and more than 100,000 euros in cash. The drugs had reached the port of Thessaloniki via a cargo vessel from Latin America. According to police, nine people have been arrested, so far, among them is allegedly one of the leaders of the …
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Greek-American woman sought for fraud in Spain arrested in Greece
Greek police has arrested a Greek-American woman for whom there was a European arrest warrant issued by the Spanish authorities for the offenses of fraud, criminal organization, forgery and money laundering. The woman was arrested in Markopoulos village of eastern Attica on According to judicial authorities of Spain she was …
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Giorgos Karaivaz: Two arrests after two years of journalists’ murder
Two years after the murder of journalist Giorgos Karaivaz on 9 April 2021, Greek Police have arrested two people with relations to the crime, Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos announced on Friday. In a Facebook post, Minister Theodorikakos, and not the Police as usually in such cases, said that “police …
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State portal Gov.gr available also in English
The Greek state digital platform Gov.gr and its 1,547 digital services is now available in English language, it was announced on Thursday. The translation of the site facilitates the access of non-Greek speaking residents in the country. Gov.gr hosts every digital service that ministries, organizations, authorities and regional and municipal …
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