December 5, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 39-year-old man called Greek Police short after 6:30 on Thursday evening saying he had killed his wife and her body was in the attic of the apartment they were living in Ambelokipoi district of Athens. It is the 15th femicide in the country in 2024. Police officers rushed to …
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December 2, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 46-year-old man stabbed his 60-year-old wife to death and injured also the victim’s son in their family home Angelochori by Thessaloniki on Sunday morning. The murder followed an argument between husband and wife. It is the 14th case of femicide in Greece in 2024. The perpetrator, an Albanian national, …
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November 28, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society, Very Mix
Another tragedy in the Aegean Sea, again off the island of Samos: a speedboat carrying migrants crashed on a rocky beach leaving behind four dead, with the victims being again women and children. 16 persons have been rescued, while the total number of people onboard is not known. State broadcaster …
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November 25, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
Domestic violence against women has shown a spike in the first ten months of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, the Greek Police said on Sunday. Police records show that 18, 427 incidents were recorded in January-October 2024 compared to 9,860 in the same period of 2023. The …
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November 14, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
A three-member Court of Misdemeanors in Athens sentenced to 4 years and 3 months imprisonment to Father Antonios, founder of children’s charity Kivotos tou Kosmou (Arc of the World) for abusive physical and psychological behavior towards children hosted in the homes of the NGO. The court found Father Antonios guilty …
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November 12, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
A woman who was severely beaten by her partner last month, succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday. 41-year-old Gafyfalia from Patras is the second victim of femicide to die in less than 24 hours in Greece. Garyfalia suffered severe head injuries after her 49-year-old partner brutally beat her on October …
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November 12, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 43-year-old mother of three was fatally shot by her former partner in the town of Agrinion, western Greece, late on Monday. The femicide victim was shot in the abdomen in her own car and died a bit later in the hospital despite doctors’ effort to save her life. Before …
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November 11, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
The official operation of “Safe Youth”, a panic button app designed to help young people quickly report violence, is to be launched on Monday, November 11, 2024. The initiative aims to protect minors and inform parents. The targeted age group of the “Safe Youth” app is 12-year-old children and above. …
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November 7, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
A case of extreme and dangerous bullying of a 12-year-old student in a high school of Nea Ionia suburb of western Athens. The student was pressed by older school boys to get inside a rainwater drainage hole in the courtyard and they placed the heavy iron lid on him. The …
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November 7, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
Greece is set to introduce a new bill in Parliament imposing stricter penalties for businesses supplying alcohol, electronic cigarettes, and vaping devices to minors in the government’s efforts to revamp alcohol laws in Greece. In a joined decision by the ministries of Citizen Protection, Justice and Health it has been …
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October 30, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
A high school teacher in the port town of Lavrio in eastern Attica has been suspended after he being accused of distributing leaflets with homophobic messages to students. The teacher handed out the leaflets during religious education class and requested that students read out loud. Among others, citing the writings …
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October 29, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
A servicer fund sent a locksmith and the state deployed strong police forces to evict a 90-year-old woman who is currently hospitalized after a serious surgery. The evicted apartment is the main residence of the woman who lives there with her son. The cruel incident took place in Zografou suburb …
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October 18, 2024
Social, Society
A 38-year-old Bulgarian man was arrested on Wednesday afternoon, wanted on two warrants for involvement in a series of illegal adoptions. According to Greek Police, the man, along with accomplices, facilitated the transfer of pregnant women from Bulgaria to Athens and Katerini, northern Greece between 2015 and 2016. He was …
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October 18, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
Deputy Minister of Social Cohesion and Family Katerina Papakosta, met with the President of the Athens Bar Association Dimitris Vervesos on Wednesday to discuss the provision of free legal support for women victims of gender-based violence. The updated protocol will allow women victims of violence to continue accessing free legal …
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October 15, 2024
Mixed Grill, Social, Society
A 55-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday after he was caught by a secret security camera to sexually abuse an 84-year-old woman suffering from dementia. The secret camera were installed in the victim’s bedroom by her son. The arrested man is the husband of the caretaker of the victim. According …
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October 14, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 13-year-old girl on the island of Lesvos reported that she was raped by two young men. Weeks later she attempted to end her life by swallowing pills and ended up in hospital. There she told her parents about the rape and they turned to the police. She alleged that …
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September 30, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 55-year-old taxi driver has been arrested for assaulting a 33-year-old transgender woman and her companion. The woman underwent surgery and has been hospitalized. The incident took place in central Athens early Thursday morning, September 26, 2024. According to the police report, the 33-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man hailed …
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September 26, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
Α 14-year-olf boy was arrested after he threatened to “smash” the face of a teacher. The incident took place in a school in Alimos, suburb of southern Athens, on Wednesday. The teacher had summoned the boy to the principal’s office after she caught him using a mobile phone in the …
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September 25, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
Violent incidents among teenagers have gone out of control in recent days with Greece’s authorities apparently unable to find solutions to a social problem that is growing day by day. Whether inside or outside the school, incidents of brutal violence seem are getting more frequent, the severity of conflicts between …
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September 24, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 65-year-old school principal in Achaia, western Greece, was arrested on teusday for allegedly sexually harassing a 14-year-old female student. According to the complaint filed by the student’s father, the 65-year-old allegedly made gestures and remarks towards the teen during two classes. The student informed her parents upon returning home, …
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