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The body of an 11-month-old baby girl was found at the dam of Aliakmonas river by Veroia in northern Greece on Monday. Police arrested the baby’s 29-year-old mother who eventually confessed to have thrown the infant into the icy cold river waters on the New Year’s Eve.. It was the …

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The problem of drug shortages is growing each and every day in Greece amid a wave of viruses outbreak and the threats by the Health Minister to pharmaceutical warehouses and doctors do not seem to help at all. At a time when seasonal viruses such as the flu, the RSV …

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Two minors, members of a gang of minors who allegedly sexually abused a 15-year old boy in Ilion, east Athens, have been remanded in custody on Tuesday after they testified to the juvenile investigator. The number of minors in custody for the systematic gang rape rises to five, as another …

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A 29-year-old son brutally beat and stabbed to death his 60-year-old mother in her home in Kalamaria district of Thessaloniki on Wednesday afternoon. Neighbors said that they heard voices and noises from the apartment short before 4 o’ clock and called the police. Police officers and ambulance rescuers were confronted …

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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 …

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Vaccines against the flu can be administered in pharmacies without doctor’s prescription and free of charge for certain groups of citizens, Greece’s health ministry announced. The flu vaccine will be paid to pharmacists by the National Health Care Organization EOPY and the insurance funds. According to the relevant circular, groups …

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Two minors were remanded custody after they were charged with the attempted rape of a 14-year-old classmate. The schoolboys were arrested along with three more in the city of Corinth in North Peloponnese on Thursday The arrest of the five schoolboys, aged 13 to 16, followed the complain of the …

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An Athens court has ruled that the state must pay 300,000 euros in emotional distress damages to the relatives of a 77-year-old woman who died in the eastern Attica wildfires of Mati on 23 July 2018. Five relatives of the victim, who died after leaving her home in the settlement …

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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 …

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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 …

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A 17-year-old girl stabbed to death her 22-year-old partner in Marousi suburb of northern Athens on Sunday afternoon. She used a kitchen knife and sustained multiple wounds to the victim. The victim was hosting the perpetrator in her family home. Citing police sources, media report that the minor said she …

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Hospitalized patients refuse to be discharged when their health improves, because they have nowhere to go and cannot afford the cost of living. This shocking complaint was made by the president of Hospital Workers Union POEDIN on Thursday. President of POEDIN, Michalis Giannakos, made public stories of people who use …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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With two bullets in the head, a 24-year-old man shot dead his 19-year-old partner in their home in Piraeus on Saturday. The tragedy raises the victims of femicide in the country to 15 in less than a year. After the shooting, the perpetrator called the police and reported the crime, …

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Civil marriage licenses can now be requested online at the municipal authorities in Greece, at the government’s public services platform, it was announced on Wednesday. According to a joint decision by the ministers of Digital Governance na dof Interior,  either spouse can request the license, using one’s TaxisNet or e-banking …

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For many Greeks their salary ends in the middle of the month and households are looking for ways to deal with the high prices. this only leads to consumption cuts even on food  and let bills unpaid. The latest survey conducted by the Consumer Goods Retail Research Institute (ELKA) ) …

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A teenage rower in Thessaloniki in northern Greece on Monday sued her coach over sexual harassment. The 16-year-old girl, who was not named, accused her coach in a civil lawsuit of unwanted sexual advances between December 2021 and July 2022. According to the lawsuit, the coach used psychological pressure to …

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On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Greece’s Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos said that over 10,000 incidents of violence, in their vast majority against women, have been dealt with by the 18 Greek police offices for domestic violence this year. “All together we will effectively …

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