Protesters clashed with police in Exarchia late on Wednesday during a gathering to protest the release of the murderer of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos. Several hundred people gathered at the spot where special police guard Epaminondas Korkoneas fired his weapon and fatally short the teenager boy on 6. December 2008. Holding …
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Priest refuses to give communion to children with disabilities
A racist incident against children with multiple disabilities took place in North Greece, when a priest refused to give them the communion. The man claimed that these children “do not understand” and therefore “may spit the communion out.” The incident took place at a summer military camp in Leptokarya, West …
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Grigoropoulos: Korkoneas’ prison release triggers series of reactions
The prison gate opened for Epaminondas Korkoneas at noon Tuesday, just hours after the Appeals Court upheld his conviction for the killing of 15-year-old teenager boy Alexis Grigoropoulos in Exarchia district of Athens on 6. December 2018. The Court confirmed that Korkoneas had committed a premeditated murder, however, it overturned …
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Dozens of Greek expats end up as homeless in Australia
Dozens of Greeks left the country seeking a better future in Australia. The modern times “economic migrants” from Europe, however, ended up in the streets of Melbourne as homeless. “As incredible as it may sound in Melbourne, there are Greeks who live on the streets,” reports Australian TV network SBS …
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149 people drowned in Greece Jan 1- July 24, 2019
A total of 149 people drowned in Greece between January 1 and July 24, according to data released by the Greek Coast Guard. The data were released on Saturday in the wake of warnings by health experts for people to show greater caution when swimming amid reports of 413 deaths …
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Greece’s oldest person: Granny Katerina celebrates her 114th birthday
The oldest person in Greece has turned 114. Granny Katerina Karnarou from Krestena in Westen Greece claims to be the second oldest person in the world, after 116-year-old Japanese Kane Tanaka According to all official documents available like ID number, Farmer’s Fund OGA, Social Security number, granny Katerina could claim …
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Suzanne Eaton family donates raised money to volunteers organizations
The money raised by a fundraiser with the aim to search for the then missing Suzanne Eaton will be distributed to those who helped the search, the family of the brutally murdered US biologist on the island of Crete, has decided. According to Eaton’s family wish, the raised money of …
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Survivors commemorate the 102 victims of Mati wildfire
Hearts broke for one more time and tears rolled down when survivors of the deadly fire gathered in Mati to commemorate the 102 souls that found torturing death on 23 July 2018. A national tragedy that took place just 30 km away from the Greek capital Athens. During the memorial …
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Police publishes pictures of Suzanne Eaton murderer, appeals to public
Greece Police on the island of Crete publishes pictures of the 27-year-old confessed murderer of Suzanne Eaton. The pictures are published as police is seeking similar assault cases committed by the 27-year-old man who confessed the attack and rape on the US biologist. According to authorities the man is Ioannis …
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Crete Police reveals appalling details about the murder of Suzanne Eaton
“Suzanne Eaton was raped and murdered,” the local branch of Greek Police on the island of Crete announced during a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, short before the 27-year-old perpetrator with initials G.P. was taken to prosecutor. The 27-year-old Greek man “has confessed to the murder of 60-year-old American biologist …
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Police arrests 27-year-old farmer for the murder of Suzanne Eaton UPD
A 27-year-old suspect has been arrested by police for the murder of US biologist Suzanne Eaton. According to local media, the father of two has confessed the heinous crime that shocked the communities in Crete, Greece and around the globe. The farmer is married and a father of two, he …
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Suzanne Eaton Murder Case: Ten people brought to police
Ten people have been brought so far to police station as investigation on the murder of US scientist Suzanne Eaton is running in full speed. At the same time, police is combing farmhouses, old warehouses, pens and houses in the wider area looking for evidence, for example for a knife …
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Halkidiki Storm Day 3: Many households, businesses without power, water
Day 3 after the deadly storm in Halkidiki: Devastation. Demolished businesses, houses without a roof. Settlements without electricity and water. Where power has been restored, people try to fix the damages and bring their lives back to normality. Not an easy task. Fixing the damages requires time and money. The …
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Suzanne Eaton “victim of criminal act,” says coroner after autopsy
What authorities and locals suspected and her family feared was confirmed through the autopsy on Wednesday. Dr Suzanne Eaton, the US biologist, was a victim of a violent criminal act, she was murdered and her body was most likely hidden by the perpetrator/s in the old German bunker in Xamoudohori …
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Tragic end for US biologist Suzanne Eaton missing on Crete UPD
Tragic end for missing US biologist Suzanne Eaton. Her body in a cave in Xamoudohori of Platanias Municipality on Monday night. The body of the 60-year-old woman was found 10 km away from the location where she went missing on July 2, 2019. As soon as the body was found, …
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US biologist Dr Suzanne Eaton missing in Chania, Crete – Silver Alert
US molecular biologist, Dr Suzanne Eaton, has been missing from Kolymbari, Chania, on the island of Crete, where she was attending a conference. The 60-year-old woman was last seen at the premises of the Orthodox Academy in Kolymbari, around lunchtime on Tuesday, July 2rd 2019, local media report. Her relatives …
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Antetokounmpo says he feared of deportation as migrant child in Athens
Giannis Antetokounmpo has revealed that just six years ago he was scared of leaving the house as he feared he might be deported. Born to Nigerian parents in Athens, Greece, the Milwaukee Bucks star did not hold a passport or any form of IDs until he became a Greek when …
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“Normal” and “Abnormal” people: Greek paper mocks death of illegal nurse
Greek urban free press magazine Athens Voice mocked the Armenian woman who worked as illegal nurse at a public hospital and died when she tried to escape security control on Saturday morning. In a post on the section “Athens Voice comments on current news” published also on its Facebook page …
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One dead near wildfire area in Fyli, West Athens
A 48-year-old man was found unconscious in the yard of a factory near the wildfire in Fyli area in West Athens on Sunday afternoon. Paramedics of an ambulance tired to revive him but without success. He was transferred to a hospital in Athens where doctors only confirmed his death. According …
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Nikaia: “Illegal” hospital nurse dies in effort to avoid security control
A woman working illegally as “exclusive nurse” for a patient jumped from the first floor of the hospital in Nikaia, Piraeus, to avoid security control and possible arrest. The 50-year-old woman from Armenia suffered multiple injuries and died short time after her fall on Saturday morning. The woman reportedly opened …
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