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Α Israeli citizen, passenger on a cruse ship sailing off the island of Rhodes in the South-East Aegean Sea, felt sick on Thursday morning. His transport ta hospital was considered necessary. A Super Puma Helicopter of the Greek Air Force was assigned with the transfer of the 88-year-old Israeli man. …

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They are upset and scared. And they urgently demand measures to protect them from the  violent attacks by patients and their relatives. Doctors in Greek public hospital feel they are left alone and unprotected. On Tuesday, a gynecologists was beaten by the husband of a pregnant woman at the public …

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A pensioner from Bridgend, Wales in the UK, has been missing since middle of June on the Greek island of Zakynthos (Zante). John Tossell, 73, had gone for a walk to the monastery on Mount Skopos near the villiage of Argassi in Zante on Monday, June 17, but did not …

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Passersby on a street of Goudi neighborhood of eastern Athens made a macabre discovery short after 5:30 afternoon last Saturday. The body of an old woman, a dementia patient living in the area, was wrapped in a blanket and abandoned on the pavement. They alerted police that cordoned the area …

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Without a job and homeless Leonidas Koursoumis never gave up his dream to build a new life. He established a secondhand bookstore run exclusively by homeless people in Athens. Relegated to the ranks of Greeks made homeless during the country’s economic crisis, one 70-year-old man reclaimed some of his past …

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A tragic incident with a child from UK occurred in a hotel on the island of Kos on Saturday morning. A 4.5-year-old boy was found drowned in the swimming pool of the hotel. The boy, who was on holiday with his parents on the island, was drowned in the pool …

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A tavern owner in Crete rescued a tourist’s life with the Heimlich Maneuver. The tourist was sitting with a friend in a tavern in Kolymvari by Chania having lunch on Thursday. At some point, the tourist fell unease and started chocking apparently due to a piece of food stuck in …

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The dispute between the private diagnostic centers and the Health Ministry took a new turn after Minister Andreas Xanthos described as “illegal” the centers’ procedure to demand that insured patients pay 85% of the bill from their own pockets and claim refund by the National Health Insurance Fund EOPYY. He …

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Private diagnostic centers in Greece will go back in operation as of Thursday, June 13th 2019, however with a ‘punishment’ for insured patients. They will have to pay 85% of the bill from their own pocket and then claim refund by the National Health Care Insurance Fund EOPYY. Under the …

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Children work from 6 to up 12 hours a day in the fields, in the construction, in car wash facilities, they wander around selling small items on the streets or they beg at traffic lights. They fall victims to exploitation by gangs dealing with illicit tobacco and drugs, they drive …

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Tuesday began for the mother of a 5-year-old disable child in the most shocking way. She saw how a team by the Greek Public Power Company PPC disconnected the power supply to her home, while she was preparing the child’s breakfast. The mother rents a modest home in a neighborhood …

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Employers have denied permission to four employees, students at the Evening Highschool of Chania, to participate in the general exams for university entrance. The employers did not change the students’ shift in order to facilitate them to join the exams. At the same time, their colleagues refused to jump in …

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With slogans in favor of “equality”, “respect to diversity” and “No to violence,” a colorful and vibrant crow of over 100,000 people celebrated the 15. Athens Pride on Saturday. Members of the LGBT community from Greece and abroad, supporters, families, politicians and representatives of local governments and several organizations gave …

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An unspeakable family tragedy: a member of the Greek Air Force killed her own child, a 20-month-old boy, when she drove her car backward. The tragedy occurred on Tuesday morning at the residence premises of the 110 Wing Battalion in Larissa. The mother stepped in the driver’s seat and started …

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A 14-year-old girl fell into the tracks of the urban train ISAP in Moschato station in south Athens and was immediately dead on early Thursday afternoon. The suicide reveals a tragedy, as the girl was having an affair with a 43-year-old man and her parents had denounced him to police. …

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Some 299 children went missing in Greece in 2018, according to data presented on Monday for International Missing Children’s Day by the Hellenic Police, which said that 257 of them had been eventually found. The data was presented on the occasion of the International Missing Children’s Day on May 25 …

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A new online platform regulating and streamlining the adoption and fostering process in Greece received some 450 applications within just two weeks of going into operation, Alternate Social Solidarity Minister Theano Fotiou said beginning of May. Speaking in a radio interview, Fotiou hailed the platform’s success, saying that of the …

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The flu death toll in Greece has hit 150 from the start of the flu season last October until early May, Greece’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO) announced on Thursday. Four patients died this week from complications after contracting the influenza virus, according to KEELPNO’s statement. During the …

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A 12-year-old school boy was fined by the Municipality of Thessaloniki for illegal parking! The illegal parking took place in 2014, when the boy was 7 years old. No need to mention that the boy can neither drive nor has a driving license. The notice was sent to the child …

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Greek police has detained a 54-year-old man in connection with the stray bullet that seriously injured an 8-year-old girl on Easter Sunday. Police has found the gun the man processed illegally, while ballistic examination confirmed that the bullet was shot from this weapon. The man, a resident of Athens, was …

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