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The first same-sex couple to get married in Greece has already published their wedding notice on a newspaper as required by law and thus just hours after the Parliament passed the legislation late on Thursday. A legislation that was met with the resistance of a large part of the Greek …

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A 39-year-old Albanian national shot with a gun his 29-year-old Romanian wife in their home in Kaminia neighborhood of Heraklio, Crete, early Friday morning. The man called the police saying “Come, I killed my wife”, local media reported. Officers found the victim in the living room. A fight has allegedly …

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One 17-year-old student was brutally beaten and wounded and four students were arrested, when a group of teenagers engaged in a mass brawl in a high school in Peristeri suburb of western Athens on Wednesday. The incident is added to the long list of violent incidents among minors. Speaking to …

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Greek police have arrested a man accused of systematically abusing mentally handicapped people on videos live-streamed for paying customers on social media. The 35-year-old suspect was arrested in Aegaleo suburb of Piraeus on tuesday afternoon. He faces charges of human trafficking and causing bodily harm to vulnerable people, the police …

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Authorities in Rethymno, Crete, investigate the case of the sexual abuse and exploitation  of a minor girl and have already filed against 12 adult men. The victim is 15 years old now and has been reportedly sexually abused continuously for the last three years, that is since she was 12. …

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Greek police has arrested a 56-year-old man after his partner and her teenager daughter accused him of raping the child since she was 8 years old. Mother and daughter appeared at the local police station in Patisia district of Athens and filed a complaint against the man who is an …

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Another femicide in Greece, the second since the start of the year: A 45-year-old woman who was covered in flammable liquid by her husband and set on fire succumbed to her injuries. The woman was seriously injured and died after a week in hospital. The husband poured flammable oil over …

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Police in western Greece arrested a 55-year-old man who has repeatedly beaten his 98-year-old mother on Sunday evening. The victim’s cries for help alerted the neighbors in Karaiskakis village by Arta who immediately called the police. The woman was taken to hospital and had marks from kicks all over her …

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Police arrested three people in different parts of Athens on Thursday on suspicion of involvement in a child prostitution ring. A 31-year-old woman and two men, aged 33 and 55, are suspected of pimping out children under the age of 15 and recording child sex abuse material, among other offenses. …

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A 6.5-month-old baby with serious injuries was rushed by its grandparents to the hospital of Veria early Tuesday afternoon. The infant succumbed to its injuries before doctors could help it. Police arrested the mother for the death of the baby boy. According to local media, when the grandparents realized what …

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The body of a 41-year-old pregnant woman missing since the New Year’s Day has been found inside a trunk among bushes in a remote forest area in Halkidiki, northern Greece. The woman’s partner and a friend of his have been arrested. The first victim of femicide in Greece in 2024. …

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A 15-month-old baby boy died in Ptolemaida, western Macedonia, after a few hours it was admitted to local hospital with very high fever. The parents had already brought the baby to the hospital twice in previous days where it was tested positive to A strain of influenza. Doctors administered anti-fever …

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Instead of banning public transport means  when they have no infrastructure for people with disabilities, Greece’s Transport Ministry allows drivers of public transport means to refuse boarding of disabled people on public transport if the infrastructure is not suitable. In the event that the transport infrastructure does not comply with …

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Baby formula sold in Greece is the most expensive in the European Union, and up to 213% more expensive than in Sweden, the Greek Competition Commission has found out in a recent survey. So far, the Committee has not invited the companies involved to give explanation about their pricing policies …

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The celebrations in downtown Athens on the New Year’s Eve triggered a racist rand against a 10-year-old girl and the waving of Palestinian flags by the audience. Exciting little girl on stage during the countdown The feast was organized by the new major of Greek capital Haris Doukas (PASOK) and …

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A 65-year-old patient man died while he was waiting for an ambulance airlift from the island of Karpathos to the neighboring Rhodes. According to the man’s family, the transferred was delayed due to technical problems at Karpathos airport as well as some mismanagement of the airlift  from ambulance service and …

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Greece’s Service for missing persons LifelineHellas has issued an alert about a foreign national found in the country who is seeking for her family. She stated her name was Maria Taylor. According to the alert, an unidentified adult was found on 29. October 2023 in the sea area of the …

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Strong police forces moved to evict an 82-year-old disable man and his family from the home they built and lived in for half a century. The eviction took place while a temporary court decision allowed the family to stay in their home until February 2024. Wrapped in blankets and sitting …

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Greek police arrested the suspect responsible for at least 6 cases of sexual assaults in downtown Athens and thus in broad daylight. The 23-year-old Syrian national was known to police for similar crimes and had served a prison sentence of less than a year for “attempted rape”, while he was …

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Police in downtown Athens has been set on alert in the last 48 hours after four incidents of sexual assault and attempted rape in broad daylight. Among the victims is a 13-year-old girl and three women in their 2o’s. Locals consider to set up “patrols” to protect women and minors. …

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