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Tragedy in Katerini: Three die when fire breaks out in home and spreads in multi-store building

A fire in a five-store building in Katerini, West Macedonia, left behind three people dead. Two elder brothers and the daughter of one. Fire brigades evacuated eight more people. The fire broke out in the apartment of the first floor around 5 o’ clock on Sunday morning and spread quickly. …

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Humanitarian aid sent to flash floods victims lands abandoned in the forest

Trousers, blouses, shirts, jackets, pullovers, brand new children shoes …. the humanitarian aid ordinary citizens sent to people hit by the flash floods is simple left in the woods near Mandra. The pictures showing the abandoned clothes in the forest of Kiafa were shot by social media users and uploaded …

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Newborn abandoned outside kindergarten in Maroussi, Athens

A newborn baby was abandoned outside a kindergarten in Maroussi, suburb of North Athens. The baby is reportedly just a couple of days old and it was found by a teacher. According to media, one of the teachers found the baby when she went to the kindergarten at 7:30 on …

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Greece’s middle class dwindles, 700,000 people at risk of poverty

Greece’s middle class is dwindling and is drifting into into poverty. About 700,000 people are now closer to the poverty line, a new survey has found. Young people aged 16-24 are at highest risk of poverty. According to data provided by the Dianeosis nonprofit think tank, the percentage of people …

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One more body recovered under the debris, death toll increases to 21

The body of a man was recovered from the mud and debris at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning. He was found near the stream close to the depot of the Mandra Municipality. In a machine-shop nearby two more bodies were recovered in the last days. With the tragic discovery on …

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37.5% of Greece’s children are at risk of poverty, says Eurostat

Year in, year out since 2010, the number of children at risk of poverty is continuously increasing in Greece. With 37.5 percent, Greece is tops among members of the eurozone and third after Romania and Bulgaria within the European union. Four in 10 children aged up to 17 years old …

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New adoption law in Greece aims to make process much shorter

Greece’s Labour Ministry has drafted a bill to streamline the complicated adoption process. Greek parents wanting to adopt have to wait between four and six years to do so. Meanwhile, an estimated 2,800 children under the age of five live in the country’s state-run institutions. The situation is in the …

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Elderly woman dies when device she used to keep her warm catches fire

A 90-year-old woman died when the electric water bottle she used to keep her warm caught fire. A fire broke out Sunday midnight in an 2nd floor apartment in Neapoli, Thessaloniki, northern Greece. Neighbors who saw thick smoke coming out of the apartment called the Fire Service. When fire fighters …

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1,700 Greek doctors work in UK’s NHS, number doubled during economic crisis

The number of Greek doctors who work in the United Kingdom has doubled since the beginning of the economic crisis in 2009. 1,700 of doctors working in UK’s National Health System were born in Greece, overwhelming majority of them has also studied in Greece. They hold the second place among …

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Crowd in outrage beats the murderer of tax inspector outside court in Athens (video)

The parents of the 32-year-old murdered tax inspector had gone to the court waiting for police to bring the man who had stabbed their beloved daughter. together with them a crowd was waiting boiling in anger. When police brought the 58-year-old murderer out of the building to take him to …

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Shepherd in Trikala steals power columns to construct a pen

Do It Yourself Greek Style. You need some wooden pillars and wire? Just go to the Power Columns near by and cut them off. This is what a 43-year-old shepherd did in Farkadona by Trikala, Central Greece. He cut off two wooden columns with chainsaw, grabbed  the supporting wire, stole …

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