An active policeman has killed his wife, his four-year-old daughter and his mother-in-law and committed suicide. The tragedy was discovered Monday noon, when relatives informed the police that they had no contact to the family. Police broke the entrance door in the family home in Agioi Anargyroi suburb of West …
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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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Racist shop owner who pushed with her foot a Roma girl sentenced
Justice after four years. The woman who pushed away with her foot an accordion playing Roma girl was finally sentenced by a court in Athens. Dimitris Messinis, the photographer who shot the picture in September 2013 , and made the arrogant abuse public, posted on his Facebook account, that the …
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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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Sharp austerity cuts turn poverty allowance for low-pensioners into a pocket money of just 35 euros
Thousands of low-pensioners will have to further tighten their belt as poverty allowance will be either completely disappear or cut to a thin pocket money of just 35 euro per month. Eligible to poverty allowance EKAS will be only those with a monthly pension of up to 585 euro gross …
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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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Greece scores bottom in EU Social Justice Index 2017
Social Justice in the European Union Index 2017: a survey conducted by the German Bertelsmann Stiftung. Greece managed to get scores in five out of six indicators and topped the bottom. What’s the correct word? “Social just…what?”
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“Mama, we’re drowning!” Six missing in deadly flash floods while new rainstorm strikes West Attica
Six people are still missing in the flash floods that covered towns of West Attica with tons of mud on Wednesday and cost the life to 15 people.Twenty three people have been injured, majority of them were almost drowned. Others were hit by rubble and other items during the disaster. …
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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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Transport Ministry plans reduced ticket fares for short journeys in Athens
Greece’s Transportation Minister Christos Spirtzis announced government plans to allow reduced ticket in Athens public transport means for short journeys. According to economic news website newmoney.gr, Spirtzis said in an interview it was not fair that someone who travels across Attica pays the same fair as somebody who uses public …
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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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Alimos: Elementary school teacher had pupils slap classmate for punishment
A 9-year-old pupil was exposed to a cruel form of punishment in an elementary school in Alimos, suburb of south Athens. The music teacher had his classmates slap and beat him all though the duration of the lesson because he had committed a “horrible” mischief: he pretended to drive a …
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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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“Till tax office do us apart”: Greeks see in divorce a way to avoid assets seizures, get access to social benefits
More and more Greek couples see in divorce a solution to escape property confiscation and bank accounts seizures, but also a way to get access to tax discounts and social benefits. The change of marital status affects also their social status that protects them from the long arm of the …
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Fakelaki: Health Minister claims 80% of doctors receive money under the hand
Greece’s doctors are up in arms against deputy health minister Pavlos Polakis, who claimed that 80% of doctors working at public hospitals receive money under the hand by patients. The Athens Medical Association called on the Minister to submit evidence about his claims. The notorious and decades-long established practice Greeks …
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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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