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NYT Video: Greece’s authorities abandon asylum seekers in the sea

May 19, 2023 FEATURED, Politics, Refugees 1

Greece Says It Doesn’t Ditch Migrants at Sea. It Was Caught in the Act. Video evidence shows asylum seekers, among them young children, being rounded up, taken to sea and abandoned on a raft by the Greek Coast Guard. According to an exclusive report by New York Times: On the …

Mother abandons four under-aged children in prosecutor’s office in Kalamata

April 13, 2018 Social 2

A mother abandoned her four under-aged children to the prosecutor’s office citing “economic reasons.” The 35-year-old woman reportedly walked in the Justice building of Kalamata, south Pelopponnese, at Thursday noon together with her four children. The oldest is 9 years old and the youngest just 10 months old. The mother …

Caught on camera: Driver abandons dog in Kalamaria, Thessaloniki (video)

November 28, 2017 animals 2

A security camera caught a pet owner abandoning a dog in the center of Kalamaria suburb of Thessaloniki in Northern Greece. The driver of a red Opel Corsa stops the car outside a petrol station and lets the dog out in what it seems a short rambling around. The dog …

Greece bans cash: Tax-allowance possible only through payments via plastic money

January 3, 2017 Economy 11

Greece is banning the use of cash the soft way. As of 1.1. 2017, taxpayers will be granted tax-allowance and tax deduction only when they have made payments via credit or debit cards. The new guidelines refer to employees, pensioners, farmers but also unemployed. Accepted expenditure will be: purchases for …

Greece floods: Loyal Dog would not abandon drowned owner (video)

September 8, 2016 animals Comments Off on Greece floods: Loyal Dog would not abandon drowned owner (video)

The bond between a human and his dog… Hardly had the heavy rainfall started to fall in the area of Sparti on Wednesday and a 77-year-old man left the secure shelter of his home to go untie his dog. After the dog was untied and both were heading home, the …

Start-Ups leave Greece due to over-taxation and no incentives for early-staged businessestaxes

June 15, 2016 Economy 2

It is not a secret that over-taxation is killing the Greek economy and individual businesses, even those in the early stage of their establishment. Based on my recent informal asking around small business owners aged 32 – 63, they all said in one voice: “Do not start a business in …

Athens Transport CEO wants 3-5 years imprisonment for ticket dodgers

October 15, 2015 Society 2

I think we have turned into a country where everyone considers he owns a free pass to transform into a law every crap that comes into his mind. The Executive Director of the Athens Public Transport company (OASA) seems to be one of them. OASA CEO Grigoris Dimitriadis told the …

Incredible rainfall floods Crete; monster abandons puppy in the storm

January 14, 2015 animals, Very Mix Comments Off on Incredible rainfall floods Crete; monster abandons puppy in the storm

Strong rainfall and gale winds hit the island of Crete Tuesday night causing unprecedented floods and putting people and animals in danger. The area most affected is the Irakleion prefecture where firefighters rescued some 60 people: men, women, children and elderly have climbed to roof tops to escape the water …

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