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The founder of child charity “Ark of the World” priest Antonios Papanikolaou, his wife and another nine persons are been investigated for four financial felonies. Eleven under investigation for financial management of ‘Kivotos tou Kosmou’ charity Public prosecutor Ioannis Sevis, who is handling the investigation into the finances of the …

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Two prosecutors investigating numerous claims of alleged abuse of minors in one of Greece’s best-known child charities have barred its founder, a priest, and three other officials from entering any of the NGO’s premises in Greece. The purpose of the order is to keep the founder of the Ark of …

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Ignorance? Want? Ugly, mean and greedy little creatures? That was in mid-Victorian England and in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.  In the novel that has touched millions people ever since it was first published in 1843, ‘the two emaciated children” grow up to be adults, Ignorance as adult man in …

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More than 5,000 paper lanterns filled the night sky over the city of Volos, central Greece, on second Christmas Day taking way more than 5,000 Wishes. It was an initiative of the Volos Municipality in order to raise funds for the poor and needy members of the local society. Everyone …

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Frustrating pictures on Wednesday morning in downtown Athens: young and old, men, women and children. Greeks and refugees and migrants, they all form long queues outside the offices of a charity distributing wafers free of charge. The people started to flock to Stelios Philanthropic Foundation office in Evripidou street as …

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A miracle happened end of September. The Greek Orthodox Church was excluded from the capital controls and is allowed to withdraw up to 20,000 euro per month, when the rest of Greeks – people or business – are bound to strict restrictions. We have always knew that Greece is a …

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One of Greece’s biggest bakery chains announced it will offer bread free of charge to pensioners, poor, jobless and large families in an effort to help vulnerable society groups to cope with capital controls and bank holiday. According to an announcement by Venetis Bakery, the offer will be valid as …

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Eight hundret seventy five euro. This is the amount German nationals Ludwig Zacaro and partner Nina Lahge handed over to Greeks. That was their share in reparations for the WWII damages caused to Greece by the Nazis in World War II. The money was not just distributed to every Greek …

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“Where will these children go ? Where will the patients with multiple severe disabilities find care and treatment if the charity foundations will close down?” Dozens of Greek charities send an S.O.S. appeal to the world as underfunding and high taxes threaten to close them down. Charity foundations that provide …

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There were allegedly eight women standing next to the cash registers of several meat shops in Athens meat market Varvakeios located in the city’s center. They women wore neither a Christmas suit, nor anything else that could identify them. According to some “they were eight”, some others claimed “they were …

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Potatoes, onions, rice, beans and fave beans, pasta, oil, vinegar, raki, rabbits, chicken and fresh eggs: baskets full of goodies. Collected by municipality workers  for the mother and mother-in-law of Greek Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras. The protesting unionists had found an ironic way to respond to Stournaras who had claimed …

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Another Greek story of needs, of basic human needs that need to be covered. Agios Panteleimon charity foundation for elderly hosts 44 seniors in Keratsini, a suburb of Piraeus.  Furthermore the charity offers soup kitchen meals to 60 poor locals on a daily basis and supplies with food items some …

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me-right Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn), party officials, MPs and volunteers started to distribute food packages free of charge on Wednesday morning at Syntagma Square in downtown Athens. To the needy Greeks of Athens. Already at 9 o’ clock boxes containing potatoes, pasta, milk and oil were piled in an utmost discipline …

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 If you are a fan of “Flash Mob” actions, here is your chance. Charity foundation “Together for the Child” and “Hard Rock Cafe” organize a “Flash Mob” performance right in the heart of Athens at Syntagma Square. The target of organizers is to have as much people as possible to dance …

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 This a new charity action for Greek local animal welfare organisations that struggle to cope with the economic crisis and an always increasing number of strays of abandoned pets. Supermarket “AB VASILOPOULOS” accepted to set pet food donations boxes at its branches so that animal lovers can donate food. For …

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Thousands Greeks queue day in, day out for a free meal, a slice of bread and a bottle of water at the soup kitchens organized by charity organisations. While until recently the majority of the needy queueing for free meals were homeless, drug addicts and illegal immigrants, the picture changed in …

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A sharp increase in free meals demand by Greeks has been recorded by the Church  in recent months. Father Chrysostomos Symeonidis from the  Charitable Service of Church of Greece told news portal Capital that since last September the number of Greeks seeking free meals distributed by the Church has been dramatically increased. “While last year …

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