An elementary school teacher has bitten one of her pupils, an 11-year-old child with disabilities. The teacher is also the principal of the Special School in Arta, western Greece. She did not inform the mother of the incident. And it was the It was the victim’s mother who found out …
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Body of child recovered from the central Aegean Sea
The body of a child was found floating in the sea area off the island of Heraklia, Small Cyclades, in the central Aegean Sea on early Friday afternoon. The body was wearing only a white blouse and it is estimated to belong to a child aged between 12 and 15. …
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Police recovers tablet from the grave of 9-year-old murdered child in Patras
Greek Police completed the process of recovering an electronic tablet used by nine-year-old child Georgina that was allegedly poisoned by her mother. The tablet was placed in the coffin of the little girl following a last minute request by her mother during the funeral at the cemetery of Agios Athanasios …
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Four more ethnic Greeks killed in east Ukraine; fatalities rise to 10 (UP)
Four more ethnic Greeks are killed in eastern Ukraine raising the total fatalities to ten on a single day. The Greek Foreign MInistry announced late on Saturday that four more ethnic Greeks were killed in Sartana, eastern Ukraine. Another four were killed Saturday afternoon in the village of Bugas, some …
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Mother in Crete sentenced to 6 months for not sending child to school
Α Single-Member Misdemeanor Court of Heraklio, Crete sentenced a mother who did not send her child to school to six months n prison with a three-year suspension. The 9-year-old child did not attended school since September 2020. To her defense the 39-year-old mother said that she did not send her …
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Mother arrested in Crete for keeping child out of school over Covid-19 concerns
A 39-year-old woman in Heraklio, Crete, was arrested on Monday for keeping her child out of school for two years over coronavirus concerns. The woman was arrested following a public prosecutor’s order and she could face charges of child neglect The 9-year-old pupil has not attended classes since September 2020. …
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Body of child and backpack with food washed up on Naxos (Warning! Graphic footage!)
The body of a young child was washed up on a beach of the island of Naxos on Saturday. Authorities suggest the child was one more victim of the recent shipwrecks with migrants in the central Aegean Sea. It is the third body of a child washed up on the …
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Greek Police arrests police officer for sexual assault of his underage daughter
The Internal Affairs Department of the Greek Police arrested a 29-year-old police officer on Sunday for the sexual assault of his 4-year-old daughter. The arrest took place after his ex wife accused him of the crime and after the girl was examined by a pediatrist, a gynecologist and a child …
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Refugee child dies, 6 missing in shipwreck off Samos UPD
One child died and six people are missing after a boat carrying migrant and refugees form Turkey to Greece capsized near the island of Samos early Sunday. 17 people have been reportedly rescued. According to media, the Greek Coast Guard recovered the body of the child from the sea area …
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Coronavirus Greece: 230 new cases, 3 more deaths, child intubated
Greece’s health authorities announced 230 new coronavirus cases and 3 more deaths that occurred in the last 24 hours. According to a statement on Saturday evening, the total infections have increased to 6,858 and death toll climbed to 226. Among the last three fatalities is one 82-year-old woman from the …
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6-year-old refugee child dies in fire in Moria hotspot on Lesvos
A 6-year-old child has died in a fire that broke out in the overcrowded hotspot of Moria on the island of Lesvos. The fire broke out at Monday noon. Reasons are, so far, unknown. According to state broadcaster ERT TV, firefighters found the body of the girl inside a container. …
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1,000 new arrivals on islands; Turkish Coast Guard accompanies boats
A child died and 47 migrants were rescued after their boat capsized off the Greek island of Lesvos, the Greek Coast Guard said on Monday. At least 1,000 people arrived on the Aegean islands in less than 24 hours. Vessels of Turkish Coast Guard accompany migrants boats. It all happened …
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Greece confirms two new cases of coronavirus, cancels Carnival festivities
Two new cases have been tested positive on coronavirus, Greek health authorities announced on Thursday. One refers to the child of “patient zero” and the other to a woman who has recently visited Italy, Sotiris Tsiodras, Professor of Infection Diseases from the National Health Organization said. He added that the …
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Lab tests confirm child died of diphtheria despite vaccination
Results of laboratory tests conducted in UK’s Public Health Laboratory have confirmed that the 8-year-old boy was positive in the strain of diphtheria toxin, the Greek National Public Health Organization (ESA) said in a statement. The child that passed away due to severe respiratory infection in a public children’s hospital …
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8-year-old child dies of “the forgotten disease” Diphtheria in Athens UPD2
An 8-year-old child has died following infection with the toxinogenic diphtheria strain bacterium, media report on Thursday. The child did not have the necessary vaccinations. It is the first death caused by the diphtheria bacterium in Greece in decades. The disease has been eradicated due to vaccination in all developed …
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Priest arrested for molesting 12-year-old girl in Mani village
Greek police has arrested a 57-year-old priest for the sexual abuse of the 12-year-old daughter of his partner. The abuse had started three years ago, when the girl was 9 years old. The shocking case was revealed beginning of the week and the man was arrested by order of the …
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“Only one woman died died in Moria fire,” says Greek Health Ministry
More than twelve hours after the fire in container in the hot spot of Moria and there was still confusion about the number of dead. Greek Health Ministry issued a statement on Monday morning speaking of only “one dead woman.” While media continued to reproduce the rumors about one dead …
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€2,000 for every newborn child in Greece as of 1.1.2020
Deputy Labor Minister Domna Michaelidou said that 2,000 euros will be given to parents of every new born child in Greece as of 1. January 2020. She revised her statement beginning of the week that that the labor benefit will be given to mothers below 30 years old. “Everybody will …
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4.5-year-old boy from UK drowned in hotel pool on Kos (UPD)
A tragic incident with a child from UK occurred in a hotel on the island of Kos on Saturday morning. A 4.5-year-old boy was found drowned in the swimming pool of the hotel. The boy, who was on holiday with his parents on the island, was drowned in the pool …
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Family tragedy: Air Force officer kills own child while starting her car
An unspeakable family tragedy: a member of the Greek Air Force killed her own child, a 20-month-old boy, when she drove her car backward. The tragedy occurred on Tuesday morning at the residence premises of the 110 Wing Battalion in Larissa. The mother stepped in the driver’s seat and started …
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