A 3.5-year-old girl died in Thessaloniki after an outbreak of the Parvovirus B19 in a kindergarten in Greece’s second biggest city. A second child currently hospitalized with the same infection is not in danger. The deceased child showed clinical signs of acute myocarditis caused by the Parvovirus B19. It was …
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14-year-old boy arrested for distributing child pornography; victim attempted suicide
Police in Thessaloniki has arrested a 14-year-old boy for distributing naked photos and videos of a 13-year-old girl. The victim attempted suicide after she found out that the material has been shared online. Following a complain to police by the victim and her mother, the boy was arrested in his …
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Demographic problem? Greece increases one-off birth allowance
The government announced on Monday a series of measures for new parents with the aim to address the demographic problem in Greece as well as challenges posed by the current cost-of-living crisis. The measures are one-off allowance to new parents and thus retroactive from 1.1.2023. In fact, the measures are …
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Injured child transferred from Kastellorizo to Turkey as ambulance did not respond
A 4-year-old child on the remote island of Kastellorizo was seriously injured in an accident and her parents took her to a hospital in neighboring Turkey as the Greek ambulance helicopter did not respond to the call for a transfer to the island of Rhodes. According to media, the girl …
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Child with disabilities forgotten for hours in school bus
An incredible incident occurred in Thessaloniki, when a 9-year-old child with mobility and autism disabilities was left alone for hours inside a school bus. Two arrests. The case was revealed in an area of Thessaloniki, following a complaint by a relative of the minor. The child was going to attend …
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Woman with child registered as “missing” in UK arrested in Greece
A foreign national was arrested at Kipi, the border station with Turkey, when she tried to leave Greece with her underage child, which has been registered in the United Kingdom as “missing”. The woman was arrested by passport control police belonging to the Alexandroupolis Directorate, on a Red Alert warrant …
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Tragedy in Fournoi: 11-year-old boy found dead in the sea
A tragedy unfolded on the island of Fournoi by Ikaria, when the body of an 11-year-old boy was pulled unconscious from the popular beach of Plaka. For hours locals, visitors and coast guard were searching for the child whose mother had reported it as missing. According to media information, the …
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Seeking for a CT scan, an injured child was taken from hospital to hospital
An injured child was transferred from hospital to hospital for several hours until a CT scanner was found to examine the cause of ears bleeding. This unbelievable incident took place in Greece’s second big city Thessaloniki on Sunday. A 6-year-old boy suffered a head injury after he fell with with …
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Convicted child abuser back in custody after early prison release
A former children’s basketball coach who was convicted in 2013 to 401 years in prison for sexually abusing 36 minors but was released earlier this year after having served just 12 years, has been taken back into custody. Nikos Seiragakis, 59, was arrested in the Athens suburb of Nea Ionia …
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7-year-old child dies of Streptococcus; prosecutor launches investigation
A 7-year-old child died after infection with Streptococcus A (Strep A). The boy’s 8-year-old cousin has been admitted to hospital with the same bacterial infection. It is the sixth death due to Strep A recorded in Greece since the beginning of 2023, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced late …
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Women flock to Virgin Mary, pray for a child eating wick
Forget all you know about the expensive in vitro fertilization. women on the island of Crete flock to a specific church and eat the wick from the oil lamp burning in front of the icon… According to media, as every year this time hundreds of women flock to the church …
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Body of child washed ashore of Lefkada island
Bathers on the island of Lefkada were shocked to discover the body of a little child washed ashore in area of the Castle. ATTENTION THERE IS A GRAPHIC PICTURE BELOW. The body was dressed, but half the waist down, while the remaining part is missing. Even more shocking is that …
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Body of a child spotted inside the port of Syros
The body of a child was spotted in the port of Ermoupolis on the island of Syros on Thursday afternoon. Port authorities and an ambulance have rushed to the area. According to local media cyclades24.gr the body was initially spotted at a distance from a tugboat, however, it seems that …
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Rock crush on Crete hotel facility; tourist dead, child injured UPDATE
Tragedy on Crete: A rock crushed on a small hotel facility in Lasithi, killing one woman, seriously injuring her child. The tragedy took place in Agia Fotia resort village near to Ierapetra short before Saturday midnight. According to local media neakriti.gr, a large piece of rock detached, rolled down the …
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School principal allegedly asked €50 from migrant child for Ochi Day wreath
A school principal allegedly asked immigrant parents for 50 euros for the wreath their child would lay on the anniversary of the national Ochi Day, on October 28, as the young students was entitled to. The CEO of pollster Metron Analysis, Stratos Fanaras, made a sensational complaint about a school …
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Child abuse in Greece reaches shocking levels during the pandemic (Helplines)
Child abuse in Greece has reached unrepresented levels during the pandemic and the sexual abuse of girls has doubled when compared to the previous years, data of the Forensic Department of Thessaloniki has shown. Media reports about the sexual abuse of children pop up now almost on a daily basis …
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Migrant child dies after days without food & water at the sea
A 4-year-old girl was airlifted from a boat south of Crete to the hospital of Chania, earlier on Tuesday. The child was onboard of a boat carrying migrants. The girl was unconscious when the crew of a helicopter of the Greek Air Force picked her up. The child was without …
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School Principal of Special School bites pupil with disabilities
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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