Fertility doctors in Greece and Spain announced on Thursday that they have produced a baby using DNA of three people in order to overcome a woman’s infertility. The baby boy was born weighing 2.9kg on Tuesday. The mother and child are said to be in good health. But experts express …
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Tragedy in Athens: Mother throws child from 5th floor, jumps behind
A pair of child shoes, a few flowers, a couple of candles… Still in shock residents of Neos Kosmos paid a small tribute to the 4.5-year-old girl that was thrown down from the 5th floor of an apartment building by her own mother. 24 hours after the tragedy in a …
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Lesvos: Headless body of missing refugee child washed ashore UPD
Locals in Vatera were shocked to see that the headless body of a child was washed ashore, at the village beach in the south of the island of Lesvos early Sunday morning. They immediately informed the Greek Coast Guard that transferred the body to the hospital in Mytilene for an …
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Ex ND MP sentenced for pedophilia, he speaks of “judicial error”
With a majority of votes, a court in Athens sentenced a former lawmaker from conservative New Democracy for pedophilia. The ex MP says court decision is a “judicial error.” The court did not acknowledge him with any mitigating measures and imposed a total imprisonment of 28 months on suspension and …
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ND elections program pledges €2,000 for every child born in Greece
We have being there, we have heard this. All these promises made by politicians in the government or main opposition party in elections years: Money will pour down, no matter what. In this sense, the latest pledge by main opposition New Democracy are just another promise leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis may …
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Foreigners arrested at Evros border for child abduction in UK
Greek authorities have arrested two foreigners wanted with a European arrest warrant for the abduction of a child in United Kingdom. A 37-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman were arrested at the Border Control point Kipoi at Evros river as they were trying to enter Turkey from Greece. When authorities …
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Ancient Greek child leaves footprint on clay brick, from Olympia to eternity
An Ancient Greek child left its footprint to eternity. Archaeologists in the excavation site in Ancient Olympia discovered the footprint of a child estimated to have been 6 years old when it stepped on a brick of clay still that was still fresh. Archaeologists of the Institute of Hellenic Antiquities …
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Skiathos: Child injured after being “blown away” while watching plane take off
A child suffered extensive injuries after it was “blown away” by an airplane that was about to take off from “Alexandros Papadiamantis” airport on the island of Skiathos. The child aged between 10 and 11 was outside the airport together with his father in the area where locals and tourists …
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Greek Coast Guard rescues foreign tourists drifted away on sea mattress
The Greek Coast Guard rescued a man and a child who reportedly fell asleep on an air mattress and were drifter away from the shore due to the strong wind. The Coast Guard picked up from the sea also a friend of theirs who was trying to help them. The …
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Locals hail patricide of Zakytnhos, as second case of child abuse shocks Greek society
Gathered outside the Justice building in Zakynthos, relatives and friends applaud and cheer “Bravo!”, “Alexis, we stand by you”, “We love you”, “Congratulations” as police helps a young man in handcuffs out of a car and takes him to prosecutor. “I am proud of my brother,” his step-sister told local …
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War-mongering Erdogan promises little girl “Turkish Flag on her coffin!”
War-mongering Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a little girl in army unifrom “the Turkish Flag on her coffin” if she martyred in Afrin, Syria. Talking about “reservists’ mobilization” he set thousands of Turks in panic. At the same time, he lashed out against the US Erdogan put a little girl …
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UPD Policeman kills wife, child, mother-in-law and commits suicide
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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Amber Alert: Missing 6-year-old girl found dead in garbage bin near home
The worst scenario about the fate of the missing 6-year-old girl was confirmed short after midnight on Thursday. The boy of little Stella was found in a garbage bin near the parents’ home. It was stuck in a big plastic bag for garbage. After hours of police interrogation, the father …
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Amber Alert: Missing 6-year-old girl with walking disability
Six-year-old Styliani Eikosipentaraki or Ecosipentaraki went missing from her parents’ home in Agia Varvara suburb of Piraeus in West Attica on Thursday morning, April 27th 2017. According to an Amber Alert announcement, the girl has a walking disability. She is 118 cm tall and weights 20 kg. she has brown …
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Spain has the EU’s third highest rate of child poverty, after Romania and Greece
After the economic crisis and years of austerity, child poverty is on the rise in wealthy countries, according to Unicef. In Spain, the proportion of children living below the poverty line increased by nine percentage points between 2008 and 2014, to reach almost 40%. In Greece, one in four children …
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UPD Chios: Syrian man arrested for severely abusing toddler in refugee hot spot
A shocking video: a toddler is supposed to have a shower in the hot spot of Souda on the island of Chios. Instead, he is been pushed, beaten and thrown down by what is claimed to be his own father. Cries do not help. The father continues to abuse his …
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Tragedy caused by candle? Fire injures toddler, mother in apartment without electricity
A fire broke out in an apartment without electricity seriously injuring a 4-year-old child. According to preliminary reports, authorities investigate whether the fire was caused by a makeshift ‘heating device’ or by a burning candle. The fire broke out short after 8 o’ clock in the morning in an apartment …
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Families in poverty, parents overwhelmed to make a leaving amid Greek crisis
How much money do you need to feed your child and provide it with basic needs like housing, electricity, heating, water, clothes and shoes? You certainly need much more than the benefits you may receive from the austerity-ridden Greek Welfare. Struggling to cope with the challenges of life and earn …
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Greek Labor Terror: employee claims employer asked her to abort child
An employee working at a private company as office clerk has made a complaint the employer asked her to abort the child when he heard that she was pregnant. In her complaint to the local Engineers’ Association, the woman said that “she received threats by the employer after refusing to …
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Hope: Cancer patient Panoulis, 4.5, to finally receive treatment
It needed two months of ‘promises and mockery’, the mobilization of a whole island and the public outcry until 4.5-year-old “Panoulis” -as his friends and supporters call him -could safely step into the path of his therapy. Greek Health Ministry finally approved to cover part of the money needed for …
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