October 30, 2020
Earthquake, FEATURED
Two high-school children, a boy and a girl, both 17 years old, were killed during the earthquake that hit the island of Samos short before 2 o’ clock Friday noon. A third student, a 14-year-old boy is currently airlifted to a hospital in Athens. Firefighters and rescuers recovered the two …
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October 27, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Dozens of children have not attended a single hour in school classes on the island of Crete in the new school year because their parents are mask deniers. Juvenile prosecutors have intervened and investigate. Almost 70 children in Crete have not taken a single hour of classes because their parents …
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September 11, 2020
FEATURED, Politics, Refugees
Ten EU member states have agreed to take the 400 unaccompanied minors form the burned down camp in Moria. Germany and France will take the majority of them, each 100-150, German state broadcaster reported on Friday. The countries that will take the refugee children are: Germany, France, Finland, Luxembourg, Slovenia, …
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August 11, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
In his weekly briefing on the course of the pandemic in Greece, Head of Civil Protection and Deputy Minister for Crises Management Nikos Hardalias stated that there have been 961 confirmed coronavirus cases last week and that this “fact that led to the government’s decision to impose additional measures in …
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August 10, 2020
FEATURED, Tourism
Greece announced on Monday that it makes mandatory a negative molecular PCR test for flight passengers from 5 EU countries as well as for all travelers entering the country from Promachonas border crossing with Bulgaria. The decision has been taken following recommendations by epidemiologists monitoring epidemiological data, deputy government spokeswoman …
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July 9, 2020
Refugees
Forty-nine unaccompanied refugee minors have left Greece for Finland and Portugal in the last two days. The two groups left in the framework of the relocation of a total of 1,600 unaccompanied minors to other european countries. 24 unaccompanied refugee minors departed Athens fro relocation to Finland on Wednesday. The …
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June 15, 2020
FEATURED, Social
The Greek government was forced to open again the country’s only Children Cardiac Surgery Clinic following an unprecedented outcry on social media. For several days, for over a week, hundreds of Greek internet users have being posting again and again over the closure of the clinic, the only one performing …
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April 30, 2020
Refugees
Finland has agreed to take one hundred unaccompanied refugee children from camps in Greece and another 30 adult refugees and migrants in the framework of family reunification. This was agreed during a telephone conversation between Deputy Minister of Migration Giorgos Koumoutsakos and Finnish Interior Minister Olly-Poika Parviainen on Wednesday. According …
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April 18, 2020
Politics, Refugees
50 unaccompanied refugee children left Athens international airport for a new life in Germany on Saturday morning. The minors aged 5-16 had arrived in Athens a few days ago from the overcrowded hotspots on the Greek islands, the Reception and Identification Centers of Lesvos, Chios and Samos. An special flight …
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April 15, 2020
Refugees
A group of 12 unaccompanied children from overcrowded camps on Greek islands left for Luxembourg on Wednesday morning. Eight children are form Syria and four four from Afghanistan. Nine of them were in identification and reception center on the island of Lesvos, two on Chios and one on Samos. The …
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April 9, 2020
Refugees
Something is finally moving in Europe regarding the migration problem is Greece and this despite the coronavirus pandemic. Germany and Luxembourg will take a few dozens of unaccompanied migrant children staying at overcrowded refugee camps, and Austria has pledged to send 181 special containers for the accommodation and health care …
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March 23, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Head of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias made some clarifications on Monday afternoon about the lockdown measures restricting the movement of citizens since 6:00 a.m. March 23, 2020. The clarifications refer to issues such as the number of persons allowed in a private or public car, to parents with minor children, …
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January 23, 2020
Refugees
The Greek government is deliberately depriving at least 140 children with chronic, complex and life-threatening diseases of adequate medical care, humanitarian NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) stated on Thursday. The MSF is calling on the Greek government evacuate all severely ill children to the Greek mainland or other EU member …
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November 24, 2019
Greece
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a new scheme to protect unaccompanied migrant minors reaching the country, two days after condemning other EU states for their lack of solidarity. The prime minister’s office will take charge of the new “No Child Alone” programme, which he said was designed to protect …
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October 14, 2019
Politics, Refugees
European States must step up their efforts to protect child refugees and migrants who have endured not only difficult and dangerous journeys but continue to face risks and hardship once in Europe, including unsafe accommodation, being incorrectly registered as adults, and a lack of appropriate care, UNHCR, the UN Refugee …
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September 23, 2019
Refugees
The remote island of Symi is sending S.O.S. The ongoing arrivals of migrants and refugees has created a state of emergency. Some 400 people, among them many children, have landed on the small island that has absolute no facilities to accommodate them. The people are sleeping on the streets, there …
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September 13, 2019
Refugees
Children are the real victims of the Migration policy, many of them are not in position to comply with the harsh realities. According to a press release by Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Greece, in the summer months of July and August, three children attempted suicide and …
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July 11, 2019
Refugees
The Human Rights Watch is calling on the new Greek government to protect Children, asylum seekers, people with disabilities. In an open letter to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the HRW says that he should demonstrate that he intends to put protecting human rights high on his agenda, Human Rights Watch …
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May 20, 2019
Social
Some 299 children went missing in Greece in 2018, according to data presented on Monday for International Missing Children’s Day by the Hellenic Police, which said that 257 of them had been eventually found. The data was presented on the occasion of the International Missing Children’s Day on May 25 …
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May 13, 2019
Social
A new online platform regulating and streamlining the adoption and fostering process in Greece received some 450 applications within just two weeks of going into operation, Alternate Social Solidarity Minister Theano Fotiou said beginning of May. Speaking in a radio interview, Fotiou hailed the platform’s success, saying that of the …
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