A 35-year old Turkish woman, named Esma Uludağ, who fled Turkish government’s post-coup crackdown to Greece, passed away following a heart heart attack. Together with her children aged 3, 7 and 10 tears old, had walked to Greece. Esma Uludağ, mother of three children, aged 3, 7 and 10 years …
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Police investigates death cause and identity of young German in Rethymno
A 21-year-old man, a German national, died in a hospital in Rethymnon, Crete. He was found by a shepherd in the mountainous area between the villages of Platania and Fourfoura. The young man had suffered multiple injuries and despite the doctors’ efforts he passed away Thursday noon (March 1). Police …
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Senior collapses and dies during the Macedonia Protest in Athens
An 72-year-old man collapsed during the Macedonia protest in Athens on Sunday. He fainted and fell on the ground right before his friends’ eyes. He was taken to hospital with an ambulance where he died despite the doctors’ efforts. The man was reportedly member of a local branch of a …
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Young Frenchman dies as he attempts graffiti on train wagons in Thiseio
A 19-year-old Frenchman died while he was attempting to paint graffiti on train wagons. According to suggestions, the man got electrocuted. Together with two friends of the same age, the young Frenchman had arrived at the urban train ISAP station <Thiseio> short before 7:30 Wednesday evening. While he was between …
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Convicted ASPIS-onwer, Pavlos Psomiadis, dies in Athens prison
The entrepreneur, a former major shareholder of the Aspis Insurance Group, Pavlos Psomiadis, died in Korydallos Prison in Athens on Monday morning. He was 78 years old. Ηe died of a heart attack. media report. He was convicted to a 22-year prison sentence, was in custody since December 2010. His …
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UPD Municipality worker, 62, dies of heart attack at work during heat wave
A municipality worker died of what it seems a heart arrest short after her shift as garbage collector had started at midnight Friday. Municipality workers union say that the woman had to work two shifts in less than 24 hours, something that the municipality confirmed later on Saturday. Speaking to …
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Idomeni: Syrian refugee hit by police van dies in hospital
The Syrian refugee who was hit by a police van on Monday, died in Papageorgiou hospital in Thessaloniki Thursday noon. The man suffered severe injuries in the head, the doctors could not save him. Officially the Greek police says that it was an accident. According to Greek police, the man …
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Ellinikon Camp: Teenager migrant girl, 17, dies in ICU
A 17-year-old migrant girl from Afghanistan died in the Intensive Care Unit of Laiko Hospital in Athens where she going undergoing treatment for five days. According to Greek media, the girl was suffering from severe abdomen and stomach pain and she was taken to the hospital. She was allegedly suffering …
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Thessaloniki: Outrage as man dies after waiting for 1.5 hour to pay the property tax
A 70-year-old man suffered a what it seems a heart attack while waiting at a bank to pay the property tax. The man collapsed after waiting at the queue for one and half hour. An ambulance was called in, the paramedics tried first aid, he was transferred to a nearby …
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Larissa: Teacher suffers heart attack and dies after being laid-off due to Troika austerity
The shock of being sent to labor reserve and lose the income overnight was probably something the heart of the female teacher could not bear. On Saturday afternoon, the teacher felt unease and fainted. The doctors of the hospital where she was transferred could only confirm their death. The teacher of Nursing …
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Crete: Employee Dies the Moment He Learns He Had Been Fired
The news was too tough for the employee to bear. The man collapsed and passed away within minutes upon hearing that he had been dismissed. The 49-year-old man was employed at a company in Heraklion, Crete. The moment his employer announced his dismissal due to economic crisis imposed job cuts, the …
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“Dengue Fever” is Back – First Death Case in Greece after 90 Years
I remember the word “dengue fever” from the elderly in my family. I don’t know, if the family had a victim, so that grannies and grandpas felt the need to talk about it. In my ears, ‘dengue fever’ sounded ‘horrible’ alone through the sequence of letters. As in Greek it is not …
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