An outrage broke out over the killing of a run-away chimpanzee from a private zoo in Attica on Saturday. Animal welfare organizations call for the shut down of Attica Zoological Park, a private zoo in the outskirts of Athens tha has often come under fire for the conditions the captured …
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Mayor of Rhodes plans mass killing of deer to control overpopulation
Mayor of Rhodes Antonis Kampourakis recently proposed to the Municipality Council the “controlled deer hunting” as well as a sterilization program for the animals that now exist in large numbers, as he claims, even though there is no sutdy to confirm that. The proposal triggered the outrage by environmental organization …
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Greece FM summons Ukrainian Ambassador over killing of one ethnic Greek, injuring of two
Greece’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to deliver a demarche requesting clarifications over the death of an ethnic Greek and the serious injury of two more members of ethnic Greeks community in an incident involving Ukrainian soldiers in the village Granitna, in Ukraine’s east near the border with Russia. …
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Relentless questions on killing of young Roma by Greek police remain unanswered
Relentless questions about the killing of the young unarmed Roma Nikos Sampanis remain unanswered still four days after the shootout in Perama late last Friday. Seven police officers involved in the shooting remain detained in the headquarters of the Greek Police as the communication between the police operation center and …
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Greece upgrades offenses for “animal torture and killing” to felony
A legislative amendment to be voted by the Greek Parliament on Thursday turns torture and killing of animals to felony. Acts of extreme cruelty to animals will be punished by up to 10 years imprisonment. The offenses include “poisoning, hanging, burning, crushing, mutilating” animals. The tougher fines and sentences against …
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Killing of ethnic Greek tests Greek-Albanian relations
The killing of ethnic Greek Kostanstinos Katsifas last Sunday has been testing Greek-Albanian relations and stirring nationalistic polarization in both countries. At the same time, any information coming from the Albanian side is being swept away from a wave of mistrust by the Greek media and certain political circles in …
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“Unacceptable, we expect full clarification,” says Greece on killing in Albania
“We are expecting the full clarification of the circumstances under which Greek citizen Konstantinos Katsifas lost his life,” the Greek Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday evening. “That the incident ended in the loss of life is in any case unacceptable” the ministry said adding “we will take …
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SYRIZA condemns Israel’s “assassination attacks against Palestinian protesters””
“Assassination attacks launched by Israeli army against Palestinian protesters are causing repulsion,” Greece’s ruling party SYRIZA said in a statement issued late Monday afternoon. The left-wing party of Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras is calling on the international community to condemn the attacks that took place in view of the …
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UPD Silversmith shoots dead 30-year-old thief in Drama, Northern Greece
A shop owner shot with his rifle an aspiring thief in the village Agios Athanasios, Drama, North Greece. The victim died on the sport. The perpetrator is a 79-year-old silversmith. The incident took place at 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, when the 30-year-old thief was trying to break in the shop. …
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Grigoropoulos’ killing: Commemoration rallies, metro stations closed –
More than 3,000 policemen have been deployed in Athens ahead of the commemoration rallies for the anniversary of the killing of teenager boy Alexandros Grigoropoulos by a policeman on December 6th 2008. High school and university students will hold commemoration gatherings at 12 o’ clock noon outside the Athens University …
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Cheese-eaters and Monkeys? European & Americans clash over Bin Laden killing
Is “Cheese-eater” a no-no word? It looks so if we want to believe British Tony Metcalfe, editor in chief of Metro news papers in the USA. On the occasion of European reactions and Americans cheers to the killing of Osama bin Laden, Metcalfe wrote on his blog: “Given the celebrations …
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