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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Rainfall floods homes, shops and a kindergarten in south Athens
Houses, shops and streets were flooded and people were trapped in their homes and vehicles in southern Athens when a rainstorm hit on Tuesday night. The Fire Service received dozens of calls for help. Note that the flooded areas Kallithea, Moschato, Neo Faliro are right next close to a construction …
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Pressure on New Democracy to expel MP for “targeting migrants’ children” (UPD)
A public outcry broke out on Tuesday when New Democracy MP and former journalist Konstantinos Bogdanos retweeted a post of a website that was targeting children of migrants in a kindergarten in Athens. The website owned by the MP’s wife had published a list of the children’s names as well …
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Firefighter dies in floods during kindergarten evacuation in NE Greece
A fireman lost his life on duty on Monday, while he was participating in a mission to evacuate children from a kindergarten trapped by the floods in a village of Alexandroupolis in north-eastern Greece. The 46-year-old firefighter was drowned when the fire truck was swept away by rushing waters. Media …
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Kindergarten teacher sets 4-year-old in the cold for “punishment” (video)
A little girl is standing in the cold at the door of the kindergarten class and screams. She begs her teacher to let her inside, she shouts for her mum. She is just 4 years old. She wears just a pink dress, no coat or anorak in a freezing day. …
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Greek Education Ministry: Use of masks also in kindergarten
Students at all levels of education but also young children as those attending kindergarten will have to wear face masks when the schools in Greece open on September 7. The Ministry of Education has reportedly accepted the suggestions made by the experts of the infectious disease committee. Minister of Education …
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Prayer in primary schools and kindergartens is “constitutional”, rules CoS
Morning prayer and school religious services for kindergarten and primary school students are constitutional and legal, the plenary of the Council of State ruled on Friday. The court clarified that this ruling applies “exclusively to students who follow the Christian Orthodox dogma, not to students of other religions, other denominations …
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3-year-old toddler forgotten in kindergarten bus for hours. Arrests
A 3-year-old boy was forgotten in a kindergarten bus, where he spent four hours locked up in an empty vehicle. When he was found and released from the torture, the boy was so shocked that he did not speak for several hours. The incredible incident took place in Pallini area …
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Children in rage: 10-year-olds vandalize kindergarten in Thessaloniki
Three elementary school pupils in rage vandalized a kindergarten school in Lagadas Municipality by Thessaloniki in Northern Greece. The three chilrden reportedly entered the kindergarten on Sunday afternoon and demolished everything that came under their fingers. They broke furniture, toys and library selves, they opened the water tab in the …
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Sheer outrage when kindergarten organizes Body Painting on a Horse!
An weird children activity was offered by a kindergarten in Thessaloniki, North Greece. The kindergarten organized the unprecedented activity, Body Painting on a Horse! The action triggered an outrage, animal lovers lashed out at the kindergarten and accused it of “abusing the horse” , while it was sending wrong messages …
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Turkish kindergarten children stage July coup play with fake weapons and death
A play involving fake weapons and scenes of death staged by kindergarten children in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri has drawn criticism from the authorities and experts. The play, staged to mark National Sovereignty and Children’s Day on April 23, showed children clashing with each other using fake weapons …
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Poverty: Student collapses in school after gone without food for 3 days
In crisis-hit Greece, some people suffer silently. In the empty four walls of their homes, isolated from the society, the poverty victims feel the pain of the unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Their plight is revealed the moment things have reached bottom. The drama of a family was exposed when one of …
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Athens: Austerity in Public Services closes down Kindergartens
Cutting personnel is one thing, but it becomes problematic when it creates a deadlock and public services are getting hindered. Then you cannot cut the number of citizens. Severe shortages are observed in 87 kindergartens in Athens downtown after the termination of work contracts of 250 employees. However the children …
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