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“Dengue Fever” is Back – First Death Case in Greece after 90 Years

September 4, 2012 Very Mix 2

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 …

Athens: Jobless Man, 36, Jumps to Death – 3 Suicides in 24 Hours

June 13, 2012 Society 8

One more Greek man decided to put an end to a live without perspective. A 36-year-old man jumped to a tragic and immediate death from the balcony of the family home in Sepolia suburb of Western Athens. Greek media citing neighbors of the man, report that the former tax driver was …

Murder in Athens downtown shocks Greeks and triggers attacks against immigrants

May 10, 2011 Society 1

The tragic death of a man triggered tension and incidents against immigrants on Tuesday, as the assassins were apparently foreigners. The 44-years old man was stabbed to death with a knife at 5 o’ clock in the morning while he was walking to his car to take his pregnant wife to …

350 Greeks attempted to commit suicide due to economic problems

March 4, 2011 Economy, Society Comments Off on 350 Greeks attempted to commit suicide due to economic problems

More and more Greeks are driven to desperate actions due to the never ending economic crisis. The National Federation of Consumers’, Borrowers’ and Citizens’ Protection issued a statement stating that in the last 16 months more than 350 people attempted to commit suicide due to economic problems. Revealing picture of …

Greek sets himself on fire due to economic reasons

February 22, 2011 Economy, Society Comments Off on Greek sets himself on fire due to economic reasons

A man set himself on fire in an attempt to put an end to his life due to economic problems. The 49-years-old man entered a church, splashed gasoline all over his body and set himself on fire. the priest and some church visitors rushed to help him and manage to …

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