April 4, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
A basketball coach on the island of Crete was sentenced to 401 years in prison for 36 cases of lewdness against minors. However, he was released on parole on Tuesday after serving a total of 12.5 years behind bars. A decision that triggered outrage among the victims and their families, …
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March 23, 2023
Society, Very Mix
A Tae Kwon Do coach has been arrested in Athens on charges of serial rape of at least five underage female athletes in his gym in Ilioupolis, eastern Athens, from 2009 until 2020. The victims, now adults, filed against the 44-year-old coach, emphasizing that the man continues his actions even today …
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January 17, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Α weird march with some one hundred young men, among them also minors, took place in downtown Athens on Sunday night. The crowd gathered to express support for the controversial British-American “influencer” and misogynist Andrew Tate, currently in Romanian prison on charges of human trafficking, rape, criminal organization with the …
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October 20, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
“Chemical castration for rapists of minors should be considered under conditions,” Greece’s Interior Minister Makis Voridis said on Thursday as the country is been shaking with a series of such heinous crimes against minors that pop up in the news almost on a daily basis. The Minister also stressed that …
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August 26, 2022
Society, Very Mix
A 70-year-old man shot and injured two minors who had entered the yard of his home. The boys, aged 14 and 16, are in hospital with injuries in the eye and the leg. The incident took place in Alepochori, western Attica, on Thursday night. The man took his rifle and …
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July 13, 2022
Lifestyle, Society
The Mixed Jury Court in Athens found the former director of National Theater, Dimitris Lignadis, guilty for two of four rape cases on Wednesday. The ruling was decided with a majority of votes. The defendant was in trial for the sexual abuse of three minors and one young adult man. …
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March 3, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Refugees
The Greek state will provide one-year protection status along with rights to work and medical care to Ukrainian refugees entering Greece, the Migration & Asylum Ministry announced on Wednesday. This will be issued to Ukrainian nationals within 90 days of their entering Greece, as the usual 90-day visa entry requirement …
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December 23, 2021
Social, Society
Horror in orphanage in downtown Athens: Workers forced children aged 7 to 11 to sexual acts which they observed and possibly also filmed. Deputy Labor Minister Domna Michailidou revealed the shocking abuse of young boys in the orphanage facility. “There were sexual acts between boys aged 7-11 and the staff …
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December 3, 2021
Society, Very Mix
Former artistic director of the National Theater of Greece and actor Dimitris Lignadis accused of raping four teenage or young adult males, was on Friday indicted to stand trial before a Mixed Jury Court by a Misdemeanours Court of the Justice Council. It also ordered that he remains in custody …
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November 25, 2021
Sports
Dozens of fans -among them 27 minors- of Panaathinaikos women’s volleyball team were led before a prosecutor after they were found in in possession of weapons ranging from firebombs to axes, shovels and screwdrivers, the Greek police said on Thursday. picture via Greek Police A day earlier, on Wednesday, 57 …
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November 24, 2021
Politics, Refugees
Unaccompanied refugee minors aged 0-12 years will be included in Greece’s adoption and fostering system under a memorandum of collaboration signed between Deputy Minister of Labor & Social Issues Domna Michailidou and UNHCR-Greece representative Maria Clara Martin, the ministry announced on Tuesday. This collaboration will help meet the special needs …
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November 19, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Following the new Covid-measures for unvaccinated citizens and those over 60 years old announced by Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday a new and very complicated every day life goes in effect from Monday, November 22, 2021. There are activities where all citizens, vaccinated, unvaccinated or recovered from Covid-19 …
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November 8, 2021
Social, Society
Greek police arrested a tennis coach in the northern suburbs of Athens after parents filed against him for the sexual abuse of their underage daughters. The 35-year-old man was arrested on Friday just hours after the parents filed against him at the Greek Police headquarters. The victims are reportedly two …
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July 27, 2021
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Justice Ministry proceeds with new amendments in the Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure. The amendments foresee stricter penalties for heinous crimes, sexual crimes, crimes against minors and gender based violence. They also provide for an extension of the time of release under conditions for serious offenders …
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July 13, 2021
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Justice Minister announced tougher sentences for crimes of sexual violence against minors and turning incest into a felony. As part of changes to the state’s treatment of sexual violence against minors, Justice Minister Kostas Tsiaras on Monday announced a far tougher approach, which includes making incest a felony after …
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February 25, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Social
The Greek government has set up a #MeToo website where citizens can submit complaints get information on sexual harassment and abuse as well as power-based violence, actions taken against abusers and links where victims can seek help. The website metoogreece.gr will soon host announcements concerning initiatives designed to help people …
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February 19, 2021
FEATURED, Social, Society
Greece’s Culture Minister Lina Mendoni submitted a complaint report-memo to the Prosecutor’s Office of the Supreme Court, requesting a full investigation into the alleged sexual abuse cases in the National Theater. The complaint is reportedly against the former Artistic Director of the National Theater Dimitris Lignadis and follows a storm …
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January 16, 2021
FEATURED, Social
Two minors, aged 15 and 17, as well as a special guard policeman have been arrested for the brutal assault of a metro worker in downtown Athens last Wednesday. They were arrested late on Friday night after the victim identified them as his attackers. They face felony charges for the …
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September 23, 2020
Refugees
Residents and local authorities of seaside resort of Kamena Vourla in Central Greece marched and blocked the highway lane to Athens on Wednesday to protest the presence of minor unaccompanied refugee children in their area. It was the second protest rally on Wednesday, while they plan a new one on …
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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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