September 5, 2023
Society, Very Mix
A 27-year-old arsonist admitted to have started a wildfire in Aspropyrgos, western Attica, seeking revenge on his parents. The man, arrested on Monday, and told police “I started the fire because my parents wanted me to continue studying at the Merchant Maritime Academy.” He reportedly explained that his parents were …
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July 10, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A tourist couple locked their baby in the car and went for a walk in the Venetian harbor of Chania with their older child. The baby narrowly escape a heat stroke, while the parents were first detained and then released pending trial. The baby was rescued from almost a certain …
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May 10, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
Accumulation of fluid in the lungs, which caused pulmonary edema, was listed as the cause of death in the forensic report released on Wednesday for the 5.5-month-old baby girl that died after having been forgotten by her father in the car for several hours. The autopsy was carried out at …
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April 16, 2022
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
The archaeological collection of hundreds of artifacts belonging to the late parents of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been displayed at the new museum of Chania on the island of Crete, hometown of one of the most prominent political families in the country. For the first time, the new museum …
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April 8, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
Wearing a bulletproof vest and his handcuffed hands on his back, Babis Anagnostopoulos crossed the door of the Mixed Jury Court of Athens short before 8:30 Friday morning. The trial for the murder of his 20-year-old wife Caroline Crouch, a UK national, started almost a year after the heinous murder …
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March 5, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society, Uncategorized
The main suspect for the quadruple murder of a family including of two toddlers in Andravida was arrested late Friday night. The 60 year-old landlord has reportedly shot the parents and suffocated the children over “unpaid rent,” as he claimed. Police, however, investigates also a racist motive. Media report on …
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February 21, 2022
Social, Society
The parents of Bakari Henderson were back to the courtroom in Patras on Monday where the trial at Second Instance for the men accused of killing their 22-year-old four years ago was set to begin today. The couple that had traveled for one more time from Austin, Texas, to Greece …
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February 14, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
A 35-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman were handed a suspended 14-month prison term and fined 3,000 euros each by a court in Rhodes for not sending their 8-year-old child to primary school due to the pandemic. The parents were convicted of violating the law on compulsory attendance at kindergarten, …
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December 7, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Anti-vaxxer parents who do not send their children to school will be punished with up to 2 years imprisonment and fines, the Greek Education Ministry ruled in an amendment submitted to the Palriament late on Tuesday. The tough measure comes as parents and guardians who oppose vaccinations against Covid-19 and …
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September 21, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Anti-vaxxers parents are freaking out and attack teachers for demanding masks and self-tests from pupils as provided by law. Some anti-vaxxers went far to file lawsuits against teachers for “forming a criminal organization, treason and torture.” Parents of children at a kindergarten and an elementary school in Pyrgos, south Peloponnese, …
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July 2, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Parents and teachers in primary and secondary education lost an injunction to end obligatory self-tests for schools, after a decision by the Council of State was finalized on Thursday. Greece’s top administrative court first heard an injunction filed by 50 parents and teachers on June 22. The group asked for …
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June 16, 2021
FEATURED, Social, Society
Two out of three Greeks aged 18-34 live with their parents, according to recent Eurostat data. Greece ranks 6th in a list of 35 European countries where young people live under parental care. According to a recent survey by the European Statistical Office (most data date back to 2019), the …
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June 2, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Inoculating children aged 12-15 against Covid-19 is still under consideration by the National Vaccinations Committee, its head professor Maria Theodoridou said on Monday. The committee’s final decision could concern high-risk children as opposed to all of them, she elaborated. Although not mandatory, vaccination will require parental consent, she added. Citing …
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April 19, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
An increase of 10% in violent behavior against children but also by 30% in juvenile delinquency were recorded in Greece during the pandemic year 2020 the NGO “Initiative for the Child” has found out. Presenting the annual statistics the “Initiative for the Child”, a collaborating body of the Union “Together …
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October 27, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Dozens of children have not attended a single hour in school classes on the island of Crete in the new school year because their parents are mask deniers. Juvenile prosecutors have intervened and investigate. Almost 70 children in Crete have not taken a single hour of classes because their parents …
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September 14, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Editor, FEATURED
Schools throughout Greece opened on Monday in completely different conditions than all previous years due to the coronavirus pandemic: face masks for students and teachers, antiseptics and social distancing where possible. The rules from the Education Ministry are clear: no pupil will be allowed in the class-room without a face …
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September 10, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Judicial authorities have intervened and investigate anti-masks parents who threaten teachers, just days before schools open in Greece on September 14. The use of face masks is compulsory for students and teachers. Teachers’ unions have denounced to judicial authorities that members have received threats including out of court documents by …
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August 25, 2020
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
One thing is certain from the Education Minister’s announcements about the opening of schools: the complete lack of serious government planning to protect the health of students and teachers. Wish list and half-measures The previous certainty that the schools will open on September 7 has been replaced by the wiser …
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May 14, 2020
Greece
The controversial use of cameras in schools has sent teachers,, students and pupils but also parents to the streets of Athens on Wednesday. Hundreds marched in the city center to protest the use of cameras in class rooms and have teaching classes broadcast live for educational purposes, for students unable …
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March 23, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Head of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias made some clarifications on Monday afternoon about the lockdown measures restricting the movement of citizens since 6:00 a.m. March 23, 2020. The clarifications refer to issues such as the number of persons allowed in a private or public car, to parents with minor children, …
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