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Retired farmer spends life-savings to donate new ambulance to local service

November 23, 2023 Uncategorized 2

A 89-year-old retired farmer has spent all her life-savings to donate a brand new and fully equipped ambulance to a local service and hospital in western Greece. Athina Papachristou from the city of Messolonghi spend 65,000 euros for the ambulance. The vehicle was immediately integrated to the local ambulance service, …

Retired Air Force officer attempts suicide with his toddler twins

March 20, 2023 FEATURED, Social, Society Comments Off on Retired Air Force officer attempts suicide with his toddler twins

A 62-year-old man, a retired Air Force officer, locked himself in his car with his twin toddlers, a boy and a girl aged 2.5 years old, and opened a gas canister in an attempt to put an end to the lives of all three. They were rescued after the man’s …

Retired Air Force officer shoots wife, commits suicide in south Athens

March 21, 2019 Social 1

A retired officer of the Greek Air Force has shot his wife and turned his gun against himself on Thursday. The victim and the perpetrator initially survived the shooting and were transferred intubated and in critical condition to a hospital in Athens. One and a half hour after the incident, …

Chania: Retired policeman found dragging a dog tied with a rope on his vehicle

January 26, 2019 animals 1

A retired policeman was found to have been dragging his dog tied with a rope to his vehicle on a highway in Chania, Crete, on Wednesday. The dog was been dragged over several kilometers and got severe injuries on his paws due to the violent contact with the asphalt. Although …

Body of US expat Bob Mayer found 4 months after he went missing on Tinos

March 11, 2018 Very Mix Comments Off on Body of US expat Bob Mayer found 4 months after he went missing on Tinos

The body of retired US lawyer Bob Mayer missing on the island of Tinos, Cyclades, since last November was found on Sunday. His body in advanced decomposition was found by a local in a ravine in the area of Kossini.His clothes and personal belongings were recognized by his wife, Gayle. …

Outcry as retired MPs retrospectively claim several million euros

October 23, 2017 Greece Comments Off on Outcry as retired MPs retrospectively claim several million euros

Despite the ongoing economic crisis, some Greeks seem to live on another planet. It is mainly the country’s politicians and certain groups of the public administration who still think that the state is a cow they can milk even if they know that more than one million people are without …

Scandal in Greek Parliament: retired MPs to get €100K retroactive since 2008

December 30, 2015 Politics 6

Yes. Yes. Yes. Our esteemed ‘servants of the public interest’. Our lawmakers, who first of all think about themselves and their own interests. The retired MPs want back – retrospective – thousands of euro. The sad thing is that the government complies with these demands and accepts the decisions of …

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