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Child abuse in Greece reaches shocking levels during the pandemic (Helplines)

October 19, 2022 FEATURED, Social, Society 2

Child abuse in Greece has reached unrepresented levels during the pandemic and the sexual abuse of girls has doubled when compared to the previous years, data of the Forensic Department of Thessaloniki has shown. Media reports about the sexual abuse of children pop up now almost on a daily basis …

Greece new record: 108 deaths in 24 hours; 2311 new coronavirus cases

November 21, 2020 CORONAVIRUS Comments Off on Greece new record: 108 deaths in 24 hours; 2311 new coronavirus cases

Greece recorded on Saturday the highest ever number of daily deaths: 108 Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours. Health authorities announced also 2,311 new coronavirus cases. The number of intubated Covid-19 patients increased again reaching 522. Among the latest fatalities is a well-known DJ. 39-year-old Dimitris Bellos, aka …

Greece’s new negative coronavirus record: 34 people die in past 24 hours

November 7, 2020 CORONAVIRUS Comments Off on Greece’s new negative coronavirus record: 34 people die in past 24 hours

A shocking new negative record in Greece: 34 Covid-19 patients died in the past 24 hours, health authorities announced on Saturday evening. The new confirmed coronavirus cases are 2,556 and the number of Covid-19 patients currently intubated has reached 207. Health Ministry spokesman and professor for Epidemiology Hygiene Gkijas Majiorkinis …

Breathtaking video of man risking life in flames to save his cat

July 28, 2018 animals Comments Off on Breathtaking video of man risking life in flames to save his cat

This is one of the most shocking videos from the East Attica wildfires of last Monday (23. July 2018). A man tries to rescue his cat as the blaze is moving at a high speed towards his house in the settlement of Neos Voutzas. He has no chance to leave the …

Let’s talk about “European Values”…

February 27, 2016 Refugees, Very Mix 17

Let’s take a break. Let’s talk about the famous and much praised “European Values”, the rule of law, democracy, freedom, dignity and something they call “Human Rights”, I think. Yes, let’s talk about “European Values”, when EU countries close borders and leave thousands of war refugees stranded. Comments section is …

How many drown little boys does Europe need to take serious action?

September 2, 2015 Refugees, Very Mix 13

A tiny little boy with tiny blue shorts and a tiny red t-shirt. His body has been washed upon a beach in Turkey. A couple of meters away lies the body of his brother. Aylan was 3 and his brother Galip was 5. Together with their parents, Aylan and Galip …

Study: Austerity in Greece led to tragic increase of 35% in suicides in just two years

June 25, 2015 Society 5

Tough financial austerity measures in Greece have led to a 35% jump in suicide rates in a little less than 2 years, new research shows. “Our main finding was that after 2010, when harsh austerity measures were implemented in Greece, we noted a significant increase in suicide rates for the …

Shocking austerity: Greece’s poor lost 86% of income, but rich only 17-20%

March 20, 2015 Economy, Society 5

Greece’s unbalanced austerity and drastic increase of poverty. The poorest households in the debt-ridden country lost nearly 86% of their income, while the richest lost only 17-20%. The tax burden on the poor increased by 337% while the burden on upper-income classes increased by only 9% !!! This is the …

Polls: SYR 31.2%, ND 27%; shocking 2-digit difference in Athens and Thessaloniki

January 21, 2015 Politics Comments Off on Polls: SYR 31.2%, ND 27%; shocking 2-digit difference in Athens and Thessaloniki

Left-wing SYRIZA increases its rate towards Nea Dimokratia in a poll conducted across the country and published five days before the elections on Sunday. At the same time, SYRIZA sweeps in Athens and Thessaloniki, the areas with the biggest electorates. The B’ Athens and in both A’ and B’ Thessaloniki …

Shocking! 6.3million Greeks live in poverty or are at risk of poverty

September 26, 2014 Society Comments Off on Shocking! 6.3million Greeks live in poverty or are at risk of poverty

It was high time that the real data of the economic situation of the Greek society come to the surface! 2.5 million Greeks live below the line of relative poverty and another 3.8million people are at risk of poverty! A total of 6.3million people, which means more than half of …

Shocking Austerity Measures Under Troika Pressure?

September 19, 2011 Economy Comments Off on Shocking Austerity Measures Under Troika Pressure?

Greece’s lenders, the so-called Troika allegedly demands from Athens to stop paying public sector pensions to those who haven’t concluded the 55th year of age yet. This claim is being published by TO VIMA newspaper online edition on Monday, hours before the crucial conference call between Venizelos and the Troika targeting the additional …

“Breath-Taking” Athens: The Day After with Shocking Videos

June 30, 2011 Politics, Society 11

“Orders! They had orders!” Mina is very upset on the phone this morning. “They had orders to destroy the peaceful protests!” Mina is a middle aged friend, who calls me early in the morning to discuss Wednesday’s incidents. Mina, as the majority of the Greeks are totally shocked about the …

IMF Strauss-Kahn: “Greeks are steeped in Shit – and yet very deep ”

March 10, 2011 Economy 10

International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, bon viveur, chaud lapin and real gentleman, used an unprecedented, not at all ‘comme il faut‘ language to describe what he thinks of The Greek people. “Greeks are steeped in shit” he said during a documentary about his life filmed by French channel Canal Plus. Mr IMF …

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