December 8, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
Large-scale police operations with dozens of police officers and special units have been taking place in Roma camps in western Athens since Thursday morning following ongoing riots over the shooting of a 16-year-old Roma boy by a policeman. Special units police officers with riot police squads and patrol cars moved …
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December 5, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 16-year-old Roma boy has been shot in the head and is in critical condition after a surgery. The boy had reportedly tanked for 20 euros and left without paying the bill. He was shot in the head after a pursuit by the police. According to media, the teenager drove …
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November 3, 2022
Society, Very Mix
A 17-year-old boy was shot dead and his body was found with a fatal head injury in Mandra village, west Attica. The body was found by a passer-by at 5 p.m. early Thursday evening. A bullet casing was found next to the body. According to preliminary information, the victim was …
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July 11, 2022
CORONAVIRUS
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have updated public health recommendations on the use of additional booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines this summer and in the upcoming autumn and winter seasons. The updated recommendations come amid increasing rates of COVID-19 reporting …
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April 17, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
One migrant woman from Africa was shot in the back and died on Saturday night as she was trying to cross the Evros river and reach Greece from Turkey together with other migrants. Her body was found floating in the river, close to a boat carrying migrants to Greece. The …
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December 14, 2021
FEATURED, Social, Society
Femicide in Greece: Police announced on Tuesday that it solved the murder of a 55-year-old woman in a bakery in Thessaloniki on Monday morning. The murderer was not a woman not even the victim’s mother-in-law as media initially reported. Police said it arrested the 56-year-old ex husband of the victim …
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October 4, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has given its approval for a third Pfizer Covid-19 booster shot for all adults in order to increase immunity levels, paving the way for booster shots to be rolled out across the EU. The EMA announced on Monday that its human medicines committee (CHMP) has …
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August 3, 2021
FEATURED, Social
Another femicide in Greece: a 43-year-old woman was shot dead by her husband in a tavern-cafeteria in Sotiritsa by Larissa, central Greece, at 10:30 on Tuesday morning. The cold-blooded murder took place in front of several eye-witnesses, staff and customers. According to preliminary reports, the victim was shot dead with …
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October 31, 2020
Very Mix
A Greek-Orthodox priest was shot and seriously wounded in the French city of Lyon, on Saturday afternoon. The assailant fled and the victim was transferred to the nearest hospital. The priest was preparing to close the church at 04:00 pm Saturday local time, when he was shot with what it …
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May 1, 2019
Social
Greek police has detained a 54-year-old man in connection with the stray bullet that seriously injured an 8-year-old girl on Easter Sunday. Police has found the gun the man processed illegally, while ballistic examination confirmed that the bullet was shot from this weapon. The man, a resident of Athens, was …
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January 28, 2019
Social
A local businessman in Patras, Peloponnese, was shot in the head with an air gun, after he allegedly demanded back the Christmas bonus he was obliged to give to his employees according to the Greek Labor Law. The perpetrator was not one employee though but a friend of an employee. …
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November 1, 2018
animals
Fishermen in a channel at the Delta of the Evros river in North-Eastern Greece, made a macabre discovery. The bodies of five wild horses were floating in the river at short distance to each other and near the pumping station area where the fishermen also have their cabins in the …
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October 31, 2018
Very Mix
A Greek-Australian businessman was shot and killed in Panorama Voula suburb of south Athens short before 9 o’ clock on Wednesday night. According to preliminary media reports, the man had just got in his car parked outside his home, when he got shot by unknown perpetrator or perpetrators. The man …
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October 28, 2018
Greece
Albanian police shot and killed a member of the Greek minority in the South of the country on Sunday afternoon. Kostantinos Katsifas, 35, was killed during an alleged fire exchange with special police forces in the village Vouliarates (Bularat), 6 km from the Greek-Albanian border. “Police forces called on Katsifas …
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October 4, 2018
Uncategorized
World Animal Day sadly reminds of the challenge Greece face in terms of animal abuse. It was just on the even of this special day, when somebody fatally shot a pregnant dog. The dog did not particularly belonged to anyone, was rather a stray in the village of Pantelari, Chania …
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June 5, 2018
Social
A local businessman shot and killed a 13-year-old girl in the Roma settlement by the town of Amfissa, Central Greece, short after 8 o’ clock on Monday evening. The 34-year-old perpetrator is at large still Tuesday noon. Tension in the area is high as locals fear of revenge and members …
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February 20, 2018
animals
Every time we see an incident of animal abuse, we think “we’ve seen it all.” But, No. There is always worse, as creatures who call themselves ‘humans’ will always seek the next innocent victims to satisfy their greedy and sick inner world. WARNING: Graphic pictures! One or more monsters of humans …
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June 19, 2017
Society, Very Mix
The Belgian tourist found dead last week is victim of a crime, autopsy conducted on Monday morning finds. A bullet was found stuck in his head. The mystery around the man remains as so far no family member has reported him missing to police. The 54-year-old man holder of a …
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March 11, 2017
Society
The body of a taxi driver was discovered Friday night in a remote area in Kastoria in north-western Greece. The 52-year-old man was shot twice with a 45mm fire arm, once in the temple and once in the back. His body was discovered 40-50 meters away from his vehicle. The …
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December 19, 2016
Politics
Russian ambassador Andrey Karlov was shot in Turkish capital Ankara short after 6 o’ clock Monday afternoon. He was delivering a speech at an exhibition “Russia through Turkish eyes”, when a man started to fire wildly. Ambassador Karlov was seriously wounded. He was first treated on the spot, it is …
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