May 16, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
Relatives of 57 passengers who died during the train collision at Tempi in central Greece in February filed charges against railroad officials and politicians, including the Prime Minister, against 17 people in total, on Tuesday. According to Christos Konstantinidis, spokesperson for the association of victims’ relatives, the latter are suing …
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May 15, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Relatives of the victims of the deadly train collision in Tempi gathered outside the office of New Democracy politician, Costas Karamanlis, who was transport Minister at the time of the tragedy. The mourning relatives who have established an association, traveled to the city of Serres on Sunday to demand Justice …
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March 16, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Hellenic Train has announced that it will make advance payments to the families of the victims and to the passengers injured in the train crash on February 28, 2023 in Tempi, in order to cover their immediate financial needs. According to the announcement on Wednesday, the following has been decided: …
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March 12, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
This is the saddest newspaper front page since a long time. The names and the ages of the victims of the train collision on February 28. The list includes the names of 56 out of 57 victims in total. Not included is the name of the Syrian migrant, an identified …
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March 10, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
The Greek government announced on Friday a total of eleven support measures to help relatives of victims, injured and passengers in the Tempe train collision on February 28. Among others, the government announced a special pension, in favor of the families whose member or members have died, to write off …
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March 9, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A former bishop, in fact a godless man full of hate, Amvrosios of Kalavryta, blamed the victims of the train crash, claiming it was God’s punishment for the Carnival celebrations. “The tragedy in Tempi could be our Lord expressing rage for the 3-day Carnival celebrations” in Greece, he claimed in …
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March 8, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Hundreds of thousands of people, a human river of rage, flooded the streets of big and small cities across Greece, demanding justice for the victims of the fatal train collision a week ago. it was intiailly unions that had called for protests and a 24-hour strike. Chanting slogans “Murderers” and …
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January 20, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
A bogus doctor in Greece and his accomplice, a doctor in Germany, have been tricking patients with Multiple Sclerosis convincing them to stop their medication for his alleged “groundbreaking” treatment with fake stem cells injections that were consisting of pure water. Five patients have died. The criminal duet has collected …
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November 18, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
Greece plans to introduce a “panic button” to fight gender-related and domestic violence. The relevant bill was introduced for voting in the plenary session of the Parliament on Thursday. The “panic button” is an application to be installed on smart phones and alert Police in cases of domestic violence. Once …
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November 2, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
The “rapist with tattoo” of Palaio Faliro, a 45-year old Albanian national who fled to his home-country to escape arrest, was arrested by Albanian authorities and extradited to Greece in the early morning hours of Tuesday. After Greece issued an international arrest warrant, Albanian police located the man in his …
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January 8, 2022
FEATURED, Sports
Deputy Minister for Sports Lefteris Avgenakis submitted to the public prosecutor’s officer the complaints filed by 26 athletes of the Greek Gymnastics Federation who fell victims of sexual harassment. A clever move before the crimes would be written off due to time statute, if only the names of the victims …
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December 22, 2021
Social, Society
Former co-host of popular Radio Arvyla TV show, Stathis Panagiotopoulos was arrested on Wednesday after more victims of “revenge porn” publications filed complaints.Panagiotopoulos surrendered himself to the Police Devision for Cyber Crime in the afternoon, after a public prosecutor issued an arrest order against him. Panagiotopoulos is expected to remain …
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November 2, 2021
Arts, Culture, FEATURED, Politics
Survivors and descendants of victims of the Massacre of Kalavryta by the Nazis are furious about the film “Eyewitness – Kalavryta 1943” over a scene showing a supposedly “good Nazi rescuing children.” The Association of Survivors and Victims threaten to sue the film producers with state broadcaster ERT being one …
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October 1, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, Earthquake, FEATURED, Society
There is uproar among the hundreds of people who became homeless following the earthquake of 6 Richter on Crete, as the provisional shelters setting up are reportedly only for people who have been vaccinated against the Covid-19. According to local media,authorities are setting up shelters to accommodate earthquake victims in …
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September 8, 2021
Social, Society
Greek expatriates in the United States have raised $1 million to donate to the victims of August’s fires in Greece, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America announced on Tuesday. Elpidophoros made the announcement in Kardamyla, on the northern Aegean island of Chios, where a dinner was hosted in his honor. “The pollution …
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July 11, 2019
weather
The body of a missing Greek fisherman was recovered by the Greek Coast Guard early Thursday afternoon some 6 nautical miles off the coast between Sozopolis and Nea Kallikratia. The 62-year-old man, a fisherman by profession, went fishing on Wednesday afternoon just a few hours before the deadly freak storm …
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February 22, 2019
Social
Seventy four people have died in Greece due to complications after been infected with the flu virus. In its weekly bulletin, Greece’ Disease Control and Prevention Center KEELPNO said that eighteen people succumbed in the week 11-17 February 2019. Among the latest victims is a 55-year-old woman who died on …
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October 25, 2018
Social
The last victim of Mediterranean hurricane “Zorbas” was found 23 days after went missing in the floods on September 29, 2018. The body of the 58-year-old woman found by a local near Krya Vrisi in Northern Evia on October 22. The body was covered with dry grass and soil and …
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August 27, 2018
Social
Death toll from Athens wildfires rose to 97 after another injured died in the hospital on Monday morning. The number of people who died in the hospitals is 14, the Fire Service said in a statement adding that the identified dead in the fire areas were 83. According to media …
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August 9, 2018
Social
A 78-year-old victim of the Athens wildfires died in the Sismanogleio hospital in the Greek capital on Thursday morning, increasing the death toll to 93. The woman not in intensive care unit, however, she had serious health problems in addition to the fire injuries.The woman is the tenth victim to …
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