A worker attempted to put an end to her life after she was fired for having requested a 15-day sick leave. The 50-year-old woman was reportedly working at a business in Patras without day off and vacation time for the last ten years. She had requested a sick leave due …
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65-year-old British woman dies in home fire in Glyfada, Athens
A 65-year-old British woman died in a fire in her home in Glyfada suburb of Athens, the Fire Service said in a statement. The fire broke out in the early morning hours of Friday, around 2 a.m. Fire fighters found the woman’s body after they had extinguished the fire. Χωρίς …
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“Only one woman died died in Moria fire,” says Greek Health Ministry
More than twelve hours after the fire in container in the hot spot of Moria and there was still confusion about the number of dead. Greek Health Ministry issued a statement on Monday morning speaking of only “one dead woman.” While media continued to reproduce the rumors about one dead …
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Moria: One Afghan woman and her child die in container fire
UPDATE A woman from Afghanistan and her child are the victims of the fire that broke out in a container in the refugee camp of Moria on the island of Lesvos on Sunday afternoon. State-run news agency amna reports that the body of the woman was transferred to the hospital …
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Olympiakos hooligans brutally beat and stab young woman, a PAO fan (video)
A group of men are seen to brutally beat a woman. They throw her on the ground. three of them hold her hands and two beat her. One of the perpetrators stabs her in the leg. The attackers grab her bag containing a small amount of money and flee. The …
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Migrant woman, two underage children missing when dinghy capsizes in Evros river
A migrant woman and her two underage children are reportedly missing in the Evros river the natural border between Greece and turkey. A 50-year-old Iraqi national reportedly turned to authorities saying that his wife and two children aged 12 and 3 went missing while they were crossing the river and …
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Greek woman killed in Culemborg, Netherlands, partner arrested
A Greek national was killed in a violent crime in the Netherlands. The body of the woman was found in a Culemborg apartment on Monday morning. Her partner has been arrested. According to Dutch media, it was the 31-year-old man, also a Greek national, who told police where the woman …
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Police officer suspended, 4 under probe for mistreating elderly migrant in Moria
Internal administrative investigation against four policemen had been launched for the incident in Moria camp, Greek Police announced Saturday afternoon. Ανακοίνωση σχετικά με εντολή διενέργειας Ε.Δ.Ε. σε βάρος τεσσάρων αστυνομικών για περιστατικό στο ΚΥΤ Μόριας Λέσβου, ανάκληση στις Υπηρεσίες τους & θέση σε διαθεσιμότητα ενός εξ΄ αυτών ▶https://t.co/UbhMMSPhNT — Ελληνική …
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Dramatic sea rescue of injured crew member from Belgium in the Aegean (video)
In a dramatic rescue at high sea and in the darkness of the night, an injured Belgian woman was transferred to safety and to a hospital in Athens. A Super Puma helicopter of the Greek Air Force undertook the difficult mission to transfer the 25-year-old woman from the yacht “Viridiana” …
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Greek state fund cuts pension to 90-year-old, finds her “fit to work”
A 90-year-old woman discovered that she was fit to work, despite her multiple health problems. The Greek national social security fund decided to cut her invalidity pension and as usual the employees also checked the box “fit to work.” On the day of her 90th birthday, the woman complained to …
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Middle-aged woman arrested for attacking babies in Athens Mall
Greek police has arrested a middle-aged woman who has repeatedly attacked babies in a Mall in Agios Dimitrios suburb of south Athens. The 55-year-old woman would approach mothers with babies and would hurt them by scratching their feet with either her nails or a sharp object. The woman was arrested …
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Kavala: Woman spits at maestro for “playing Bach and not Greek music”
An unprecedented incident occurred at a festival in Kavala, Northern Greece. A elderly woman from the audience approached the maestro of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Krinides and spitted at him for playing Bach and not the works of Greek composers. According to local media reports, the woman in her 70’s …
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Missing tourist found on air mattress drifted 6nm off Crete
A missing tourist has been found on an air mattress that was drifted out to the sea, 6 nautical miles off the North of the island of Crete on Thursday. The woman on the floating mattress was spotted by Frontex aircraft and was rescued by the Greek Coast Guard. The …
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Fraudster deprives €280,000 from victims promising jobs at embassies in Athens
A 57-year-old woman has been depriving several Greeks of thousands of euros promising them high work places at the embassies of the United States and Israel in Athens, against a fee, of course. In the two years the fraudster was in operation she has collected more than 280,000 euro, police …
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40 people arrested in 6 days for trying to leave Greece for EU with forged documents
Police authorities in Herakleio, Crete, have arrested 40 people in the last six days, as they were trying to live Greece for countries of the European Union with forged travel documents. A total of 29 men and 11 women aged between 18 and 57 are arrested at the airport of …
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Mystery of woman found swimming 5nm off Piraeus solved
The mystery of the woman found to be swimming fully clothed 5 nautical miles of the port of Piraeus has been solved. The 69-year-old woman was rescued by ferry boat Agios Nektarios that was sailing form the port of Piraeus to the island of Aegina on Wednesday afternoon. The woman …
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Dramatic rescue of woman swimming 5 nautical miles south of Piraeus (pictures)
A woman was spotted swimming in the middle of ‘nowhere’, in the Saronic Gulf, 5 nautical miles south of the port of Piraeus on Wednesday afternoon. She was fully dressed. She was rescued by the crew of ferry boat Agios Nektarios that was sailing from Piraeus to the island of …
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Athens: Woman fakes assault and rape attempt to avoid marriage
A young woman in Athens faked an assault and rape attempt to avoid marriage, Greek police has found. The 34-year-old claimed to police a perpetrator had pushed her to the ground, then pulled and knife and injured her and would attempt sexually assault her by pulling down her panties. She …
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Greek Police arrests Pakistani for stabbing British Expat in Corfu
Greek police has arrested a 36-year-old Pakistani national on Monday for the stabbing of a British expat living on the island of Corfu on Saturday. The perpetrator had stabbed the 51-year-old expat allegedly suspecting he had an affair with his former girl friend. He had beaten the woman before stabbing …
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Epiphany 2018 winner: Granny walks into the sea, fully dressed, to catch the Cross (video)
Hundreds of Greeks had to jump into the January cold waters on Epiphany Day to catch the Holy Cross. A granny in Dilesi, near Chalkida Attica, did not bother at all to exposed herself to the chilly weather. Dressed with her warm coat, holding her bag, wearing her shoes and …
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