The charred body of a woman was found late on Monday in a crafts facility that was severely damaged by the fire in Patima of Halandri, in north-east Athens. The body was identified to belong to a 65-year-old woamn from Moldavia who worked in the facility for the last 25 …
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ND MP and ex minister Avgenakis assaults airport employee for missing flight (video)
Ruling New Democracy lawmaker who served as minister of Mitsotakis government since 2019, Lefteris Avgenakis, was caught by security camera to get physical against an employee of the Athens International airport. Prior to the CCTV footage released on Wednesday, there was an official denouncement by the Athens Airport Employees union …
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Thessaloniki: Delivery worker punches pedestrian to death
A 50-year-old man died after a 27-year-old delivery worker punched him in the head beginning of the week. The brutal incident took place on a pedestrian street in downtown Thessaloniki, where the delivery worker was moving with his motorcycle despite the fact that this is forbidden. The victim reportedly confronted …
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Heatstroke: Municipality worker with health issues dies while on duty
A municipality worker died of heatstroke while on duty on Sunday, the hottest day of 2023, so far. His employers knew that he had multiple health problems, belonged to a high risk group and he should not work outdoors during the heatwave. The 49-year-old man had to open a playground …
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Kos: Body of Anastasia, missing hotel worker from Poland, found on Sunday
The body of the 27-year-old missing Anastasia Rubinska, a hotel worker from Poland was found in Alykes area on the island of Kos on Sunday afternoon.The young woman was missing since last Monday, June 15. Her body was found in reeds in an area with salt marshes. The area is …
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Metro, Tram workers in Athens to hold a work stoppage on Nov 19
Urban Rail Transport SA (STASY) employees will hold a work stoppage from 11:00 to 14:00 on Friday, November 19, in order to attend the funeral of their colleague, who was killed in a workplace accident on Tuesday. The Athens metro and tram systems will come to a standstill in order …
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Teens brutally beaten metro worker released from custody on bail
Two teenager boys, aged 15 and 17, accused of the brutal assault of a metro station were released form custody on Tuesday following deposition that lasted several hours. The two boys were released under strict bail terms including a supervision by a social workers. Each one has to pay 2,000 …
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Mask-deniers beat metro worker in station in downtown Athens (video)
An employee of the Athens metro was hospitalized on Wednesday after he was beaten by two young men who had earlier refused to wear the mandatory masks inside the metro. According to a statement by the metro managing company STASY, the employee, a station manager, asked the two men on …
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Mother of 3 attempts suicide: She was fired after returning from sick leave
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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Explosion in state LARCO mining plant kills worker, father of three
An explosion in the state-run mining and metallurgical enterprise LARCO killed a worker, a 55-year-old father of three. The accident comes a day after the LARCO workers’ union denounced “lack of safety measures.” The accident took place in the company’s plant in Larymna, the port town in Fthiotis, Central Greece, …
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Greek court sentences Turkish citizen to imprisonment and fine
A Greek court sentenced the Turkish municipality worker to 5 months imprisonment suspended for three years and a fine of 1,5000 euros for illegally crossing into Greece while driving an excavator on Wednesday. The 38-year-old said he accidentally crossed into Greece when he was trying to install irrigation pipes. The …
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Property owner beats PPC worker cutting power due to debts
A property owner on the island of Syros beat a worker at the Public Power Company when he attempted to cut the power due to debts. However, the alleged attacker’s family says that the worker pushed back the 71-year-old man. The worker was submitted to hospital where doctors treated his …
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Greece needs contributions by 10 workers to pay just one pension
We saw it coming when wages in Greece started to plummet. Now the data obtained by social security experts confirm it: A lot of people need to work in order to pay one single pension. It takes the contributions of ten workers to pay one single pension. Before the crisis …
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Greek Labor Terror: employee claims employer asked her to abort child
An employee working at a private company as office clerk has made a complaint the employer asked her to abort the child when he heard that she was pregnant. In her complaint to the local Engineers’ Association, the woman said that “she received threats by the employer after refusing to …
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