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Athens appeals court finds Petros Filippidis guilty of attempted rape
The Athens Court of Appeal has upheld the initial verdict against actor Petros Filippidis, unanimously finding him guilty of two attempted rapes against female colleagues. The President of the Athens …
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Greece ranks third, Cyprus first for Europe’s cleanest swimming waters
Greece and Cyprus both have some of Europe’s cleanest coastlines, according to the European Environment Agency’s annual bathing-water assessment for 2024. The report shows that 97 per cent of Greece’s …
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Patras forensic service hit with raid following revelations from Mourtzoukou case
Senior officials from the Ministry of Justice, accompanied by police forces, conducted a raid on the Patras forensic service in western Greece on Monday amid its suspension of operations following …
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Polish UC Berkeley professor found killed near ex-wife’s home in Athens
University of California, Berkeley professor Przemyslaw Jeziorski is the man gunned down by an unknown perpetrator in Athens on Friday 4 July, found in the vicinity of his ex-wife’s home …
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Greece among five EU states to test age-check app to protect children online
Five EU countries including Greece will test an app aimed at preventing children from accessing harmful content online by checking users’ ages, the European Commission said Monday. Several European nations …
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Greek govt calls for EU farm scandal probe
The Greek government on Monday called for a special parliamentary committee to probe a European Union farm subsidies scandal, reportedly involving tens of millions of euros, that has seen at …
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EU border vessel sinks in Aegean Sea in migrant rescue
An EU border patrol boat sank in the Aegean Sea Monday during a migrant search, the Greek coastguard said, adding that the crew were immediately picked up by other vessels. …
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Irene Mourtzoukou remanded in custody over serial infanticide and attempted murder charges
Irene Mourtzoukou, 25, has been remanded in custody following her formal statement to the Patras magistrate on Sunday, in relation to the alleged murders of four infants — including her …
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Woman to testify over four child murders in Greece as Patras forensic service is shut down
Eirini Mourtzoukou, the 25-year-old woman who has confessed to the murders of four children — including her own two children, a friend’s child, and her younger sister — is set …
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Panic in Kolonaki as car crashes into pedestrians outside restaurant
A vehicle rolled into pedestrians and a restaurant on Saturday night in the upmarket inner Athens suburb of Kolonaki, with reports of several injuries. A Mercedes SUV patrons outside the …