Society

Another two suicides in the Dodecanese, eastern Greece, are added to the long and tragic list. Last Thursday on Leros, a 20 year-old girl hanged herself, while on Kos, a 42 year-old father of two ended his life with a...

  The Mayor of Thessaloniki, Greece, Giannis Mpoutaris inaugurated the first center of Solidarity Now in the middle of the city. He made special reference to the Open Society Foundation of the American investor George Soros, and donations made by the organization...

The Consul General of Greece in Canada, Thanos Kafopoulos, the president of the Greek Community of Montreal, Nikos Pagonis and the vice president of the Cretan Association of Montreal, Mihalis Christodoulakis, have had successive meetings with the governor of...

The ongoing financial crisis in Greece along with sky-high levels of unemployment, currently 27.8 percent, has led many Greeks to migrate to other countries in order to find work and better living conditions. The most common destinations are Germany, Great Britain...

An 18 year-old man in Kavala, Northern Greece, did not hesitate to force his 17 year-old sister into prostitution. The ruthless man was charging potential clients 1,100€ for the services of his underage sister. Police attained information on the young...

A new opinion poll carried out by GPO on behalf of newspot.gr, shows the popularity of the MPs in the first and second Constituency of Athens, as well as the rest of the Constituencies of Attica. In particular, the Greek...

Anarchist Kostas Sakkas was arrested on Thursday afternoon by counter terrorism officers. Sakkas, 30, was accused of being a member of the “Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire,” an urban guerrilla group in Greece. He was in custody for...

The Greek Community of Toronto celebrates 150 years of operation, by putting on two theatrical plays featuring the groups “Nefeli” and “Ellinakia” (Little Greeks). The group "Nefeli," under the guidance of director Nancy Athan-Milonas, will present an adaptation of "Lysistrata"...

Students in nearly one thousand schools in Greece (975 up to now) are affected by the phenomenon of malnutrition. Some schools are applying for food assistance. This means that approximately 145,000 students are faced daily with the risk of malnutrition....

New evidence delivered by the Hellenic Police Forensic Science Division, will add more elements strengthening the case against the paramilitary organization of Golden Dawn. The evidence is to be delivered to the coroner handling the Greek party’s case. Photos found...

“The postman always rings twice,” once for handing over letters and once… for handing over your medicine or your clean clothes. This will be common practice in Greece at least, according to the CEO of Hellenic Post (ELTA), Kostis Melachrinos. From...

A dormitory for the homeless opened in Thessaloniki, Greece on December 23, 2013. Most of those using the facility are young men who have only been homeless for a few months. “We mainly encounter newly homeless people who used to rent...

Greece’s Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, attended the European Parliament on Wednesday, January 15, in order to present and describe the priorities of the Greek EU presidency. However, what he received was an outburst and criticism from British MEP Nigel...

It appears that despite the crisis in Greece, nightclubs known as "bouzoukia" are still popular among Greeks who spend their money throwing carnations at their favorite singers as a token of admiration. Every week at least one truck carrying 500,000...

Although the Greek government claims that the country will soon recover from the financial crisis, many young scientists and inventors immigrate abroad to live a better life. At the same time, few scientists choose to stay in Greece and...