Society

George Bizos, the Greek lawyer and good friend of Nelson Mandela, during a past visit to Athens had reveled details of  his life and his relationship with Mandela. Bizos, was born in 1928 in the village Vasilitsi, in Messinia. In...

Today, Eurostat published a new report for 2012, which confirms the data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority, showing that almost 33% of Greek population lives in poverty while 14.1% of the Greek population lives in a household that...

In Kordelio, Thessaloniki a family lost their home after a fire that broke out in the house at 4.15 in the morning. The 5-year-old boy, his parents and his grandmother who were living in the house, soon realized the house...

On Tuesday, the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Cecilia Malmström, met with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and the Minister of Public Order, Nikos Dendias, focusing on the immigration issue in Greece. In particular, they presented Malmström with Greece’s revised...

This morning in Lesvos, more than 100 tons of high quality treated wood have washed ashore in the eastern part of the island. The residents rushed to the point with their cars in order to take advantage of the...

Bishop Seraphim of Piraeus sent a letter to the Deputy Prime Minister, Evangelos Venizelos, asking him not to include same-sex couples in the cohabitation agreement. The Bishop marked that it would be an insult against God. Among others, the Bishop...

  At about 5 am on Tuesday morning, eighteen school wardens gathered outside the Ministry of Administrative Reform to protest against the dismissal and suspension measures that they are facing. Some of the wardens who managed to get to the...

A mother from Serbia, who lost her 13 year-old daughter a few days ago had to not only face the tragic death of her child but also a 30-days notice deportation order. After an intervention from the Greek Minister...

Three climbers who had gone missing on Mount Olympus on Sunday were said to be safe and well on Monday. A search for the mountaineers had been launched on Sunday as weather conditions deteriorated and there was no answer...

Almost a month after the police evacuation of ERT  on November 7, the new Hellenic Public Radio Television is moving into the premises of ERT. The process has begun and it appears that everything is progressing without a big fuss. Pantelis...

On Saturday November 30, a 19-year-old Cypriot student was found dead at the university campus in the Zografou area. Guards of the university found the young student dead in the stairwell. So far, it is known that a party...

The death of a 13-year-old girl, caused by fumes, has shocked the city of Thessaloniki, Greece. The girl and her mother who had no heating or electricity in their home, lit e brazier in an effort to protect themselves...

A 55-year-old Serbian woman was found dead in the basement of her apartment in the center of Argos, a city in Peloponnese, Greece. The apartment where she was living, flooded when a wall broke and waters rushed into the house...

Unemployed citizens and students of the Second Chance School of Chania showed a strong sense of community, in an effort to rebuild the house of a classmate who became homeless after a devastating fire hit Vamvakopoulo, Chania, last May....

Four immigrants drowned on Thursday night after their boat -- heading to Greece --  sank offshore Balıkesir's Burhaniye in Turkey. The boat that was carrying immigrants set off from the Burhaniye district and was heading to the Greek island Lesvos late on...