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Business
Labor Exploitation in the EU and Greece
Workers who travel within the EU, or migrate to the EU are at risk of becoming victims of severe labor exploitation according to a report published by the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA). The report notes that while the EU...
Crime
Bulgarian Charged with Killing and Slaughtering his Daughter, Aged 4
A 27-year-old Bulgarian man suspected of having murdered his four-year-old daughter and then cutting her up to dispose of the body was on Tuesday remanded in custody, after testifying before the 10th examining magistrate in Athens.
The unlucky girl's mother...
Crime
Greek Police: Missing Four-Year-Old Girl Murdered by Father
Greek police revealed the tragic end to the case of the 4-year-old girl from Bulgaria who was declared missing by her mother. Young Ani Borisova’s disappearance caused concern to the authorities who were struggling to find out what exactly...
Economy
European Commission Welcomes 'Intensification' of Talks with Greece
The European Commission expressed its satisfaction on Thursday that talks between Greek authorities and the institutions representing the country's creditors had deepened and intensified.
Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said that negotiations with the Brussels Group are being repeated in Brussels on Thursday...
Greece
European Alert for 4-Year-Old That Went Missing in Athens
The strange disappearance of 4-year-old Ani Borisova who got lost in Omonia Square, central Athens on April 21, has alerted European authorities who are currently conducting extensive investigations within and outside of Greece in order to locate the young girl....
Economy
Steps of Progress in Talks Between Institutions and Greece
European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said on Thursday the Commission sees steps of progress in the ongoing talks between the creditors' institutions and Greek authorities, following the Euro Working Group (EWG) on Wednesday.
"We are continuing to work and make progress...
Environment
Flooding in Northern Greece, Farmers in Despair
The mound in Serres, northern Greece, which has suffered many blows this winter, could not bear the high water pressure and finally gave in, flooding the area's farmlands and sending local farmers into despair.
The situation in Serres is quickly deteriorating,...
Greece
Deputy Citizen Protection Minister: 'Greece Can't Handle More Migrants'
“The country cannot handle any more migrants,” stated the Deputy Citizen Protection Minister Giannis Panousis on Friday March 27. The Minister hinted that the decision regarding detention centers would be reviewed, expressing concern about the increase of illegal migration...
Greece
70 Migrants Rescued on Greek-Turkish Border
Greek authorities rescued 70 migrants trapped on a berm at the Greek-Turkish border. According to the authorities, after the migrants crossed the rivers that divide the two countries, they were trapped in the Greek fields that had been flooded due...
Greece
3 Men Dead in Naval Tragedy in Peloponnese, Greece
The Greek Coast Guard was informed early in the morning of March 24 that a fishing boat had washed ashore at the rocky area around Cape Mouzaki in Ermioni, Greece.
The reasons that caused the boat to sink and then...