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Lidl Under Fire for Suing Elderly Woman Stealing Food to Survive in Greece

Supermarket chain Lidl came under fire in Greece after a 70-year-old woman tried to steal some food worth 30 to 40 euros on Saturday -- because she was hungry. The German chain that has been operating in Greece for...

Great Britain Orthodox Archbishop Demands Apology Over Lidl Controversy

Gregorios, Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, raised concerns that Lidl's marketing decision to digitally remove crosses from the packaging of some food items had offended believers and Greeks alike. In an interview with Premier Christian Radio, His Eminence said: "They...

Czech Man Appears in Lidl Shop with Large Greek Cross

A man dressed in clerical vestments holding a large Greek Orthodox cross in his hands was shopping in the local Lidl supermarket on Monday in protest against the food chain having erased the cross from Orthodox churches on the...

Belgian Viewer Complains about Company Removing Cross from Greek Church in Ad Photo

"I am outraged that the Lidl stores that sell Greek products, erase photos of Greece, part of its landscape and its culture," a viewer wrote to the RTL TV Belgium website. The viewer sent a picture of Santorini showing an...

Greek Tweeters Press Golden Dawn Boycott

Angry that a prominent Greek TV station hosted four members of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party on a show, critics have begun a Twitter campaign pushing a boycott of any media that gives time to the extremists, who have...