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Family Tragedy as Man Shoots One Son to Save Another [video]

A family tragedy took place at Vrahati, Corinth, after a father, aged 85 years, shot his son, a diagnosed psychopath on Tuesday morning before putting an end to his own life. In a scrawled note, the father wrote about...

Man Shoots Himself at Public Elderly Home in Athens

A 72-year-old man shot himself to death at a public home for the elderly in Athens early on Thursday; allegedly the man was facing financial problems. The man was staying at the public home for the elderly in Athens for...

Greek Drug Squad Seizes ISIS Opiates at Piraeus

The Greek drug squad, in collaboration with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, have confiscated a container filled with thousands of opiates. The pills, worth 13 million dollars in street value, were destined for the Islamic State. Last week, the...

Research Shows Suicide Rate Spike Correlates With GDP Drop

University research, led by a Greek doctor showed that austerity is directly related to suicide attempts among Eurozone citizens. According to the research, conducted at the Universities of Portsmouth and Vienna, more and more men, originating from the “poorer”...

British Journalist Tom Bradby Shocked Over Man Committing Suicide in Greece

British ITV journalists Tom Bradby was shocked when he saw a Greek man at the port of Rafina, near Athens, drive his car off the harbor, on Sunday August 16. Bradby who happened to be in Greece on vacation...

Greek Police Officer Commits Suicide in Bar

A Greek police officer who had recently broken up with his fiancée committed suicide in Menidi, near Athens. The young man decided to end his life because he could not overcome the separation. The 28-year-old officer who worked for the...

Head of Greek Hospital Gives Emotional Interview on Suicides

The head of Elpis Hospital, Theodoros Giannaros, gave a video interview that was posted on the Corriere Della Sera website, entitled “Ten thousand suicides in five years, the last one was my child.” “Since the crisis started in 2011, about 10,000 people...

Greek Student's Lawyer Does Not Rule Out Murder

The lawyer representing Vangelis Giakoumakis’ family is not ruling out the scenario that the young student could have been murdered. According to lawyer Dimitris Boukas, it is possible that Vangelis committed suicide, but at this point there are also other...

Greek Student's Funeral Takes Place in Crete – Death Ruled a Suicide

Numerous people solemnly attended Vangelis Giakoumakis’ funeral which took place today, March 17 at noon. The unfortunate young man will be buried in his father’s village, Selli in Crete. The young student’s body arrived in Selli this morning, while the...

Young Scientist Commits Suicide in Crete

A young, unemployed engineer from Chania, Crete, decided to end his life last week after falling into substantial financial debt. The 31-year-old man went to a grove in the rural area of Mournia, where he used a makeshift noose to...