suicide
Greece
Ioannina: Parents Find Their Son Hanging
A 38-year-old man passed a noose around his neck and committed suicide in his house, in the region Kardamitsia, Ioannina.
According to epirusgate, at dawn, his parents went inside their son's house where they found him hanging. Their screams woke...
Greece
"Mr. Samaras My Father Killed Himself, What Surplus Are You Talking About?"
A sensational open letter sent by a 19-year old man to Antonis Samaras, is sweeping the Internet. The young man wrote the letter on the occasion of the Prime Minister’s speech at the TIF.
As referred in the letter, which...
Greece
Elderly Man Kills Self Over Son's Layoff
Another tragic story of how the financial crisis can drive people to despair was revealed in Amorgos. According to naxos-news, a 75-year old man in Amorgos killed himself because his son was fired from ERT.
According to the website, the...
Greece
Father of Eight Commits Suicide
The suicide of a 48-year old man, father of eight children, has shocked the people of Lefka, Patras. According to preliminary information, the man was found hanged at his home in a social housing region of St. Nikolaos, Lefka.
The...
Crime
Policeman in Chania Kills Self
The local community of Chania is shocked by the suicide of a 45-year-old policeman of TAE Chania, who turned his service weapon against him.
According to information, the police officer, who has a family, shot himself at the Hospital of...
Greece
Jilted Man Commits Suicide
The local community of the region of Kalavryta, is shocked by the suicide of a 26- year-old man who was abandoned by his fiancée. According to information on thebest.gr, the young man from Planitero visited the girl he was...
Greece
Dramatic Rise in Suicides in Greece
In the last years, the number of Greeks that commit suicide has risen dramatically. The suicide rate in Greece increased by 26.7 percent in 2011 compared to 2010. The number of suicides reported in 2011 is the highest in...
Greece
Crete Μourns Two Suicides On Easter
Two families in Crete were left in mourning for their beloved who decided to put an end to their lives on Easter Sunday. A desperate 34-year-old mother-of-two hanged herself and a 26-year-old young man committed suicide by shooting himself,...
Economy
Greek Bosses Liable For Crisis Suicide Tries
With suicide increasing in Greece during the country's crushing economic crisis - a woman was talked down from a sculpture in Omonia Square during rush hour morning traffic in Athens on March 11 - the Supreme Court has ruled...
Economy
Greek Student, Dairy Official, Kill Themselves
The surge in suicides plaguing Greece during its crushing economic crisis has taken two more victims, a 17-year-old high school who hung himself and an official at the Dodoni dairy company who drank pesticide, officials said.
The student's suicide in...