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Muslim Teacher Sends Muslim Girl Out of Classroom

According to XanthiNews, a 12-year-old Greek Muslim girl was sent out of class by her teacher because she had not learned the the Quran off by heart. The girl was also mocked by her classmates for the same reason. The...

Which Greek Regions Are Most Affected by Cancer

It appears that cancer is more common in some areas of Greece compared to others. Drama, Kilkis, Karditsa and Grevena have the highest cancer mortality rates, said pathologist and president of the Greek Scientific Society "Drama against Cancer," Savvas...

Greek News in Turkish!

The Greek TV station Channel 6 (Kanali 6) in the region of Xanthi, Thrace, northeastern Greece and the journalist John Sidiropoulos decided to create a 6 minute information bulletin in Turkish. The purpose was to reduce the isolation felt by...

Zoi Dalaklidou's Murderer Sentenced to Life Plus 25

A Crime that shocked all of Greece ....... Today Christos Papazoglou was sentenced to life plus 25 years imprisonment, imposed to him by a mixed jury court in Kavala for the murder of Zoi Dalaklidou, on Christmas 2012 in Xanthi,...

Three New Outbreaks of West Nile Virus

According to data of the Hellenic Center for Disease Control & Prevention (HCDCP) another three outbreaks of the West Nile Virus appeared on August 6. One of them appeared in the region of Xanthi, a fact that accentuates the...

Mother, 32, Hangs Herself in Xanthi

The local community of Chrysa, the western quarter of Xanthi, in northern Greece, is devastated after learning the tragic news that a  32-year-old mother of two underage children committed suicide by hanging herself from a beam.  The woman was...

Solidarity March for Turkey Rebels

A solidarity march from leftist parties took place on the main streets of Xanthi on June 11 in support of the Turkish rebels. The Committee of solidarity to Turkish citizens, consists of SYRIZA, ANTARSYA and KKE members, who originally gathered...

Woman Burned Alive in Xanthi

The police have found the burned body of a woman behind a block of flats in the northern Greek city of Xanthi. According to information the 33-year-old, daughter of a well-known businessman of Xanthi in the marketing of chick peas,...

Bulgarian Doctors, Pharmacists Make House Calls in Xanthi

Bulgarian doctors and pharmacists are offering home visits and medication to the residents of Greek villages located near the border, according to reports of local news agencies. The new illegal business has been flourishing over the past few months...

Halki’s Reopening is Not on the Turkish Agenda

Reopening Istanbul’s closed Halki Greek Orthodox Seminary is not being considered by the Turkish government right now, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Aug. 18 on a visit to the Western Thrace region of Greece, seeming to put...