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Police officer sentenced to 4 times life for the sexual abuse of his children
A court in Athens sentenced a former Parliament police officer to four times life imprisonment and an additional 80 years and three months in prison for the sexual abuse of his four children and his wife. His 35-year-old now ex wife and mother of his four children was found not guilty. The 46-year-old former police […]
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A. Kavvadas appointed new Deputy Rural Development Minister
New Democracy MP from the island of Lefkada, Athanasios Kavvadas, has been appointed Deputy Minister for Rural Development and Food on Monday. According to the government spokesman, Kavvadas will take over the portfolio immediately after the departure of his predecessor. Kavvadas replaces Makarios Lazaridis who was forced to resign from the post on Saturday over […]
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52 forest fires over the weekend in Greece; fire season hasn’t started yet
A total of 52 forest fires broke out over the weekend in various regions of Greece with the majority of them to be due to negligence, mainly from burning to clear crops. All fires were immediately dealt with by the Fire Service with the rapid mobilization of ground forces and in two cases with aerial […]
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OPEKEPE: Lifting of immunity of 2 more New Democracy MPs
The Special Permanent Committee on Parliamentary Ethics on Monday unanimously recommended the lifting of immunity of two MPs from ruling party New Democracy. The total number of ND MPs whose name has been involved in the case file of European Public Prosecutors’ office on OPEKEPE scandal rises to 13. Lifting of immunity of MPs Charalampos […]
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Mass poisoning of 21 dogs incl. puppies in Halkidiki triggers outrage
The mass poisoning of 21 dogs in a village in Halkidiki peninsula has triggered an widespread outrage not only in the local community. The dogs were taken care by a local livestock breeder who kept them in a property according to the law of the animal welfare. The dogs, 14 adult animals and seven puppies, […]
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