Society

Publishers and readers mourn the loss of the beloved Mania (Marina) Karaitidi, head of the Estia publishing house. The “mother of publishers” was active in the book industry since 1972 when she took over Estia Publishing house. She was the...

Greek students at the Democritus University of Thrace, in northern Greece, have created a unique business idea based on a shopping cart able to assist handicapped people during their shopping in a super market. The students’ business plan, which stood...

Apartment building managers in Greece are striving to collect the unpaid maintenance fees as the residents cannot repay their debts because of the economic crisis. The condition in numerous apartment buildings in Greece is dramatic. Many of them don’t have...

A caretaker of the Jewish cemetery of Thessaloniki arrived to a horrible scene on Thursday morning, May 28, as reported by Daniel Saletiel, head of the Jewish community of Thessaloniki. The graves had been vandalized, ornaments had been smashed and...

The First Instance Court in the city of Larissa, in central Greece, issued Friday its final decision on the guardianship of the little blond girl Maria, who was found living with a Roma family last October in Larissa, Greece,...

Greek police have arrested four of their fellow officers and 18 others suspected of involvement in a major migrant-smuggling ring. A total of 22 people have been arrested in Attica, Thessaloniki and Evros, in northeast Greece, including the head of the ring along with four...

An article on the website of newspaper New Europe points out the consequences of the financial crisis for Greek children. The article cites data from the Greek National Committee of UNICEF and states that about 686,000 children in Greece are at risk of poverty...

Twenty two people were injured on Thursday morning, May 29, when a public bus taking passengers from Pyrgos to Patras overturned on the Patras Perimeter Road, near Omvria exit. The driver lost control of the vehicle and the bus ran...

A recent Reuters article reports on how the financial crisis is affecting state pension and welfare systems in southern EU member-states. “Greece is the only country to have taken drastic action, forced to cut pensions by 30 percent between 2009 and 2013 under...

Last Saturday, on May 24, a well-known family from Patras lived a nightmare when their daughter was found in the Agia region with no memory whatsoever of the previous night. The 22-year old girl had been at a party in central Patras, before...

An 18-year old high-school student ended his life by jumping off a six-floor building next to the hall in which he was due to take national exams Wednesday morning. He was immediately hospitalized in Giannitsa, where the doctors performed cannulation, but his condition required transfer to...

During the last years, Greece has become the favorite destination among foreigners who want to exchange vows of eternal love. The Greek islands of Santorini and Crete charm tourists who promise that they will return to these places for the happiest day of...

Greece's Supreme Court Friday ruled in favour the cleaners suspended from the Ministry of Finance, which had appealed a previous ruling to reinstate the janitorial staff, who are continuing their sit-in outside the building while their former employer refuses to give them their jobs back for...

Ten people were injured in a car accident at 11 a.m, on Monday, May 26 in Nafplio, when a young German couple tried to overtake a vehicle containing three women and five children aged from 9 months to 9 years. The impact injured all ten people and...

Syntagma Square was covered in foam within minutes Sunday night, when someone threw soap into the fountain that stands in the middle. Dozens of firemen showed up to stop the bubble bath, but foam kept springing from the fountain. The square had...