Greece

Greece is introducing new regulations for pet owners, sellers and stricter penalties for pet abuse in a new bill presented to Parliament on Thursday.

The public prosecutor's office of Greece launched an investigation on Monday into the possible involvement of NGOs with Dimitris Lignadis

Animal abuse will soon be punished as a felony rather than a misdemeanor, according to legislation planned by Agricultural Development & Foods Minister Makis Voridis, following a rise in such incidents lately. In a ministry statement on Thursday, Voridis said...

In response to the recent outrage over the horrendous torture of a dog in Chania, Crete, the Greek government has vowed to pass stricter disciplinary codes for animal abuse. The Minister of Rural Development and Food Makis Voridis has stated...

Animal abuse rates in Greece remain high, despite new, stricter animal protection legislation. In recent years, Greece has been among the countries with the highest rates of animal maltreatment, despite improvements in legislation imposing stricter penalties for animal abusers. Data shows...

A South African animal welfare activist claimed on Wednesday that he was brutally assaulted and threatened with death while filming the alleged abuse of donkeys on the Greek island of Santorini. Luke Barritt, a campaigner for the international charity "Network...

A Greek court handed down a 28-month suspended sentence on Tuesday to Nikos Georgiadis a former conservative MP, diplomat and vice president of the American College of Greece, who was found guilty of the sexual abuse of minors in...

The U.K. government  announced on Wednesday that it reached a settlement over claims made by 33 EOKA veterans who were tortured while in detention during the 1955-1959 Cypriot struggle for liberation. The ''full and final'' out-of-court settlement was reached between...

Greek Minister of National Defense Panos Kammenos was sued on Thursday by the organization "Greek Helsinki Monitor" for his alleged homophobic verbal abuse of Georgios Amyras, an M.P from the centrist party ''To Potami''. Kammenos reportedly called Amyras ''little bride'' during a heated verbal exchange...

The Greek National Council for Radio and Television imposed a 24-hour broadcasting ban on TV channel "E" for airing racist comments against basketball player Thanasis Antetokounmpo. The ban, which is scheduled for January 10, 2019, was announced on Tuesday in...

The number of people who suffer from the effects of cannabis abuse in Greece soared to 35 percent in 2017 from 14 percent in 2006, according to a report published by Kethea, the largest rehabilitation and social reintegration network in...

One in five children in Greece will fall victim to sexual abuse at least once by the time they reach 18, a Greek NGO has said. Afroditi Stathis, director of ELIZA, a campaign group set up in 2008, made the...

A couple arrested on charges of sexually abusing their 14-year-old daughter and eight-year-old son on the Greek island of Leros will face formal charges on Tuesday. The man has reportedly admitted to the crimes. Police were alerted by hospital staff when...

Μore details emerged following the arrest of reputable musician and teacher Panagiotis Drakos on child abuse charges. The 60-year-old man was arrested on August 31 after one of his students complained to her parents who notified the police. Drakos admitted that...

The case of a missing 22-year-old woman in Athens turned out to be a case of kidnapping and sexual assault as a 53-year-old visually impaired man had kept her captive and raped her. The woman is a student and as...