Greece

The municipality of the city of Naoussa in Central Macedonia announced recently that it will organize the first ''Know The Snow'' event to offer a unique winter experience to one hundred disabled people. The event will take place at the...

On Friday, dozens of disabled Greeks flooded the streets of downtown Athens in protest of the governments latest plans to go forward with cutbacks to healthcare, benefits and pensions. The association representing Greece's disabled people commented: “We declare our determination to...

Bathers on the beach of Nea Makri, northeastern Attica, prevented the installation of a system that enables people with disabilities to have independent access to the sea. "It bothers us," "it is useless, no one uses it," they said. The innovative and...

The use of ramps for people with disabilities is an ancient Greek innovation that experts have recently confirmed.

A Facebook post by a father of a 17-year-old disabled Athens boy went viral when his son's wheelchair got stuck on a sidewalk in the city center due to an unlawfully parked car which blocked access to the street. The incident...

A wheelchair-bound 14-year old girl from Rethymno in Crete made her dream a reality by taking part in the authentic Marathon race on Sunday. Marianna Avgoustaki crossed the finishing line at the Panthinaikon Stadium of Athens standing up. She was raised...

Shipping companies must make their vessels accessible and safe for people with disabilities by May 1, 2019, according to a memorandum signed on Wednesday by Greece's Shipping and Island Policy Minister, Fotis Kouvelis. The memorandum was signed after Kouvelis met with...

The Greek government has announced a program to create structures and facilities that would help people with special needs access beaches. The program's total cost would be 5 million euros and the maximum per construction would be 60,000 euros. Coastal...

Social Affairs, Solidarity and Volunteer Counselor of the Corfu Municipality, Andreas Skoumbouras, took the initiative to make the beach fun for people who are physically disabled, says an Athens-Macedonia News Agency report. Skoumbouras told AMNA that Corfu was the first...

Shantha Rau Barriga, the disability rights director at Human Rights Watch has called out Greek authorities and NPOs alike in the mishandling of refugees with disabilities who are living at various camps throughout Greece. “People with disabilities are being overlooked...

Cyclist Stelios Vaskos is not a stranger to the national cycling community of Greece. He has completed many successful and arduous feats in long-distance cycling over rough and challenging terrain. In his latest venture, the athlete from Trikala in...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday that 15 percent of jobs in the public sector will be filled by persons with disabilities. He made this statement attending a special event to honor the members of the Greek mission...

A group of citizens called Collectives Against Auctions on Wednesday clashed with police inside a Thessaloniki court and stopped the hearing for the foreclosure of the house of a disabled man. The group of protesters stormed the courtroom during the...

Greek computer programmer, Petros Kaloupis, has created the first social media network for people with disabilities such as blindness, deafness or people who have problems with mobility. The first "Facebook" for people suffering from disabilities - known as Disabledbook -...

A 27-year-old disabled Syrian refugee received the Olympic flame on Tuesday at the Elaionas refugee camp in Athens. Ibrahim Al-Hussein received the torch by head of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros Kapralos, thus representing tens of thousands of refugees in...