Greece

The glass is both half full and half empty, regarding the prolonged economic crisis in Greece and its impact on the health of the nation's people. A new Greek-British scientific study, perhaps the most complete that has been done...

The head of Elpis Hospital, Theodoros Giannaros, gave a video interview that was posted on the Corriere Della Sera website, entitled “Ten thousand suicides in five years, the last one was my child.” “Since the crisis started in 2011, about 10,000 people...

Research conducted by the University of Portsmouth found a correlation between austerity measures and suicides in Greece. Male suicides caused by spending cuts have risen since the economic recession has started. According to the research which aspires to underline the...

Another two suicides in the Dodecanese, eastern Greece, are added to the long and tragic list. Last Thursday on Leros, a 20 year-old girl hanged herself, while on Kos, a 42 year-old father of two ended his life with a...

Following a rash of suicides, the head of Cyprus' lone prison has resigned, although he defended his record and complained an economic crisis left him without enough funds to properly operate the facility. Senior police officer George Tryphonides told The...

From 2007-11 - just before and during Greece's crushing economic crisis, suicides soared 43 percent in a country which had one of the lowest rates in Europe prior to that, the statistical agency ELSTAT reported. There have been some public...

A 45-year-old male employee who had been working in the municipality of Hersonissos was found hanged at the archaeological site of Malia. The police and an ambulance responded and the body was taken to the coroner for an autopsy authorities...

The number of suicides in Greece during the period 2009-2011, as  recorded by the registries and forensic services was revealed in Parliament by the Finance Minister, who quoted relevant documents of the Greek Statistical Authority. According to the data, during...

In the last years, the number of Greeks that commit suicide has risen dramatically. The suicide rate in Greece increased by 26.7 percent in 2011 compared to 2010. The number of suicides reported in 2011 is the highest in...

Two families in Crete were left in mourning for their beloved who decided to put an end to their lives on Easter Sunday. A desperate 34-year-old mother-of-two hanged herself and a 26-year-old young man committed suicide by shooting himself,...

With 20 percent of Greeks pushed into poverty by crushing austerity measures while tax evaders who owe $70 billion continue to largely escape paying, despair continues to rise and media reports said three more people killed themselves on March...

The list of the Greek crisis’ victims is steadily and alarmingly growing. A 38-year-old lecturer from the University of Athens is the most recent tragic loss in a country crippled by rising unemployment, severe cuts in pensions and salaries,...

The Electronic Crimes Squad said it has prevented 402 suicides of individuals that had revealed their intentions to end their lives to chat-room visitors on the internet, according to figures forwarded to parliament by the citizen protection ministry, it...

Minister of Citizen Protection Mr. Christos Papoutsis presented a report to the Greek parliament on January 11 concerning deaths by suicide and attempted suicides in the country, confirming the already gloomy picture painted in the previous months. A total of...

The Greek police's electronics crime squad has averted 67 suicides that had been pre-announced in Internet chat rooms since the beginning of the year, a police announcement said on Wednesday. Police said the people were aged 13 to 48, and...