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31.10.2024 / 10:08

Hackers take down Open University website

The website of the Hellenic Open University (HOU) was knocked out from October 25 through the entire long holiday weekend and is still experiencing problems after an attack by hackers.

27.10.2024 / 18:52

Escape from Turkey to asylum in Greece

In August 2017, I met him in an apartment in a central area of Athens. For security reasons, his name could not be revealed, nor could his face be shown. The 25-year-old E. was the first Turkish citizen and supporter of the Gulen movement to be officially granted political asylum in Greece after the failed […]

06.10.2024 / 19:16

Authorities scramble to contain youth violence

Recent highly publicized episodes of violence among schoolchildren have authorities – government officials, teachers, judges, even the Church – scrambling to deal with the problem and keep it from spreading further.

27.09.2024 / 11:31

Lawsuit filed by family of Rovana shipwreck victim reveals shocking lapses

The family of a sailor who died when the Rovana (formerly Raptor) cargo ship sank 4.5 nautical miles southwest of Lesvos in the eastern Aegean in November 2023 have filed a lawsuit in Greece, accusing the ship’s foreign owners and their insurance company of gross negligence.

14.08.2024 / 08:25

Questions on how fire entered city

As firefighters battled scattered blazes on Tuesday in the aftermath of the major wildfire that burned into the northern suburbs of Athens, most residents were finding it hard to explain how a blaze that started on Sunday some 40 kilometers away in Grammatiko village had reached their doorsteps. 

09.08.2024 / 17:20

When the lights go out

It’s as if we were building castles in the sand. Massive sports facilities – permanent rather than temporary – many of them poorly located, were left to deteriorate unused after the Athens Olympics.

29.07.2024 / 16:25

The unseen challenges of competition

Ιt was her moment. But the fear of failure held her back. She would have preferred to be anywhere but there. Just before she took her place on the starting block at the European Aquatics Championships in 2021, Greek swimmer Theodora (Nora) Drakou broke down in tears.

28.07.2024 / 08:27

Corrupt officials reached Mykonos

Three Culture Ministry officials implicated in a wider racket of Athens Municipality and Attica Regional Authority employees who made thousands of euros by granting illegal licenses or providing immunity for zoning and environmental violations, appear to have expanded their activities to the holiday island of Mykonos and been active since last year at least, Kathimerini understands.

11.07.2024 / 08:16

Noose tightens around Mykonos mafia

In the wake of last week’s murder of 54-year-old engineer/surveyor Panagiotis Stathis in Athens, police authorities are coming down heavily on rival gangs vying for dominance in areas such as entertainment, catering and property sales on the island of Mykonos. 

09.07.2024 / 11:06

Civil servant racketeering gang unraveled

Police have unraveled a criminal gang of people employed in the civil service that extorted or aided catering establishments and hotels to skirt the law, for building permits, the use of tables and seating and other illegalities.

06.07.2024 / 13:35

Hammer falls for arson by negligence

In one of the first court decisions based on the new legal framework regarding arson, a 63-year-old pensioner who was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 10,000 euros for the fire he caused by negligence in Sidirounta on the island of Chios will remain in custody until the appeal is heard.

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