Mother accused of abetting pedophiles
The man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl, then pimping her out to prospective “clients” online, and one of the 213 men who responded to the pimp’s advertisement were jailed Wednesday.
Professor George P. Chrousos wins 2023 Transatlantic Alliance Award
Pediatrics professor and medical clinical researcher George P. Chrousos has received the 2023 Transatlantic Alliance Award from the Endocrine Society and the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE), it was announced Friday.
Turkey’s parliament adopts media law jailing those spreading ‘disinformation’
Turkey’s parliament on Thursday adopted a law proposed by President Tayyip Erdogan that would jail journalists and social media users for up to three years for spreading “disinformation,” despite deep concerns over free speech.
Over 1,000 refugees being returned by EU peers
Greece has approved requests for the return of a total of 1,027 third-country refugees from other European Union member-states, though of these, only 96 have been sent back to the country where they were first granted asylum.
Nikolaidis, two-time Olympic taekwondo silver medallist, dies
Greece’s two-time Olympic taekwondo silver medallist Alexandros Nikolaidis has died of cancer at the age of 42.
University of Western Macedonia introduces new dorm rules
The University of Western Macedonia has introduced a new rulebook for its dormitories that seeks to make students more responsible and accountable.
Probe launched into lawyer’s Nazi salute
The head of the Athens Prosecutor’s Office, Antonis Eleftherianos, on Thursday ordered a preliminary inquiry after a lawyer defending MEP Giannis Lagos, a convicted member of Golden Dawn, gave a Nazi salute in court.
RAE: Greece will have enough energy this winter
Demand for electricity this winter will be met after the measures taken in relation to energy sufficiency, the second vice president of the Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) and president of the Crisis Management Group, Dimitris Fourlaris, said speaking at an event titled “Energy Sufficiency in Electricity & Natural Gas – Consumer Supply Security,” organized…
Greek and Turkish defense ministers meet
The defense ministers of Greece and Turkey, Nikos Panagiotopoulos and Hulusi Akar, met Thursday at the NATO Ministers Meeting in Brussels and agreed to keep in touch to help de-escalate tensions between the two countries. Greek aides to Panagiotopoulos were reserved about the outcome of the 40-minute meeting, because, they said, meetings between the two…
‘We told the truth’: Sandy Hook families win $1 billion from Alex Jones
The families of eight Sandy Hook shooting victims Wednesday won nearly $1 billion in damages from Infowars fabulist Alex Jones, a devastating blow against his empire and a message from the jury that his lies and those of his followers have crippling consequences.