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A 7-year-old boy remained in critical condition at a hospital in Patra, western Greece, on Monday after being hit on the head by a speedboat off the coast of Zakynthos.The boy underwent neurosurgery on Sunday after suffering serious head injuries.Doctors at the Patra University Hospital said the next two days would be decisive as regards the course of the boy's health.The three people who had been aboard the boat which hit the boy on Sunday were arrested.The exact circumstances of the accident were unclear.
Greek among the dead in Munich shootings, ministry confirms
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More changes to social security system aheadThe new changes to the pension system stemming from the compliance report of the European Commission and the amendments to the bailout agreement, will mean that about 1.5 million workers face the prospect of another increase to their social security contributions and to the retirement age.
Mortgages issued by Greek banks declined 99 percent in past decadeCash was the preferred from of payment for the few people who decided to purchase real estate in the first half of the year in Greece, bank officials have suggested.
Asked how they would respond to referendum in Greece on whether to remain in the European Union or leave, 56% of respondents claimed they would vote to stay, while 39% would vote to leave, claims a survey carried out by Public Issue.In greater detail, the survey which was carried out for the Avgi newspaper, reveals that 44% of the Greek people have a positive impression of the European Union and 55% thinks positively of the euro.At the same time though, the survey also reveals that about 72% of respondents want Brussels to give national governments greater power, with only 12% claiming the opposite.
Greek village mourns 17-year-old Munich shooting victimARATOS, Greece — The residents of Aratos, a village of 700 near the northeastern Greek city of Komotini, expected 17-year-old Hussein Daitzik and his family, migrants living in Germany, to visit next week as part of their annual vacation in their ancestral home.Instead, they will attend Hussein’s funeral next week.Daitzik was one of nine people killed by an Iranian-German gunman who went on a rampage Friday in Munich before killing himself. Daitzik died trying to take his sister Gulfer — they and a brother, Sunai, were triplets — out of the line of fire, says village mayor Amet Amet. She was not wounded.The family belongs to Greece’s Muslim minority.
Greece has a Surplus of 20,000 DoctorsGreece has a surplus of 20,000 doctors, with the total number reaching almost 70,000, and a substantial percentage of them being unemployed, says a Kathimerini newspaper report.However, the economic crisis has also left the National Health System (ESY) with shortages of doctors and health professionals. It is estimated that there are 6,000 vacant posts for doctors in Greek public hospitals.
Thirty accused of fraud in hospital equipment probeRepresentatives of the company in Greece, as well as from its UK headquarters, are among those that will go to trial, along with doctors accused of accepting under-the-table payments.
With friends like Brussels, who needs enemies? EU to fine Greece for saving ship buildersBRUSSELS bureaucrats are set to fine impoverished Greece a million euros every month in revenge for its Government stepping in to save ship builders’ jobs.
Man faces prosecutor in Serres for beating, burning two dogsA 37-year-old man faced a prosecutor in Serres, northern Greece, on Monday after allegedly beating the dogs to death before burning them.
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People who watch porn more than once a week become more religious over time, study finds
Yahoo sold to US telecoms giant VerizonUS internet firm Yahoo is being acquired by American telecoms giant Verizon Communications for nearly $5bn (£3.8bn) in cash.Yahoo will be combined with AOL, another faded internet star, which Verizon bought last year.
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Seems Katelios has been experiencing a couple of small bush fires, firefighters currently tackling one in Agia Eirini. Seem to recall police arrested someone a couple of years back on suspicion of being the fire-starter, never come across any follow up on that.
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