Persecution

Young student stabbed by two youths at Korydallos

A high school student was stabbed by two of his classmates in the Piraeus suburb of Korydallos early on Monday. The boy’s high school principal told Proto Thema that the student said he was unaware of the reason he was attacked. The boy claims that there had been no previous incidents of harrassment or an argument between himself and the other two students that stabbed him.

Angelina Jolie in Turkey's Mardin to meet Syrian, Iraqi refugees

UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has arrived in Turkey's southeastern province of Mardin Hollywood star and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has arrived in Turkey's southeastern province of Mardin to visit Syrian refugees.

Worldwide Displacement Hits New Hight, UNHCR reports

Conflicts and violence across the world have increased the number of people forced to leave their homes to the record 60 million on a global scale, as reported by the UN.

The number of people going away from their homes has increased by 8,3 million since 2013, marking the biggest increase in history, according to a recent UNHCR global trends report, entitled ''World at War''.

Parents of V. Giakoumakis take legal action against Dairy School for son's suicide

Parents of bully victim Vangelis Giakoumakis, who committed suicide after being hazed by students of the Dairy School of Ioannina, have decided to start legal action against the education facility’s administration. They were outraged by the school’s decision to “punish” students who were responsible for their son’s torture by simply reprimanding the students responsible.

ASALA victim calls for friendship

The Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) was an Armenian terrorist organization that operated from 1975 until the early 1990s. It conducted a series of assassinations against Turks throughout the 1970 and 1980s, killing 46 and injuring 299 people. Some 42 of the assassinated were Turkish diplomats.

U.S. pop sensation in Greece to talk about bullying (video)

U.S. Singer/songwriter Meredith O'Connor, aged 18, has been in Athens since Tuesday. She is here on a mission to visit schools in Attica, where Athens is located, in order to talk about bullying as part of a program broadcast on the YouSmile digital platform to be set up by the Greek children's charity 'Smile of the Child' on April 4.

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