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PM comments on charges of sluggish state response to snow storm; swirling furor over 'MeToo' allegations involving ex-national theater head Friday, 19 February 2021 21:51 UPD:21:53 Menelaos Myrillas / SOOC/ Meeting between the President of the Hellenic Republic Aikaterini Sakellaropoulou and the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at the presidential mansion, Athens, February 19, 2021 / Συνάντηση της Προέδρου της Δημοκρατίας Αικατερίνης Σακελλαροπούλου, με τον Πρωθυπουργό Κυριάκο Μητσοτάκη, σ�...

Greeces culture minister on Friday called for an investigation into a groundswell of sex abuse claims against prominent artists, part of a belated #MeToo awakening in the country. Several actresses and actors have stepped forward in recent weeks to decry sexual abuse, sexual harassment and bullying ..

4 Min Read ATHENS (Reuters) - When Sofia Bekatorou, a Greek sailing gold medallist in the 2004 Olympics, opened up last month about being sexually assaulted by a sports official as a 21-year-old, it came as a breakthrough in a country where confronting such abuse has been rare. FILE PHOTO: Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou leaves the prosecutor's office, following her statements on being sexually assaulted by a sports official in 1998, in Athens, Greece, January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis/ Her account - and the outpouring of support it provoked - prompted dozens of actors, ...

The National Herald The National Herald      ΑΤΗΕΝS -- On February 17, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) informed the Hellenic Sailing Federation (EIO) by letter of its decision to cancel the remaining balance of its grant to the Federation, effective immediately. SNF’s decision is in no way intended to penalize the grant’s direct beneficiaries, the people with disabilities who take part in the sailing program. Recognizing the importance of the program and with a sense of responsibility toward its beneficiaries, SNF intends to act transparently to reallocate the remaining ba...