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Italian officials have condemned the alleged rape of a 13-year-old Italian girl by seven Egyptian migrants in Sicily. The young girl's boyfriend was reportedly forced to watch as two of the migrants assaulted her. Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini...

A suspect for the rape of a twelve-year-old child on multiple occasions—who was allegedly also forced into prostitution—was arrested by police in Greece in a case that has shocked the nation. The suspect, a 53-year-old shopkeeper, has been given until...

Statements on rape and abortion by a high-ranking bishop in Greece have caused angry reactions by politicians and citizens on social media. The Bishop of Dodoni Chrysostomos said that “no woman is raped without consent” and “abortion should not be...

France is opening an investigation into two rape allegations made against Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, French Secretary of State for Development and the Francophonie. Zacharopoulou, 46, who was born in Sparta, Greece, is a gynecologist and politician for French President Macron's center...

Olympiacos defender Ruben Semedo, a Portuguese national, was arrested in Greece on Sunday night following a rape allegation filed by a teenager. The 17-year-old told the police that she had met the 27-year-old Portuguese player at a bar in the...

  The trial of Valerie Bacot, a French woman who claims to have murdered her husband in self defense, has begun in Chalon sur Saône, in the Burgundy region of central France. The 40 year old Bacot faces life in prison...

The public prosecutor's office of Greece launched an investigation on Monday into the possible involvement of NGOs with Dimitris Lignadis

Former Greece’s National Theater artistic director Dimitris Lignadis is held in custody after a warrant for his arrest was issued on charges of serial rape

Greek Culture Minister Mendoni called for an investigation into sexual harassment and abuse claims against the director of the Greek National Theater

The #MeToo movement, the global social movement against sexual abuse and sexual harassment, is now spreading like wildfire in Greece. Following allegations of sexual abuse in the sport of sailing, Greek women are now speaking about harassment by male directors...