A first full count in 2020 found about 2,200 children in state care. The ministry attributes the drop to faster procedures, emergency foster care, foster placements for children with disabilities and semiautonomous apartments for older teenagers

The legislation, expected to be voted on Oct. 22, would take effect Jan. 1, 2027. Technology companies would be required to verify users’ ages, with financial penalties for noncompliance.

Four gunmen opened fire from a car at a cafe in Agios Panteleimon shortly before midnight Friday. Police later found the vehicle burned in Aspropyrgos and are investigating the attack.

A 46-year-old man has been sentenced to three years in prison without suspension after striking a child in the face and threatening the boy and his mother with a folding pocketknife

A forensic examination found hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the teenager who suddenly collapsed and died in Karitsa, while laboratory tests are still pending to establish the exact cause of death

A 17-year-old who collapsed outside his school in Pefkochori, Halkidiki, died after more than 50 minutes of CPR and seven defibrillations, despite the efforts of rescuers and doctors to revive him

Authorities allege the 33-year-old recruited two 16-year-old girls through online ads for sexual exploitation

The car carrying five young people reportedly crashed into a curb and a streetlight pole in Ano Liosia early Tuesday. Three others, aged 18 to 22, were injured and remain hospitalized out of danger

The boy was taken to Karamandaneio Children's Hospital in Patras after the coin-operated machine fell on him in Aigio

A young girl needed hospital treatment in Crete after a dog attacked her in the Mesara area. Her life is not in danger

France's Constitutional Council said the measure restricts young people's right to expression and communication

A young man suffered a serious neck injury after diving from a pier into shallow waters near Thessaloniki, with authorities seeking information to identify him and notify his family

Aid groups warn new Greek rules on unaccompanied minors risk uneven protection based on age and nationality

The 17-year-old British tourist who fell from a hotel balcony in Athens has been declared brain dead. Police also arrested a kiosk employee accused of illegally selling alcohol to the minor

Greece is introducing tougher road safety rules, banning minors from riding electric scooters while imposing steep fines on those who sell or rent them to underage users amid growing concerns over serious accidents

The confessed killer and two other suspects have been remanded in custody over the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old in the Athens suburb of Calithea, while the remaining defendants were released under restrictive conditions

The case that shocked Greece on Epiphany Day enters its final judicial stage, as a 16-year-old defendant stands trial over the fatal beating of 17-year-old Angelos in the northern Greek city of Serres

Hidden behind screens and social media anonymity, the "764" network is one of the most dangerous online sadistic communities, now with suspected members arrested in Greece

New video shows members of the criminal organization beating up two minors in Kifissia

Two criminal organizations sold drugs to minors at schools and playgrounds using a supercar worth over $150,000. Eleven arrests were made, seven of them minors