Giorgos Christides
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Giorgos Christides
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Greece-based reporter. Love yogurt.

Bylines: Solomon, ARD, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, BBC, & other places

Managing editor @Thessalonikeon Polis

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5️⃣ This judgment is about more than one tragedy: it highlights the demand that European states must act fast when lives are at risk — and must investigate deaths thoroughly, quickly and independently when they fail.
October 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
3️⃣ You can read the RSA press release on the the Court's ruling here:

rsaegean.org/en/ecthr-con...
ECtHR condemns Greece for the 2018 Agathonisi shipwreck
2015: The European Court of Human Rights delivered a judgment today against Greece relating to the death of 16 people in the 2018 Agathonisi shipwreck.
rsaegean.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
2️⃣ The Court found Greek authorities were informed & ought to know people were in danger but acted too late — and then failed to investigate properly.

Survivors had raised the alarm early on 16 March 2018, long before help arrived.

Justice took more than 7 years.

This is a timeline of the case ⬇️
#AgathonisiShipwreck: The case file
On 16 March 2018, a refugee boat sank near the Greek island of Agathonisi. Sixteen persons perished including seven children and two babies and at least three are missing. Only three refugees survived...
rsaegean.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Reposted by Giorgos Christides
Η πλευρά των 13 ένστολων του Λιμενικού Σώματος, που αντιμετωπίζουν ποινικές κατηγορίες για πρόκληση του πολύνεκρου ναυαγίου της Πύλου, εκφράζεται για πρώτη φορά μέσα από μια συνέντευξη του δικηγόρου τους, Θρασύβουλου Κονταξή, στο Solomon.

wearesolomon.com/el/mag/forma...
Ο δικηγόρος των Λιμενικών της Πύλου στο Solomon
Η πλευρά των 13 ένστολων του Λιμενικού Σώματος, που αντιμετωπίζουν ποινικές κατηγορίες για πρόκληση του πολύνεκρου ναυαγίου της Πύλου, εκφράζεται για πρώτη φορά μέσα από μια συνέντευξη του δικηγόρου τ...
wearesolomon.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM