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Homophobia probe launched into retirement home

Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou on Wednesday ordered an investigation into a report in Iefimerida according to which a retirement home in Kalavryta removed a resident because he was homosexual.

Dimitriou asked a local prosecutor to determine whether the management or staff at the institution should be charged under a law cracking down on discrimination.

"Antisemitism, xenophobiia, hate speech on rise in Europe"

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic posted this on Facebok on Monday, adding:

"We all, state authorities, international organizations, civil society, academia and the media must do our utmost to counter this trend and recommit to the values and principles born after the tragedy of the Holocaust."

Exhibition in Istanbul: Loneliness and solitude create a new language

What does loneliness or solitude feel like? How do we feel if we are left all alone? Are we happy all alone or is it possible to isolate ourselves in society? The art of Gökhan Gökseven forces upon these questions, because as much as it is about himself, he wants the viewer to discover themselves and feel the solitude in his paintings.

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