The former mayor of Bucharest convicted of corruption has been arrested in Athens on an international warrant. Sorin Oprescu, 70, who served as mayor in the Romanian capital from 2008 and 2015, was found guilty by the Romanian courts of bribery, setting up a criminal organization and abuse of power. …
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“Robot dumpster” crushes and kills man in northern Greece (video)
Unprecedentedly tragic accident:: An automatic dumpster crushed the body of a man in the center of Alexandroupolis in northern Greece at Monday noon. The man was looking inside the dumpster when the compactor mechanism was activated and closed automatically thus trapping and crushing his body. Fire service staff and paramedics …
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Drunk Brits rampage on London-Chania flight, one arrest (video)
Drunk British tourists on the flight from London to Chania, Crete, did not hesitate to beat even the pilot when he tried to intervene and put an end to the chaos that had unfolded in the plane of WizzAir. Ar least two drunk men harassed, swore and even beat other …
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Acute Hepatitis: Three cases in children identified in Greece
Three children with symptoms of acute hepatitis have been detected in Greece, the National Health Care Organization EODY announced on Thursday afternoon. It is the first cases of acute hepatitis in children in the country. “Following an active search for cases, three cases of children with acute hepatitis were identified …
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Car driver in frenzy hits two elderly, returns to hit victim laying on the ground
With very high speed a car driver in frenzy hit a motorcycle with two elderly passengers on it, dragging one of them 300 meters, leaving the other one on laying injured on the ground. After a while he returned and drove over the second man on the ground, dragged him …
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Shipwreck off Kos: 106 migrants incl 20 children on board
One hundred and six migrants, including 20 children, were located by the Greek Coast Guard in a rocky area northwest of the island of Kos late on Saturday.Kos and were transferred to the Kos Identification Center. A sailing boat was found to have half-sunk on the shore where the migrants …
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Luxury watch stolen in armed robbery in Denmark found in Athens
A luxury watch stolen during an armed robbery in Denmark five years ago was located in Greece when a woman brought it to a store for repair in Athens. The robbery was attributed to international jewel thief network Pink Panthers. As its serial number was registered, the store technician identified …
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Racist taxi driver shoots Pakistani migrant in downtown Athens
A tax driver pulled out a gun and shot a Pakistani migrant in the head in the center of Athens on May 2. The bullet hit the man just a few centimeters away from his eye. He was taken with the ambulance to hospital where doctors removed the bullet and …
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Three Hierarchs: Missing cargo shipwreck located after 63 years (picts)
For 63 years nobody knew what had happened to motor-ship “Three Hierarchs” that sank together with 9 crew members off the island of Makronissos on February 14, 1959. Now the shipwreck was located and identified by the research team of Costas Thoktaridis with the aid of the underwater robotic vehicle …
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Bus carrying scouts catches fire in Bralos, central Greece (video)
A touristic bus carrying a scout troop caught fire on Thursday afternoon on the road to Bralos in central Greece. It was around 1 o’ clock noon when the bus cabin was suddenly filled with smoke. The driver pulled up on the side of the road and the scouts were …
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PM Mitsotakis, Prince Charles discuss in Dumfries House how to develop former Greek royal estate
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has traveled to Scotland on Tuesday, following an invitation by Charles, the Prince of Wales. At a meeting with the heir to the British throne in the Dumfries House in Ayrshire, they discussed ideas to develop the former royal estate at Tatoi in north-western Athens. …
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Greek Mafia boss Skaftouros gunned down in holiday home on Easter Monday
Greek mafia boss and notorious criminal Giannis Skaftouros was gunned down by two assailants while he was enjoying Easter Monday with relatives and friends in his summer house in the regional unit of Viotia. The man who was known as one of the bosses of the Greek Mafia and his …
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Online platform for fuel subsidy opens on Apr 26; all the steps
The online platform where people can apply to receive the subsidy for fuel, which will range between 40-55 euros, is to open on the Tuesday after Easter, on April 26. Applications will initially be staggered based on the tax identification number (AFM), opening on April 26 for tax IDs ending …
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Greeks’ mass Easter exodus, for the first time after two pandemic years
Greeks are leaving the big cities for the countryside where they can enjoy the Easter traditions with relatives and friends in a village or an island, after two years of lockdown and moving restrictions that spoiled the fun on the biggest celebration of the Orthodoxy. With private cars, intercity buses, …
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Greek authorities on alert: Acute hepatitis suspected in Athens child
Greek Health Authorities are further investigating the case of a child suspected of the acute hepatitis, a syndrome that has affected children in the UK, Spain, The Netherlands and the USA. The 9-year-old child, resident of Athens, had manifested some symptoms such as fever and increased liver indicators. According to …
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Supermarkets, retail stores opening hours Good Friday-Easter Monday 2022
Retail stores, supermarkets, butchers and small food stores are operating with a special schedule on Good Friday and Holy Saturday due to the religious services in Greece. The opening hours may differentiate form region to region. It should be recalled that all stores and supermarkets are closed on Easter Sunday …
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Plan for the renovation of Ermou Street in Athens historical center (video)
The Central Council of Architecture (KESA) has approved a plan submitted by the Athens Municipality for the renovation of the lower part of Ermou Street in the historical center of the Greek capital that stretches from Kapnikarea Church to Thiseio train station . The plan reportedly includes the widening of …
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Greek paratrooper remains hanging in the air when parachute fails to open (video)
A paratrooper of the Greek Armed Forces remained hanging in the air outside a C-130 at a height of 5,000 feet for several minutes after his parachute failed to open during an exercise in Cyprus. The unprecedented incident took place during an exercise in Larnaka and a tragedy was averted …
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Prosecutor investigates modelling agency for leaking women’s data to dating sites
A prosecutor in Thessaloniki has ordered a police investigation into a modelling agency regarding the breach of personal data of young women. Pictures of the women were posted on dating websites without their consent. Furthermore, the dating sites users were paying a fee in order to chat with the women. …
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EODY calls on clinical doctors to be vigilant for “acute hepatitis in children”
Due to the unusually high incidence of acute hepatitis in children in United Kingdom, Greece’s health care organization EODY issued an announcement on Monday in which it calls on clinical doctors in the country to be vigilant. There have been no cases of the pediatric hepatitis, so far, EODY stated. …
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