September 21, 2020
FEATURED, Social, weather
Three dead people, one missing woman and extensive destruction is what Medicane Ianos left behind after it swept over Greece from Thursday night to Sunday. Over 8,000 homes and businesses are still under water in the Prefecture of Karditsa, Central Greece, three days after nature struck. Its rage started in …
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September 20, 2020
FEATURED, Social, weather
Tons of rocks flooded the village Assos in the west coast of Kefalonia, trapped people in their homes, buried vehicles, destroyed houses and businesses. The picturesque harbor of the village is practically non-existent. The torrential rainfalls of medicane Ianos brought rocks, mud and other debris from the mountain. There is …
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September 19, 2020
FEATURED, Social, Uncategorized, weather
Two people have been recovered dead and three are missing in Central Greece where Medicane IANOS struck with heavy intensity, flooded large parts of Thessaly and damaged infrastructure. The towns of Karditsa, Farsala and surrounding areas down to the outskirts of Volos are under water, and dozens are still waiting …
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September 12, 2020
FEATURED, Social
French tourist, Joyce – Timothy Radocic, went missing from the area of Piraeus on August 21st 2020. A Greek charity organization was informed about it on September 10 and published a missing alert a day later. According to the Missing Alert, Radojcic is 1.80 m tall and thin, with brown …
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September 10, 2020
Social
Books are there, the teacher is there, her chair too. Only the class-room is missing. The 5th grade teacher is standing on the platform where a container class room will be installed. Four days are left before the pupils of the 5th elementary school in Chrysoupolis flock to the school …
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August 21, 2020
FEATURED, Social
A granny in a tavern No one can imagine a traditional tavern in the Greek countryside or on the islands without a granny helping out. I can still recall a granny outside a restaurant in Apollonia, Sifnos, preparing french fries, back then when they were freshly made from scratch. Dressed …
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August 10, 2020
FEATURED, Social
The body of an elderly man was found at the beach of Kalamos in east Attica on Monday morning. Identification procedures confirmed that the body belong to the 72-year-old man missing from Bourtzi/Lefkandi, on the opposite side of the Evia Gulf since Sunday morning. The man is the last fatality …
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August 9, 2020
Social
Flash floods on the island of Evia on Sunday morning have killed an 8-month-old baby and two elderly, while information about a fourth dead is not officially confirmed by now. Torrential rainfalls hit the island from late Saturday night until Sunday morning, flooding homes and causing extensive damage in the …
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August 5, 2020
Social
One Greek woman died and five other members of the Greek community in Beirut were injured during the devastating explosion on Tuesday evening. The initial reports were confirmed by the President of the Greek community Panagiotis Andriotis to state broadcaster ERT TV early Wednesday afternoon. According to ERT, two of …
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July 28, 2020
FEATURED, Social
The coronavirus pandemic seems to have affected the habits of Greeks and their willingness to travel, as 44 percent will not go on vacation this summer, a survey by the Association of Business and Retail Sales of Greece (HRBA) reveals. According to the survey’s findings, only 14 percent of consumers said …
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July 17, 2020
Social
Tax officers across Greece held a work stoppage on Friday in protest of an axe attack against their colleagues in Kozani, northern Greece, a day earlier. Short after Thursday noon, a citizen entered the tax office of the city, took an axe out of a bag and started attacking the …
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July 15, 2020
Social
The body of a 16-year-old girl was found outside a chapel in the woods near the city of Trikala, Central Greece, on Wednesday morning. The body was found near to the chapel of Profitis Ilias by a walker who informed the police. According to the medical examiner who performed a …
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July 7, 2020
Social
A tourist was found hanged in a hotel room on the island of Zakynthos of Tuesday night. Local reports say that the woman ended her own life. The 45-year-old woman from the Czech Republic was visiting the island alone. She had booked a room in a hotel in Keri area. …
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July 7, 2020
Social
Greek police has arrested a 45-year-old school teacher for having an affair with one of his students, a 14-year-old girl. The arrest followed a denouncement by the girl’s mother to police. According to media, the affair started when the girl was 13 years old. So far, it is known that …
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July 3, 2020
Social
A distressed elderly man lays on the ground at the entrance of a local public power power distribution operator on the island of Crete. A security guard keeps kicking him without mercy. Bystanders shout at the bully and call the police. The incident took place in Tsalikaki town on Thursday. …
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June 30, 2020
Social
The times of showing gratitude to essential and front line workers fighting the pandemic are over. The President of the Hospital Workers Union (POEDIN) was injured by the “clapping” hands of the Greek riot police. POEDIN President Michalis Giannakos was injured in the head on Tuesday morning, when tension broke …
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June 26, 2020
Social
Police in Pyrgos, south Peloponnese, arrested two men for the attempted kidnapping of a 14-year-old boy on Thursday. On Friday, the two men from Bulgaria have been charged with attempting kidnapping after the potential victim recognized one of the men. According to local media, the boy was walking to tutorial …
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June 26, 2020
Social
Good news for the family of the 9-year-old girl that fainted due to hunger in a bakery on the island of Rhodes two days ago. The mother, a jobless hotel worker, was offered a work at an energy company in Athens. She will work from home. She will earn the …
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June 24, 2020
Social
A 9-year-old girl collapsed inside a bakery beginning of the week and the incident brought to light a tragedy, very possible one of the many currently on the island of Rhodes and in other touristic destinations: unemployment, meager state aid, impoverished and starving people. With a few coins in her …
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June 22, 2020
Social
An incredible and unusual case with a burglar on the island of Rhodes. A 48-year-old man broke into a restaurant to steal something to eat and then called the police to come and arrest him. The incident took place in the early morning hours of last Friday in the center …
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