Over 44 people were evacuated, eleven people have been rushed to hospitals and two have been intubated after a big fire broke out in the building housing the Thessaloniki Chamber of Industry, on Aristotelous Square in the center of the city in northern Greece. The fire broke out short before …
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Diagnostic centers, laboratories on 3-day strike for insured EOPYY patients
Personnel at private diagnostic laboratories launched a three-day strike on Thursday, May 26, and during this time they will not offer their services free of charge to patients insured at Greece’s national health insurance EOPYY. The strike starts on Thursday, May 26 until Saturday, May 28, 2022. Patients insured at …
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Kidnapped child Rainer Pedersen “safe in Norway”, claim father’s lawyers
6-year-old Rainer Jason Pedersen, kidnapped from his home in northern Athens is allegedly “safe in Norway,” the father lawyers who contacted Greek counterparts and the charitythat issued the Amber Alert claimed. The child was apparently kidnapped by his Norwegian father on Tuesday evening and left the country on a false …
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Acute hepatitis detected in two more children in Greece
Two more cases of acute hepatitis in children have been detected in Greece, the National Public Health Organization EODY announced on Wednesday. Affected are two children aged 2 and 5 years old. According to EODY, two new cases which meet the criteria of possible acute hepatitis have been recorded in …
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“Only one leprosy case in Greece,” says National Health Care Org EODY
Greece’s National Public Health Care Organization EODY announced on Wednesday that there is only one case of leprosy in the country and this is the case of the 65-year-old woman who is currently being treated at the university hospital of Rio by Patras in Peloponnese – as KTG reported yesterday. …
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Monkeypox vaccination not for general population, says Greece’s Vaccination Committee
Greece’s National Vaccination Committee has drawn up a roadmap regarding vaccinations against the monkeypox. At the same time, the country’s health authorities are awaiting recommendations by the European ECDC regarding the strategy to be followed and the use of vaccines against smallpox, vaccines that seem to provide some protection against …
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Gov’t warns migrants: “We will not allow anyone to illegally enter Greece”
“We will no allow anyone to illegally enter Greece,” Minister for Citizen’s Protection, Takis Theodorikakos,said on Tuesday after an increase of attempts by migrants to enter the country via the land and sea borders. In an interview with ANT1 TV, Theodorikakos blamed Turkey for it and accused the neighboring country …
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Second case of leprosy in Greece: 65-year-old woman hospitalized in Patras
A second case of leprosy has been detected in Greece in the last couple of days. A 65-year-old woman is being treated in isolation in a hospital in Patras, north-western Peloponnese while the first case is hospitalized in Attiko hospital in Athens. According to state broadcaster ERT and local media, …
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Lab tests confirm: Tourist in Greece infected with Chickenpox, not Monkeypox
The foreign national currently treated in an Athens hospital is not infected with the monkeypox virus but with chickenpox, first results of laboratory tests showed on Sunday night. The 29-year-old tourist was considered the first suspected case of monkeypox in Greece. In laboratory tests conducted at the Attikon hospital and …
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Cruise ship passenger found dead in her cabin
A cruise ship passenger has been found dead in her cabin on Sunday morning. The 63-year-old woman was found while the ship was anchored off the island of Santorini. The body of the tourist was transferred to the hospital on the island where doctors could only confirm her death. It …
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21 migrants, among them six children, rescued off Rhodes (SAR video)
The Greek Coast Guard successfully carried out a search and rescue operation with two of its vessels north-east off the island of Rhodes on Sunday, rescuing 21 migrants from a sinking dinghy. Adverse weather conditions were in the area during the SAR operation, with winds blowing with intensity of 6 …
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Monkeypox: First suspicious case detected in Greece; tourist transferred to Athens
The first monkeypox suspicious cases has been detected in Greece. Affected is reportedly a 29-year-old foreign national who together with his partner was having vacation on the island of Kefalonia in the Ionian Sea. According to media reports on Saturday night, the man from the United Kingdom has skin rashes …
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Young tourist found dead in the caves of Matala, Crete
Α foreign tourist was found dead in the caves of famous Matala in south Crete on Friday afternoon. The man was found unconscious and local called the ambulance that sought the assistance of the Fire Service as the body was laying on a difficult to access area. When the rescuers …
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Chinese businessman arrested for the murder of fellow national
A 47-year-old Chinese national was arrested on Wednesday for the murder of a 38-year-old Chinese woman, whose body had been found by police two years ago in a forest area in Kaza Villia, Attica, the Greek Police has announced. The body of the victim was found inside a suitcase on …
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Thessaloniki: Patient dies in hospital ER, body discovered hours later
A 43-year-old man died on a chair in the emergency room of a big hospital in Thessaloniki and his body was discovered hours later, when the medical staff changed shift. The man had gone to the hospital with a pain in the leg, the doctors did not find anything wrong …
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Sorin Oprescu: Former Bucharest mayor arrested in Athens
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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