June 7, 2023
FEATURED, Lifestyle, Society
A Greek Orthodox priest in Athens was suspended and banned from practicing sacraments because he had two girls to serve in the altar in his church. A move that caused outrage in conservative circles. It was the very first time that a priest of the Archdiocese of Athens placed two …
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June 7, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
Babis Anagnostoppoulos, the convicted husband of murdered Caroline Crouch, announced through his lawyer on Wednesday that the waives the appeal he had filed for a more favorable sentence. At First Instance court he was sentenced to life plus 11.5 years and a 21,000-euro fine for the brutal murder of his …
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June 7, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Missing British submarine “H.M.S. Triumph”, whose true fate had been shrouded in mystery ever since the vessel and its entire crew disappeared in 1942, has finally been discovered on the bed of the Aegean Sea by Greek researcher Kostas Thoktaridis and his team. Τhe search lasted roughly 25 years. The …
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June 7, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 19-year-old pregnant woman has died on Tuesday morning while waiting for an ambulance. Both the mother in the 8th month of pregnancy and her unborn baby left their last breathe in Nea Makri, eastern Attica, just 37 km away from the center of Capital Athens. Her relatives claim that …
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June 6, 2023
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Express bus line X80 “Piraeus-Acropolis-Athens” has been resumed summer service on the streets of Athens since June 3, 2023. The routes have resumed due to summer and with the aim of providing the best possible service to citizens and tourists. The X80 bus line will run routes connecting the PPA …
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June 6, 2023
animals, FEATURED, News
An unprecedented rescue of two donkeys by sea took place on Monday afternoon on a remote beach in northern Karpathos within the Natura 2000 protected area. Τhe two animals were spotted on the remote beach by fishermen who called authorities. Prompt was the response of the local authorities, the Fire …
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June 6, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 63-year-old woman died on the back of a farm pick up truck on the way to the Kos hospital as there was no ambulance to take her there. The woman was attending the birthday party of her granddaughter when she collapsed on Sunday, June 4. Her family called the …
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June 5, 2023
FEATURED, weather
The weather in Europe has been unstable in recent days, while Guido Guidi, one of the best meteorologists, predicts that this scenario will be maintained after mid-July. Both Italy and the whole of Europe are going through a strange weather season, since there was practically no spring this year, since …
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June 5, 2023
FEATURED, Lifestyle, Society
Rare pictures from the everyday life of people in Greece in 1950-1965, in hard economical times after the WWII and the Civil War and before the military dictatorship. The Civil War was just over. The society is in a chaotic situation, trying to organize their lives, bring back normality. The …
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June 5, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
Also ahead of the June 25 elections, New Democracy insists that any Value Added Tax (VAT) reduction in food and other basic items will primarily benefit the wealthy and therefore there is no point in implementing it. This attitude was initially promoted during the ND governance, when prices in supermarkets …
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June 5, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 36-year-old woman was stabbed 14 tines by her fiance who then attempted to take his own life, after the stabbing and fire he put in their apartment. Both victim and perpetrator are hospitalized in Heraklio, Crete, where also the brutal incident took place on Sunday evening. The woman suffered …
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June 1, 2023
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
The Center for Ecological Research (PAKOE) published on Thursday, June 1, its annual evaluation on the stand of beaches water in the southern coast of Athens and Attica. As every year, PAKOE micro-biologically analyzed samples of seawater from 50 beaches along the Athens Riviera, from Piraeus to Vouliagmeni, in south-east. …
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May 31, 2023
FEATURED, Tourism
As temperatures rise and summer will arrive -sooner or later, more and more people are rushing to the beaches for a swim and a sunbathe. But how much is does the refreshing break cost in an organized beach with sunbeds, umbrellas, snack bar and sanitary facilities? There cheap and not …
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May 31, 2023
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
A remarkable number of large cutting tools from the Paleolithic Period were identified and handed over to the Ephorate of Antiquities of Lesvos by retired doctor and researcher Vassilis Koumarelas. Koumarelas handed over to authorities chisels, cutters, trihedrals, scrapers, pickaxes, blades, flakes, cores and products of their division, which he …
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May 30, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
For second consecutive day the exams platform, that is the data bank providing exam questions, crashed causing havoc among thousand of high school students and teachers. New Democracy, even though no longer in power but the one that set up the data bank, claimed it was the “historically biggest hackers …
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May 30, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Workers at the Perama Shipyard Repair Zone have called a 24-hour strike and rally at the main gate of Perama on Tuesday following the accident which resulted in the death of a 47-year-old crane vehicle operator and the serious injuries of two workers. The accident occurred during operations to extract …
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May 29, 2023
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
For the first time ever, Iron Maiden played live on stage their legendary “Alexander the Great” a tribute to king and great army leader. he performance took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia on Sunday, May 28, where Iron Maiden launched their “The Future Past” tour 2023. Alexander The Great#IronMaiden #TheFuturePastTour pic.twitter.com/9GtDhKyJnC …
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May 29, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Greek Police has arrested ten border guards serving at the Evros border with Turkey in north-eastern Greece for being involved in illegal trafficking of migrants. The operation of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Hellenic Police in the prefecture of Evros is in progress, with the arrests το have …
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May 29, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
A Presidential Decree that dissolves the parliament of May 21 and officially calls for repeat general elections on June 25 was issued late afternoon on Monday. The decree, co-signed by caretaker Prime Minister Ioannis Sarmas, was posted on the parliament’s announcements board by the Parliament Guard. It also sets the …
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May 29, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Former executives of the pharmaceutical company Novartis were on Monday acquitted of the charges of bribing politicians and doctors through a Misdemeanors Court Justices’ Council order. The order officially put an end to the so-called “Novartis scandal”, more than seven years after the judicial investigation began, noted state-run news agency …
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