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A total of 48 people in the regions of Larissa, Magnissia, Trikala, and Karditsa that experienced severe flooding were diagnosed with gastroenteritis and 65 with respiratory infections on Wednesday, according to a daily health report. The diagnoses were made at the 26 National Health System centers in the above regions, …

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A 62-year-old man was arrested in the northern town of Drama on Wednesday for the illegal hoarding of ancient artifacts in his garden. Police found in the man’s garden fragments of an associated sarcophagus cover, likely dating back to the Roman period, twelve built-in sections of inscribed Muslim sepulchral stele, …

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Livestock that survived the recent floods in central Greece will “die of starvation” if there is no immediate steps taken to cover the shortage in animal feed, breeders in flood-stricken areas in Central Greece warn. Surviving animals are at risk to die either of starvation or from contaminated water as …

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An incredible incident occurred in Thessaloniki, when a 9-year-old child with mobility and autism disabilities was left alone for hours inside a school bus. Two arrests. The case was revealed in an area of Thessaloniki, following a complaint by a relative of the minor. The child was going to attend …

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Greece’s Supreme Court Prosecutor has ordered an investigation into the floods  in Central Greece and demands in-depth probes in potential mismanagement of thousands of euros in funding for anti-flooding works in the area. The investigation extends just 3 years backwards, after medicane Ianos hit the area in 2020. The prosecutor …

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Ferries remain docked on Wednesday, September 13, due to a 24-strike launched by the Panhellenic Seamen Federation in solidarity with the family of 36-year-old Antonis who was killed by colleagues on the Blue Horizon ferry a week ago. The Panhellenic Seamen’s Federation (PNO) issued a statement decrying the incident and …

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“I thought he was black, Pakistani,” the crew member who pushed 36-year-old passenger Antonis from a ferry in Piraeus port  last week is heard saying to captain revealing also a racist motive. The audio recording published by Mega TV on Tuesday, captured the dialogue between the captain and the crew …

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Dozens of residents of floods-stricken village Farkadona, Central Greece, filed the first lawsuit against all  competent authorities including the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection and the Regional government of Thessaly. The residents complained that “unknown people” deliberately broke the Enipea dam in two places, with the aim of …

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Greek mainstream media cheer on Tuesday that PM Mitsotakis “got 2.25 billion euros” in EU funds for restoration in the flooded areas of Central Greece. They appear to not have read the small print, the terms and conditions, though. The European Commission is ready to stand by Greece as it …

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Police investigation into the mafia-style execution of six foreign nationals on Monday evening is being conducted in full speed by the Attica Security headquarters. Based on an initial police assessment, the killings appear to be a settling of accounts between rival criminal gangs, most likely Turkish nationals, involved in heroin …

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Femicide Greece: A police officer in Thessaloniki shot and killed his ex wife and then took his own life after he took his children to the school bus on Tuesday morning. The 42-year-old woman had died at the spot when paramedics arrived, the 38-year-old man short time after. Neighbors of …

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A large part of the Athens-Thessaloniki highway remains under water in areas of central Greece with the floods to have ‘cut’ the country into two. The highway remains closed also on September 13-14, 2023 even though a part of Trikala-Larissa opened on Wednesday. The National Highway Athens-Thessaloniki has turned into …

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A bloodbath, a mafia-style execution with six dead took place in Artemida near the sea-side resort of Loutsa in northern Athens, some 35 km from the center of Greek capital on Monday afternoon. The victims, all men and foreign nationals, were killed in an mafia-style gunfire. It is currently unclear …

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A Bishop was seen blessing flood victims in Megala Kalyvia village from a tractor in a small village in central Greece, a region that flooded following two days of unprecedented rainfall. Residents of Megan Kalyvia, a village submerged in tons of water, saw Bishop Chrysostomos of Trikki on a tractor …

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Huge problems continued in the flooded areas of the plain of Thessaly, Central Greece, on Monday, despite signs that the water level in the Pinios River was starting to subside even though very slowly. Storm Daniel may have stopped pouring rain in the area since last week, however, the tonnes …

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Looting in flood-stricken areas of Volos, Magnisia, and Trikala, Thessaly, Central Greece. Police arrests four thefts, while it intensifies patrols to prevent looting. Police arrested four men on Sunday for stealing two electric devises and one bed from homes destroyed by storm Daniel. the pain, but also the suffering of …

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Director Yorgos Lanthimos won the 80th Venice International Film Festival’s Golden Lion award for his film “Poor Things.” The film stars Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo, and is based on a book by Alasdair Gray, with the screenplay by the author and Tony McNamara. The film is the …

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Shipping Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis resigned on Monday morning over the brutal murder of 36-year-old ferry passenger Antonis by crew members last week. Two of the four arrested crew members of the ferry “Blue Horizon” were jailed until their trial. Varvitsiotis was forced to resign by the Prime minister, state broadcaster …

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Ferries remain docked at the port of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrion on Monday, September 11, due to strong winds in the Aegean Sea reaching 8 to 9 Beaufort locally. Closed is also the Rio-Antirio line. The morning itinerary Volos-Sporades was reportedly canceled on Monday morning. Itineraries in the Saronic Gulf …

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Αngry residents in the town of Palamas booed, verbally attacked and threw bottles of water at the regional governor of Thessaly Kostas Agorastos when he visited the flood-stricken town on Saturday. According to local media, Agorastos arrived at a center of the municipality and was initially verbally attacked by citizens. …

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