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An earthquake stroke the island of Samos with 4.8 magnitude on the Richter scale early Sunday morning. According to the Geodynamic Institute of Greece, the epicenter of the earthquake was  in the sea area, 27 km North-North-East from the island’s capital Vathi and had focal depth 11.8 km. Other seismological …

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In Athens mid-August? Longing for a refreshing swim at a beach nearby? There are plenty of beaches along the Athens Riviera, along the whole regional unit of Attica, some of them organized and some free for all. Free beaches have no sunbeds but some like in Glyfada (Blue Flag)  and …

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The Acropolis Museum and the National Archaeological Museum as well as the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki are only some of the Greek museums celebrating the August full moon on Friday, August 12, 2022 with special events with entrance free of charge. 105 archaeological sites, museums, historical monuments will …

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A just 10-year-old boy was arrested for staring forest fires on the island of Lesvos. The underage arsonist told police that he was starting fires because he liked to watch firefighters putting them out. The boy admitted responsibility for two recent fires in small forests in the area of Agia …

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The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox in Greece as recorded by the National Public Health Organization (EODY) stands at 48. All infected people are males with a median age of 36 (age range 19-59). Sixteen had traveled abroad within the incubation period, according to the weekly epidemiological surveillance …

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Turkish fighter jets and other aircraft conducted a total of 72  violations of Greek airspace and infringement of the FIR Athens in less than 24 hours on Thursday.. According to Greek military sources, eight Turkish Air Force F-16s, three UAVs and two ATR-72 maritime patrol turbo-prop planes engaged in 72 …

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Schools in Greece will open on Monday, September 12, 2022, Education Minister Niki Kerameos announced on Friday. Speaking to Skai TV, the minister said that the schools “will open with the best possible human resource condition of all time,” saying that 8,500 hiring have been completed.   The new permanent …

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Code Renegade set Greek authorities on alert following a relevant signal by the NATO air control center in Spain (CAOC Torrejón), to intercept a civilian aircraft that was not answering calls and not talking on the radio. code Renegade is usually a distress signal that a plane has been hijacked. …

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A 50-year-old man lurked his 49-year-old former wife and attacked her with acid liquid. The victim suffered a serious burn trauma in her one eye and is hospitalized. It is the fourth case of violence against women in Greece in just four days. The attacked took place in Messini, western …

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The supply of the new, updated vaccines against Covid-19 will take place in two phases until the end of the year,  Greece’s health minister Thanos Plevris said on Thursday. Initially, the updated vaccines for the Omicron mutation are expected, followed by the even more updated ones for sub-variants 4 and …

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Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency bulletin warning of weather instability with rainfalls, thunderstorms and even hail. The warning is valid for the upcoming three days, August 12-14, 2022, while the peak of the bad weather is forecast on Sunday, with a high frequency of lightning and hail. …

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A forest fire on the island of Thassos is out of control on Thursday morning despite the strengthening of the fire fighting forces and the aerial means. One village has been ordered to evacuate. Two volunteers were injured. The fire broke out in a dense pine forest and in difficult …

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