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Greek authorities on Sunday rescued a total of 91 people stranded on an islet in Evros river. it is the second large group that stranded in the area in the last 3 days. According to police, a group of “migrants were brought to Greek territory by a smuggler who transported …

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New Democracy leader and former prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been infected with Covid-19 and cancelled a visit to the monks Republic on Mt Athos. It is the second time, Mitsotakis is infected with Covid-19. The first time it was in March 2022 when he was test-positive after a meeting …

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Two cargo vessels collided 9 nautical miles North-North-West of the island of Chios in the eastern Aegean Sea on Friday afternoon. While the Turkish vessel is taking water, its captain has refused aid by the Greek Coast Guard. The vessels with flags of Vanuatu -ANT- and Singapore – POTENTIA- have …

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Greek Police arrested another eight men over the last two days involved in the rape of the 12-year-old girl in Colonos that was pimped by a neighbor. Seven men, 2 Greeks and 5 foreign nationals aged 20 to 52, were arrested on Thursday and were brought to prosecutor on Friday. …

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Former chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA), retired General Michalis Kostarakos, passed away at the age of 67. After a prolonged battle with health issues, he passed away on Friday afternoon at the 424 Military Hospital in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. Kostarakos held the position of GEETHA chief …

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A caravan with over 130 migrants was detected by Greek border guards near the village of Nea Vyssa near the Evros river, the natural border with Turkey, in an area where there is no border fence. A total of 135 immigrants illegally crossed on foot from Turkey to Evros and …

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New cases of both coronavirus and of influenza (flu) dropped slightly over the week of May 22-28, according to the weekly report by the National Public Health Organization (EODY), published on Thursday. Hospital admissions for coronavirus also decreased last week, dropping 2% overall compared to the average weekly for admissions …

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The last of four signatures by leading US Congressmen in foreign relations committees at the Senate and House of Representatives opened the way on Thursday towards the proposed sale of advanced F-35 fighter jets to Greece. According to procedure, the US State Department approached the relevant foreign relations committees to …

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Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency bulletin warning of a weather deterioration with very strong rainfalls and thunderstorms. The bad weather front will mostly affect the Greek South islands Crete, the Cyclades, the Dodecanese and the eastern Aegean. The deterioration is temporary from the morning hours of Friday, …

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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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The plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels voted earlier on Thursday in favor of lifting the immunity two Greek MEPs: Alexis Georgoulis from SYRIZA and Maria Spyraki from New Democracy. Georgoulis has been facing charges for alleged sexual abuse, while Spyraki is under investigation for alleged Georgoulis, an …

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Τwo young men, a Greek and a foreigner, who have been missing since Tuesday in north-eastern Crete were found at a rocky outcrop by volunteers on Thursday morning. The two men left with the lifeguard’s boat from the hotel where they worked in Hersonissos in order to reach the island …

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