May 15, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 75-year-old British woman who went missing on the island of Telendos on April 30 was found dead. Her body was located in an inaccessible area in Agia Triada on the island on Monday, May 15. The British woman was on the island of Kalymnos together with her husband for …
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September 4, 2022
Very Mix
A British man has been charged in Thessaloniki with several offenses after his flight from London to Cyprus was diverted, police said. One of the charges, a felony, is endangering transportation and passenger and crew safety. The charges were pressed after the 22-year-old man faced a prosecutor Saturday. The easyJet …
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July 21, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A 22-year-old British tourist has been admitted to the intensive care unit in Zakynthos General Hospital after being severely beaten in the island’s port area. The young man received multiple blows to the head and was taken to hospital with serious head and brain injuries. He was intubated. This latest …
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July 6, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A British tourist suffered brain injuries when the turbine blast from an airplane knocked her to the ground. The plane was taking off from the airport of Skiathos. The incident occurred less than a month when the blast of another airplane blew an elderly man into the sea, and triggered …
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January 31, 2022
Arts, Culture
Internationally acclaimed British historian and award-winning author Mark Mazower was sworn in as a Greek citizen on Monday, in recognition of his “exceptional contribution” to Greece. At a special event, 63-year-old Mazower was sworn in as a Greek citizen by Interior Minister Makis Voridis. Specializing in Balkan and Greek history, …
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July 12, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
British tourists tested positive to Covid-19 and ordered to isolate in a quarantine hotel on the island of Zakynthos fled the facility and attempted to travel back to UK. The four British women were on holiday in Zakynthos, when they developed mild coronavirus symptoms and underwent rapid tests the previous …
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May 11, 2021
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A 20-year-old British mother was brutally murdered during a violent burglary in the family’s home in Glyka Nera suburb in North-East Athens on Tuesday morning. The woman was found strangled in her bed with her 11-month-old baby laying next to her. The baby was unharmed. Her Greek husband was tied …
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February 26, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, Uncategorized
The first case of the so-called Uganda mutation of Covid-19 was detected in Greek capital Athens on Thursday. Scientists believe that the Uganda mutation behaves similar to the British mutation. The total number of British and South African mutations have reached 1052. The Uganda mutation “Lineage A.2.3.1” has been identified …
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January 31, 2021
FEATURED, Very Mix
Authorities investigate the mysterious death of a 74-year-old British expat whose body was found in his sank sailing boat in the port of Souda near Chania on the island of Crete. The sank yacht was discovered early morning Sunday near Vlite by fishermen. The body of the man was recovered …
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September 24, 2020
weather
A British tourist was injured when a tree fell during a storm on her tent in Giannitsochori by Ilia in the early morning hours of Thursday. A wind hose hit the camping site while the woman was sleeping. According to local media, the woman suffered fractures in the legs and …
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August 31, 2020
Very Mix
Tragedy on the island of Corfu: A British national was found dead in the sea area of Avlaki in the north-east of the island in the Ionian Sea. According to preliminary information, the woman was hit by the propeller of a speed boat. Vessels of the Coast Guard have recovered …
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August 26, 2020
Very Mix
An aircraft flying the route Istanbul-Manchester made an emergency landing at the airport of the island of Corfu on Wednesday evening after a passenger ran amok. Due to an “emergency” situation, the aircraft was exceptionally allowed to land at the airport I. Kapodistrias as Greek airports are closed to flights …
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August 25, 2020
Very Mix
Greek Air Force deployed a Super Puma helicopter to rescue a British climber from a gorge on the island of Samothrace. The man was hiking with a friend when he fell into the rocks of the gorge, in a depth of some 10 meters. He remained trapped for two days, …
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August 8, 2020
Very Mix
A 65-year-old British tourist drowned Saturday noon at the beach of Stalida by Heraklio on the island of Crete. The man was found dead a few meters away from the beach. According to local media information, the lifeguard on duty at the beach saw a man floating face down in …
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July 15, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
The first direct flight from UK landed at Ioannis Kapodistrias airport on the island of Corfu at 2 o’ clock Wednesday afternoon. To honor the first UK landing after the pandemic lockdown, two fire service vehicles formed a welcome water arch. The only scheduled flight for Wednesday was from Birmingham …
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October 25, 2019
Very Mix
A 65-year-old British woman died in a fire in her home in Glyfada suburb of Athens, the Fire Service said in a statement. The fire broke out in the early morning hours of Friday, around 2 a.m. Fire fighters found the woman’s body after they had extinguished the fire. Χωρίς …
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September 26, 2019
Tourism
Corfu, September 24,2019: “Security personnel asked Thomas Cook clients to either check out immediately by 12 o’ clock noon or pay 50 euros per person, per room and per night.” The complaint was posted by British tourist Hayley Amie Hook on his Facebook page. The incident apparently took place, on …
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September 25, 2019
Very Mix
A British man ran over his wife with the family car on the island of Skiathos late on Tuesday night, after a night out. The 58-year-old woman, also a British national, died on the spot. The couple have been living in Panorama area on the island for quite some time, …
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September 11, 2019
Very Mix
The body of the young British hiker who went missing in Northern Greece on Sunday, September 8th 2019, was found on Wednesday. The body was found in a difficult to access mountainous area “Astraka” on Pappigos Mountain in Epirus. According to local media information, the 26-year-old man had most likely …
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September 2, 2019
Very Mix
Greek authorities have launched a manhunt to catch the driver of a vehicle that hit a British couple of tourists in Halkidiki, leaving behind a dead man and an injured woman. Police calls on eyewitness for help to identify the car and the driver. The traffic accident occurred at 8:30 …
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