March 6, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
One more body was identified on Monday, almost a week after the deadly train crash. DNA samples matched showed that the body belonged to a 33-year-old national of Bangladesh, who was living and working in Greece. The 33-year-old lived in Greece for about ten years and earned his living by …
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March 6, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
The station master of Larissa was remanded in custody after a testimony that lasted over seven hours until late on Sunday. The 59-year-old man is being charged with endangering transport safety and multiple counts of negligent homicide and bodily harm. The transport safety charge, a felony, potentially carries a life …
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March 1, 2023
Society, Very Mix
Hellenic Train, the private company managing the passengers transfer in Greece, announced on Wednesday that all of the company’s routes are cancelled as of 12 o’ clock noon, March 1, 2023. These routes also include the routes of the Athens Suburban Proastiakos. The company did not say until when the …
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March 1, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias on Wednesday to expressed his condolences over the tragic railway accident in Tempi, central Greece. He later posted on Twitter: Yunanistan’da meydana gelen tren kazası nedeniyle mevkidaşım Dendias’ı arayarak taziye dileklerimizi ilettik. Yunan devletinin ve halkının acısını paylaşıyoruz. Spoke …
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March 1, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
At least 36 people have been killed, 66 injured and many are missing still hours after high-speed passenger train IC 62 with 352 people on board collided with a freight train coming from the opposite direction. Firefighters, army units, rescuers, police are struggling to locate passengers under the tons of …
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January 7, 2021
Greece, Turkey-GR
A Greek and a Turkish Coast Guard boat collided near the rocky islets of Imia in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday morning when the Turkish vessel rammed the Greek one which was patrolling the area, according to the Greek Coast Guard late on on Wednesday. The Greek newly-built Rafnar type …
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November 11, 2020
Very Mix
Four people died and one is missing after the collision of a Greek tanker with a Turkish fishing boat in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The accident took place 15 nautical miles from Karatas, off the port of Adana in the Turkish South-West coast at 05:50 on Wednesday morning. Following the …
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October 27, 2020
FEATURED, Very Mix
Two sailors were injured when a container ship rammed a minesweeper of the Greek Navy outside the port of Piraeus in the Saronic Gulf on Tuesday morning. Minesweeper KALLISTO was heavily damaged in the stern and took in water, crew members fell into the sea and suffered minor injuries. The …
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October 23, 2019
Refugees
One toddler drown, another one and one man are missing, and nine people got injured when a vessel of the Greek Coast Guard rammed a boat carrying refugees and migrants off the island of Kos in the early morning hours of Wednesday. On board of the boat were 34 people. …
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November 9, 2018
World
The crew on board of the Norwegian frigate KNM Helge Ingstad have ignored multiple warnings sent not only by the Greek-owned tanker Sola but also by maritime traffic authorities based at nearby Fedje, local media report. The frigate responded at least once to the warnings, claiming they “had control.” They …
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November 8, 2018
Economy
A race against time is underway in the North Sea with huge efforts to prevent a Norwegian frigate from sinking. A Greek-owned crude oil tanker collided with frigate KNM Helge Ingstad off Norway last night. Aerial footage of the KNM Helge Ingstad taken at various points today by #Norway Coastal …
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May 4, 2018
Turkey-GR
Turkish cargo ship KARMATE rammed Greek gunboat “Armatolos” despite warnings it was on collision course. The incident took place at 4 o’ clock Friday morning South-East off Lesvos within Greek territorial waters. The Turkish-flagged ship had deviated form its original course and fled into Turkish territorial waters. The gunboat was …
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September 6, 2017
Very Mix
Two passengers were injured when high speed catamaran Sea Jet 2 collided with the pier while it was docking at the port of the island of Sifnos in central Aegean Sea. The accident occurred on Wednesday morning when Sea Jet 2 was trying to dock. According to the Greek Coast …
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August 21, 2017
World
Greek shipping company Stealth Maritime Corporation confirmed Monday afternoon the collision of one of its oil tankers, ALNIC MC, with Missile destroyer, US Navy vessel USS JOHN S MCCAIN off the coast of Singapore in the early morning. In a statement uploaded on its website, the company said: Stealth Maritime …
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April 26, 2017
Very Mix
Greece has the highest rate of deaths in the European Union due to single-vehicle collisions (SVC), or a road accident in which only one vehicle is involved. According to the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) – a Brussels-based non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the numbers of road deaths and injuries …
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April 29, 2013
Very Mix
Two cargo vessels collided in the early morning hours of Monday with one of them to have sunk 78 nautical miles south west of Methoni, Peloponnese. Cargo ship “PiriReis” under Cook Islands flag with 17 Syrian seamen crew “sunk within 7 minutes” survivors said according to Greek media. Eight seamen …
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