Two minors were remanded custody after they were charged with the attempted rape of a 14-year-old classmate. The schoolboys were arrested along with three more in the city of Corinth in North Peloponnese on Thursday The arrest of the five schoolboys, aged 13 to 16, followed the complain of the …
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Domestic violence: Man abducts ex wife, rapes her and sets her hair on fire
A 28-year-old woman experienced the sheer horror when the ex husband abducted her, beat her and raped her and threatened to set her on fire thus put her hair on fire with a lighter. The new shocking case of domestic violence took place in Corinth, north-eastern Peloponnese, when the 33-year-old …
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UPDATE: 6.5-year-old girl drowned in Corinth; father arrested
A 6.5-year-old girl was found unconscious under a boat at the beach of Kalamaki in the Saronic Gulf of Isthmia by Corinth on Monday afternoon. Authorities arrested the father, a foreign national, on Tuesday. According to a statement by the Greek Coast Guard, the body of the girl was discovered …
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Corinth Canal to reopen for shipping in July following repair works
The Corinth Canal will reopen for ships in July, the Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations SA (HCAP) said on Wednesday. The reopening will be temporary, though, over the summer and will shut down again for a few months in autumn in order to complete repair works and stabilize the …
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Forest fires rage on Rhodes, Ilia and Corinth; village evacuated
A forest fire is raging on the island of Rhodes near the village Soroni on Tuesday and there is fear the blaze could get out of control due to strong winds blowing in the area. The blaze on Rhodes is only one of the three forest fires raging on Tuesday. …
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Repair works on Corinth Canal to start in Jan 2022
Work on the walls and basin of the Corinth Canal will begin in January 2022, Deputy Environment & Energy Minister Nikos Tagaras said last Thursday. The canal was shut down in January 2021 and remains closed to sea traffic ever since after the last of a series of landslides made …
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The “invisible” forest fire victims: Wildlife, abandoned pets and farming animals
Thousands of wildlife, farming animals, pets, stray cats and dogs were burned to death or injured at the forest fire on Gerania Mountains and West Attica last week. Volunteers who went there to help found a landscape of horror, while the government and the mainstream media cheered that there were …
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Gov’t to financially support fire stricken citizens in Corinth and Attica
Interior Minister Stelios Petsas announced on Sunday an immediate economic support of 600 euros to the fire stricken citizens in the region of Corinth and western Attica for their first needs Additional aid of up to 6,000 euros for household appliances is yobe given, after the recording of the damages. …
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Corinth wildfire buns down over 4,000 ha dense pine forest protected by NATURA 2000
Two more settlements west of Megara were evacuated on Friday noon as the forest wildfire kept burning for the second day and the winds pushed it to the East. Residents of Papagianneika and Kalkani were ordered to leave their homes as preventive measure while the fire was some 7 km …
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Forest fire smoke covers Athens, reaches islands in the Aegean Sea
Smoke from the forest fire in north-eastern Corinth covered Greek capital Athens and reached also distanced islands in the Aegean Sea. The smell of burning wood filled the air in the Greek capital that was also covered with a yellowish-grey cloud that affected visibility and covered also the Acropolis. The …
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Protests after Kurdish asylum seeker commits suicide in Corinth camp
Refugees in the camp in Corinth, northern Peloponnese staged widespread protests on Saturday, following the suicide of a Kurdish asylum seeker. Protesters set up mattresses and other flammable material on fire and threw stones and other items at the fire fighters and police officers who rushed to the camp, local …
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Earthquake rattles with 4.2R Corinth and Athens
An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale rattled Corinth at 6 o’ clock early Friday morning. The tremor was felt in surrounding area but even in Athens, some 50 km away, in the East. The epicenter of the earthquake was in the sea area, east from the Alkyonides islets, …
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Sofiko: Settlements, monastery evacuated after forest fire breaks out in the middle of the night
Several settlements and one monastery were evacuated short before Friday down in the area of Sofiko by Corinth after a huge fire in a forest area. The fire broke out in the area of Agios Vlasis 10 minutes before 3 o’ clock in the morning and for currently unknown reasons. …
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Thousands evacuated as fire rages by Corinth; 111 forest fires in two days
4,000 people from settlements and 800 children’s summer camps have been evacuated due to the forest fire in Kehries by Corinth that has been raging since Wednesday noon burning the wonderful pine forest of the area, agricultural land, houses and animals. Images from hell in Athikia Media report that 10 …
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Forest fire in Kehries out of control, settlements, children’s camp evacuated
Three settlements and one children’s summer camp were evacuated early afternoon Wednesday after the forest fire in Kehries by Corinth in eastern Peloponnese went out of control due to powerful winds. Residents of Galataki, Zimens and Agios Konstantinos as well as the children of the camp were transferred to safe …
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Adventurous cat rescue from a power pole in Corinth (video)
A rescue operation was launched for a cat trapped on top of a power column in Corinth. All previous efforts to get the frightened kitty down had failed. When the rescuer reached out to the cat, the frightened animal made a surprise move. Initially, pupils from a nearby school tried …
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Grazing Bull runs wild and kills farmer, shot dead by police
An odd story: Out of the blue a grazing bull run wild and allegedly killed a farmer in a village of Ancient Corinth, North-East Peloponnese. The 72-year-old died immediately after the bull attacked him, “nailing his horns into his belly” local media report. The victim was returning home after visiting …
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Medicane Zorbas floods homes and businesses in Peloponnese (videos)
Homes and businesses located in the path of Medicane Zorbas stand under water in towns and villages of Peloponnese as the Mediterranean cyclone is sweeping across Greece. Unprecedented volumes of water poured down in short times and brought rivers and streams to swell, swept away vehicles, turned streets into rivers …
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Police arrests smuggler with Aphrodite statue stolen from Santorini Museum
Greek authorities have arrested an antiquities smuggler who was about to sell a 2,000-year-old marble statue of ancient goddess of love Aphrodite and other antiquities stolen from the Museum of Santorini island. Police arrested the 43-year-old Greek in the seaside town of Loutraki in the Gulf of Corinth on Tuesday …
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4.6R earthquake strikes strikes Central Greece on New Year’s Eve
An earthquake with a magnitude 4.6 on Richter scale rattled Athens and central Greece early Sunday morning, witnesses said, with no immediate reports of damage. The epicenter of the earthquake was in the coast of Dombraina, 86 km west of Athens at 6.02 am (0402 GMT) and 33 km north-west …
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