March 6, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
An elderly woman is lying naked on a blanket on the hard floor of the parking lot of an apartment building. An ambulance rescuer has grabbed the water hose and is dousing her with cold water. The shocking picture has triggered an outrage and launched the prosecutor’s intervention. The 70-year-old woman …
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July 17, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
“No hazardous substance dangerous for the public, no radioactive, neither chemical nor biological elements were detected at the crash site of the Antonov,” the mayor of Paggaios municipality announced on Sunday. Seven bodies have been located at the site, the last one of the 8-member crew was found on Sunday …
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July 17, 2022
Greece, Politics
The Greek Foreign Ministry on Sunday expressed its deep sorrow to the families of the 8 Ukrainian crew members of the Antonov cargo airplane that crashed near Kavala, northern Greece, late on Saturday night. In a post on Twitter, the Greek Foreign Ministry said: “Profoundly saddened by the news of …
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July 17, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Teams of the Biological Defense Division of the Greek Army are expected to travel to the site of the Antonov crash, due to the existence of a “mysterious” white powder in the area. The white power shattered over the area raises fear of a toxic cargo. The evacuation of a …
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May 29, 2022
Greece, Politics
The two Greek tankers seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Friday have been ordered to sail to the port of Bandar Abbas on the southern coast of Iran on Sunday. According to information, the crews of the vessels are in good health and have had their cell phones returned to …
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August 12, 2021
Very Mix
A British-flagged yacht with 17 people on board sank some 16 nautical miles North-West of the island of Milos in the central Aegean Sea on Thursday morning, the Greek Coast Guard said. Search and Rescue operation is underway. According to preliminary information, passengers and crew jumped into the sea, however, …
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October 26, 2020
Very Mix
All crew members of the Liberia-flagged and Greek-operated tanker “Nave Andromeda” – among them five Greeks – are safe and well, the Greek shipping ministry announced on Monday. British special forces stormed the oil tanker in the English channel on Sunday to wrestle control of the vessel from seven stowaways …
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September 28, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
A cruise ship with 1,000 people on board set sail to the port of Piraeus at Monday noon after 12 crew members are tested positive to Covid-19. Cruiser Mein Schiff 6 had left the port of Heraklio, Crete, on Sunday night. It was sailing off the island of Milos, western …
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August 24, 2020
Very Mix
The 30-year-old crew member who was severely injured during the explosion succumbed to his injuries, media report on Monday afternoon. One of the three injured has been also taken to Intensive Care Unit even though his conditio9n is not described as critical. Four people were injured, one of them seriously, …
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April 2, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
120 seamen, passengers on ferry “Eleftherios Venizelos”, have been tested positive to coronavirus. The infection cases add to another 40 tested positive on the two previous days. The ferry with 383 passengers and crew on board and chartered by a Turkish company remains anchored off the port of Piraeus since …
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March 12, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Very Mix
Passenger ferry “Blue Star Mykonos” was placed in quarantine in the port of the island of Limnos in the early hours of Thursday, after a crew member fell ill with coronavirus symptoms. According to media, the captain of the ferry reported to health authorities that one of his crew was …
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December 13, 2019
Very Mix
Three of the four abducted crew members – among them a Greek national – of the Greek-owned tanker “ELKA ARISTOTLE” have been released following negotiations with the pirates, it was announced on Friday. One crew member from the Philippines had died due to health issues, the shipping company said. After …
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December 4, 2019
Very Mix
Under adverse weather conditions, the Greek Coast Guard successfully rescued all 14 crew members of Liberia-flagged cargo vessel “NEW LEO” on Wednesday. Due to a mechanical failure, the vessel was sailing uncontrolled between the islands of Lesvos and Skyros in the Aegean Sea. The vessel was loaded with steel. Shifting …
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November 4, 2019
Economy
Pirates attacked a Greek oil tanker off the coast of Togo in the early hours of Monday and fled after taking four crew members -among them one Greek- as hostages. The company confirmed the kidnapping on Monday afternoon. Of the kidnapped crew members, two are Filipinos, one is Greek and …
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September 19, 2018
Video GRID
In a dramatic rescue at high sea and in the darkness of the night, an injured Belgian woman was transferred to safety and to a hospital in Athens. A Super Puma helicopter of the Greek Air Force undertook the difficult mission to transfer the 25-year-old woman from the yacht “Viridiana” …
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July 15, 2018
Turkey-GR
A crew of Turkish state TRT broadcaster was briefly detained in the city of Alexandroupolis, Northern Greece, late Saturday. A cameraman, a reporter and a transportation officer were detained and held in a police station for three hours before they were released. The group had some test shootings in the …
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November 16, 2012
Culture, Uncategorized
The actors and the Greek-Albanian director of the “Corpus Christi” theater performance will be tried for blasphemy after a complaint filed by Bishop of Piraeus Seraphim. The artists face criminal charges of insulting religion and malicious blasphemy. District Attorney of Athens prosecutes the troupe after the lawsuit of Bishop of Piraeus who claims ‘religion is …
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