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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Crete Mπαλωθιές: Young man dies after bullets cut power cable
Α young man on the island of Crete found a tragic death when he shot in the air following the dangerous custom of μπαλωθιές to express joy at his cousin engagement celebration. The 25-year-old man was fatally injured when he fired shots in the air, the bullets cut a power …
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8-month-old baby found dead; police seeks underage mother
An 8-month-old baby girl was found dead in Westen Achaia, Peloponnese on Thursday morning. Authorities are looking for the mother, a 15-year-old, who is reportedly deaf and has health problems. According to information obtained by local media pelop.gr, the infant was found unconscious by the mother’s partner and the grandfatherin …
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Baby dies in car: Autopsy report; father’s first statement
Accumulation of fluid in the lungs, which caused pulmonary edema, was listed as the cause of death in the forensic report released on Wednesday for the 5.5-month-old baby girl that died after having been forgotten by her father in the car for several hours. The autopsy was carried out at …
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5.5-month-old baby dies after father “forgets” it in his car
A 5.5-mont-old baby was found dead in western Greece early Tuesday afternoon. The father had allegedly “forgot” it in his car in the morning and went to work. Hours later he returned to the car to find the infant dead. Αccording to local media artinos.gr, the father allegedly forgot the …
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Dogs maul elderly woman to death in western Athens
An elderly woman found a horrible death after she was mauled by seven dogs in a “scrap facility” in Ano Liosia suburb of western Athens on Holy Saturday morning. The 68-year-old woman was reportedly found dead in a field along the NATO Avenue. According to media information, the woman was …
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Chief traffic manager of OSE dies in traffic accident VIDEO
The chief traffic manager at the Greek Railways Organization (OSE), Konstantinos Chrysagis, died following a motorcycle crash on Sunday. The 66-year-old died instantly on the spot. he was a key person in investigations for the deadly train collision in Tempi. According to traffic police, the accident took place at the …
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American couple missing in Peloponnese found dead
The elderly American couple, David and Lucretia Robinson, missing in Methoni, south Peloponnese, was found dead on Friday. Their bodies and their car were located in a ravine 200 meters deep on the Taygetos mountain. According to local media, the bodies were outside the vehicle, some 80 meters away from …
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Greece Train Collision: 36 dead, 66 injured, many still missing (videos)
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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Prosecutor investigates death of 2.5-year-old girl in municipality nursery
The Health Ministry and the prosecutor against life crimes in Thessaloniki have ordered ordered an urgent investigation into the causes of the death of a 2.5-year-old girl at a municipality nursery of the city in northern Greece.. An employee at the Agios Stylianos nursery found the girl with severe breathing …
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Three dead, many missing after migrants’ boat crashes into Lesvos rocks (video)
Greece’s Coast Guard has recovered the bodies of two women and one man after a boat carrying migrants crashed into rocks on the island of Lesvos on Tuesday morning. So far 19 people have been rescued and more are missing as survivors said there were a total of 41 people …
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3 children, one woman die when migrants’ boat capsizes off Leros
Three children and a young woman died when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the island of Leros early Sunday morning. The body of the woman, estimated age 17-20, was found floating in the water. The children, two boys aged 5 and a 4-year-old girl, were alive but in serious …
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Second F-4 pilot confirmed dead; Crash scenarios
The pilot of the F-4 Phantom has died after the fighter jet crashed in the Ionian Sea in western Greece, the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) confirmed early Wednesday afternoon. According to a HAF statement, analysis of evidence from the crash site confirmed that Captain Efstathios Tsitlakidis, 31, died in the …
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Constantine Glücksburg, ex king of Greece, dies at 82
Former king of Greece, Constantine Glücksburg, passed away at the age of 82 in a private hospital in Athens late on Tuesday. He was suffering from several health issues, and had been hospitalized in the past seven days. He had recently a brain stroke and a year ago he was …
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December traffic accidents in Attica: 13 dead, 603 injured
A total of 13 people died and another 603 were injured in 511 traffic accidents in December in the Attica, Attica Region traffic police headquarters said on Tuesday. Of the 603 injured, 13 were severely injured and 590 lightly so. According to the traffic police, the main causes of accidents …
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17-year-old boy shot dead in Mandra, West Attica
A 17-year-old boy was shot dead and his body was found with a fatal head injury in Mandra village, west Attica. The body was found by a passer-by at 5 p.m. early Thursday evening. A bullet casing was found next to the body. According to preliminary information, the victim was …
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Three dead after elderly drives wrong on Athens highway
An elderly woman, her co-passenger and a motorcyclist died on Monday, when the woman entered the Athens-Corinth highway in the wrong direction. According to local media korinthostv, a car driven by an elderly woman entered the National Highway in the direction of Korinthos and collided with a motorcycle. The traffic …
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Missing woman in Crete floods found dead; compensation for damages
The woman who had been missing in the floods of seaside resort Agia Pelagia by Heraklio, Crete, was found dead in the sea by divers on Sunday morning. It was drones that had spotted her body among rubble swept by the rushing waters through the village into the sea. The …
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One dead, two missing as torrential rains hit and flood Crete (videos, picts)
One person has died and at least two others are missing after torrential rainfalls hit the island of Crete on Saturday morning. Homes and businesses have been flooded, streets turned into mud rivers, vehicles have been swept away, bars, restaurants and supermarkets landed in the sea, when the sky opened …
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Turkish fishing boats escorted migrants’ dinghy to Greece, say survivors
Turkish fishing boats allegedly escorted the dinghy carrying migrants into Greek territorial waters, survivors of the wreck told Greek authorities on the island of Lesvos. The dinghy was escorted by two or three fishing boats from the moment it set off from a village near Ayvalik on the Turkish west …
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