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The bodies of five people were recovered from the sea southwest of the island of Gavdos on Saturday after a wooden boat carrying migrants sank in the early hours of the day. This was followed by another two incidents in which the coast guard was called out to rescue migrants …

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A man died in Halkidiki as the storm weather BORA has been hitting also northern Greece since Sunday. The man fell into a deep ditch with his truck and was found 8 hours later, early Monday morning. He most likely died of hypothermia. The 57-year-old man is the third victim …

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Two men died on the island of Lemnos in northern Aegean Sea and residents in several regions including Attica and Rhodes received warning messages of intense weather phenomena and flood as storm weather BORA is sweeping across the country. Lemnos A 57-year-old farmer was found dead by firefighters in the …

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Another tragedy in the Aegean Sea, again off the island of Samos: a speedboat carrying migrants crashed on a rocky beach leaving behind four dead, with the  victims being again women and children. 16 persons have been rescued, while the total number of people onboard is not known. State broadcaster …

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A consumer in Greece found a dead mouse in a package of frozen spinach he had purchased in a supermarket in August. A consumer was upset when he saw a dead mouse in a package of frozen spinach, of a well-known Greek company, that he got from the supermarket. He …

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Greek authorities have recovered the bodies of four people from the sea just off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Rhodes, while another 25 people have been found alive on land after a migrant smuggler allegedly forced his passengers overboard while transferring them from Turkey to Greece, the …

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A three-year-old boy has been shot in the head while in a car with his parents on Friday morning. The bullets came from a gun in a car driving by, initial reports claimed. The toddler did not survive. According to preliminary police information, the incident took place in Markopoulos village …

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One man was killed and one woman was seriously injured following an explosion in an apartment in Ambelokipoi district of central Athens on Thursday afternoon. The dead man was renting the apartment in the third floor of the multi-storey residential building, while there is no information about the woman’s identity. …

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Two people died and 22 have been rescued when a migrant boat sank North-East off the island of Samos in the eastern Aegean Sea in the early morning hours of Monday. The bodies of a man and a woman were recovered from the sea by a vessel of the Greek …

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The bodies of a British couple were found in the house they had been renting for the last nine years in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, at noon on Saturday, October 12, 2024. The bodies were found by the owner of the house who called the police. According to preliminary investigation, there …

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The body of 31-year-old Panathinaikos football player George Baldock was found on Wednesday night in a swimming pool at his home in Glyfada suburb of  southern Athens. The cause of Baldock’s  death has not yet been disclosed, however, police appears to have exclude crime, Greek media reported on Thursday. So …

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Just a week before his 100th birthday, beloved composer Mimis Plessas died last Saturday, his wife Loukila Carrer made known. Plessas’ music featured in scores of films, television shows and theatrical productions and provided the soundtrack to millions of Greeks’ lives. Video: Mimis Plessas Best of Born in Athens on …

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A 29-year-old man was found dead in a cell of the Police station in Omonia in downtown Athens on Tuesday morning. The man, a national of Bangladesh, is the second dead in an Athens police station in less than a week. In the early morning Tuesday, a man was reported …

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Two local residents died, two firefighters were injured, houses were burned down, several acres of forest were extinguished and wildlife was killed as a wildfire has been raging near Xylokastro by Corinth in western Greece in the last 24 hours. The charcoal bodies of two men were found in a …

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Outage in Greece over the “mysterious” death of a Pakistani national in one of the police stations in downtown Athens. Anti-racist organizations, solidarity groups  and left-wing opposition parties Syriza, New Left and MeRA25 speak of “police cover up”. The body of 37-year-old Mohamed Kamran Asik was delivered to his family …

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Four people died early morning Monday when a boat carrying migrants sank off the island of Samos in eastern Greece opposite the Turkish coast. The dead are two girls estimated to be 10-12 years old and two adult women. The number of missing people remains unclear with local media to …

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Dead cows have been washed up on two beaches off the island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea, western Greece. The animals may have been thrown – alive or dead – from a vessel. The first dead cow landed on the beach of Pefkoulia yesterday, Thursday, and the second one …

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65-year-old Dutch tourist who had been missing on the eastern Aegean island of Samos was found dead on Wednesday morning. The body was found by a member of a Dutch rescue team in the area of Panagia Stiliani over the Pythagorio school, local media reported. The woman, Brigitte van Gennip, …

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Tons of dead fish ended up in the port of Volos and other areas, beaches and shores, of Pagasetic Gulf, central Greece, in the last couple of days, spreading an incredible stench and setting on alarm local authorities, residents and tourists. Angry restaurant, cafes and beach bars owners along the …

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Τhe 48-year-old British tourist, who had been missing since Wednesday afternoon on the island of Rhodes, was found dead on a beach of the island. The body was found on Paradisi beach by a passerby late on Thursday who immediately informed the police and the coast guard. Authorities confirmed that …

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