The 18-year-old British tourist who fell in coma in Malia on the island of Crete died in a hospital in UK. On July 11st, the young woman fell into coma after she had inhaled laughing gas while she was on summer vacation in Malia, a resort popular among young tourists. …
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Bakari Henderson: Eight charged with murder; a brawl for a “selfie”?
One Greek and seven Serbian nationals are been accused to have beaten to death 22-year-old American tourist, Bakari Henderson, in the early morning hours of Friday outside a bar in the tourist resort of Laganas, on the island of Zakynthos. All suspects were taken to prosecutor under security measures on …
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22-year-old US tourist stabbed and beaten to death in Laganas resort, Zakynthos
A 22-year-old US tourist was stabbed and beaten to death in the holiday resort town of Laganas on the island of Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea in the early morning hours of Friday. The victim has been identified as Bakari Henderson from Austin, Texas, a student at Arizona University. The …
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Three elderly hospitalized with heat stroke as temperature reached 45.9C in Crete
Three elderly people have been hospitalized in Herakleio with symptoms of heat stroke. For two of them, doctors considered intubation as necessary, local media report. As a heat wave has been striking Greece since last Thursday, municipalities across the country have opened air-conditioned space for citizens, especially thinking of those …
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Suffering from anorexia, TV presenter Nana Karayianni dies at 38
Journalist and television presenter of lifestyle magazines, Nana Karayianni, was found dead in her apartment in the district of Kypseli in Athens. The 38-year-old talented young woman had been struggling with anorexia nervosa for many years. Her body was found on her bed in her apartment. Her concerned father who …
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Turkish kindergarten children stage July coup play with fake weapons and death
A play involving fake weapons and scenes of death staged by kindergarten children in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri has drawn criticism from the authorities and experts. The play, staged to mark National Sovereignty and Children’s Day on April 23, showed children clashing with each other using fake weapons …
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Steven Cook: Scotland Yard in Crete investigates death causes
Scotland Yard units have traveled to the island of Crete and conduct investigation about the death causes of Steven Cook, the Briton who went missing twelve years ago. According to local media, policemen and experts of UK’s Scotland Yard traveled to the village of Malia and conduct thorough investigation in …
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Film Director Nikos Koundouros passes away at the age of 90
Film director Nikos Koundouros passed away at the age of 90 on Wednesday. He has several health problems, in the last weeks he was hospitalized with serious respiratory issues. He was born on 15 December 1926 in Athens, his family was from Crete. Koundouros studied painting and sculpture at the …
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Music legend Loukianos Kilaidonis passes away at the age of 74
One of Greece’s music legends, composer, songwriter and singer, Loukianos Kilaidonis passed away at the age of 74 his family announced on Tuesday. In the last days, Kilaidonis was hospitalized in an Athens hospital. He had long suffered from heart problems. He died of heart failure and respiratory infection. He …
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Infant dead in Ritsona camp, parents arrested: How many words is a refugee baby worth?
A 2-month-old infant died in Ritsona refugee camp of Saturday, January 28th. The baby was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, respiratory problems and frequently needed oxygen support. Right after the baby’s death, Greek police arrested the parents, Syrians of Kurdish origin, on charges of child neglect. Greek media reported that “the …
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Lesvos: Second refugee dies at the hot spot of Moria
A Syrian refugee was found dead inside a tent at the refugee camp of Moria on the Greek island of Lesvos (Lesbos) on Saturday morning. the incident marks the second refugee death in Moria in a week. According to local media, the 46-year-old man was taken to the hospital of …
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UPD Greece’s biggest pensions fund IKA stops issuing new pensions for those below 67 and thus retrospective 1.1.2015
Greece’s biggest insurance fund for the private sector IKA has apparently stopped issuing pensions due to retirement age, invalidity or death for all those below 67 years of age or for those with less than 4,500 working stamps. According to an exclusive story of daily Eleftheros Typos, IKA will not …
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Two elderly find tragic death as they try to heat their homes in austerity-hit Greece
It is not a secret in Greece of strict austerity that the crisis hits most the elderly with low or very basic pensions. It is not a secret also that in Greece of drastic income cuts and high electricity or heating oil prices, people burn to death or die of …
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Chania: Quadriplegic woman dies after power cut due to debts to PPC
A quadriplegic woman died after Greek Public Power Company cut off the electricity supply due to debts and the life supporting oxygen machine stopped working. The bed-ridden woman was alone at home, when the PPC team came to cut the electricity supply. The life supporting machine worked for one more …
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Man in bank elevator crushed by coins – dead!
A unbelievable accident occurred in an Athens on Tuesday, when a money transport cart overturned inside an elevator and bags full of coins claimed a victim. A 47-year-old security guard. According to Greek media, the security guard was taking the transport cart full of coins in bags from the ground floor …
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UPD Athens: Pakistani man stabbed to death, two Greeks arrested
Police arrested two Greeks suspected of stabbing to death a Pakistani man a couple of hours earlier. One of the suspects is a firefighter, according to a statement issued by police on Thursday. The incident occurred at 3 o’clock in the morning, when the victim, 27, was riding his bicycle in …
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Theo Angelopoulos:”Greece’s Dying Agony Lasts Too Long And Makes Lots of Noise” (Film, 1995)
Greece famous filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer Theodoros Angelopoulos was a sensitive prophet. In his film “Ulysses’ Gaze” (1995) there is a scene between a Greek taxi driver (Thanasis Vegggos) and a Greek film maker (Harvey Keitel) who has return home. In this particular scene, the two men are stuck in …
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