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Αn elderly tourist was ran over by a motorcycle early Monday morning as he was walking to a bus stop for the airport to return to his country from the island of Crete. The 75-year-old German national died on the spot and doctors in the hospital could only confirm his …

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A 45-year-old German tourist, who was stranded in an inaccessible mountainous area in the Samaria gorge, in Chania, was taken to the Chania hospital by a rescue helicopter at Friday noon. The man had reportedly ignored all warnings for a hiking amid soaring temperatures The tourist started hiking on Thursday …

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A 67-year-old German hiker who was reported missing on Sunday in Crete has been found dead on Monday. The man was spending vacations with his wife who also alerted authorities about her missing husband. The man’s body was found in a inaccessible area, in a ravine near Sentoni beach, on …

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Two foreign nationals collapsed and died on the island of Crete on Wednesday. The elderly tourists had gone hiking in local gorges amid a heatwave sweeping across the country. A 67-year-old German man was found unconscious at the exit of Mylon gorge by Rethymno short before noon. The man had …

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German tour operator FTI said Monday that it is filing for insolvency protection from creditors, and trips that haven’t yet started will be canceled or scaled back. FTI Group, which describes itself as Europe’s third-biggest tour operator, said parent company FTI Touristik GmbH, was filing an application for the opening …

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A total of 314 German bombs from the second World War were found buried at Elliniko, the old national and international airport of Greek capital Athens. This was revealed by the mayor of Elliniko-Argyroupoli, Giannis Konstantatos, during a press conference on Thursday, aiming to inform residents about the sound of …

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The death of a German expat living permanently in a village by Ierapetra on the island of Crete turned out to be the result of a crime and not of the cancer he was suffering and thus in terminal stage. Police arrested a 45-year-old local man. Exhumation of the body …

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A German tourist found a tragic death on Sunday, when she was swept away by the rough sea in the port of Kyparissia, south Peloponnese. The tragedy took place in front of her husband and pedestrians who were also walking on the pier. The 66-year-old German national was walking with …

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A 62-year-old man was found unconscious above the beach of Preveli in Rethymnon on the island of Crete earlier on Sunday. According to local media ekriti.gr, the man was a German tourist. He was found on the steps leading to the beach. Passersby informed the ambulance service, however, due difficult …

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A German couple threw a dinner party for a whole village to say “thank you” for saving their house from the summer fires on the islands of Rhodes. “A beautiful and touching initiative by a German couple, who have chosen Rhodes as their second home, wanting to thank all the …

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A German woman was found dead in the yard of the house where she lived with her husband in Milina village on the Pelion Mt. in central Greece. Her death was initially attributed to “pathological causes” until autopsy found out that she was shot in the back. Initial doctors’ reports …

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A 55-year-old German tourist died in the early hours of Sunday morning after he jumped out of a window in the Omonia Police Station in central Athens. The man reportedly jumped from a window on the second floor of the building and suffered serious head injuries. According to official police …

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An Austrian man was arrested in eastern Peloponnese, for the rape of a 15-year-old boy, He was teaching the victim German in private lessons. According to local media argolikeseidhseis.gr, the 59-year-old gave private German lessons to the child since a month in the area of Ermionida. In an announcement the …

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A bogus doctor in Greece and his accomplice, a doctor in Germany, have been tricking patients with Multiple Sclerosis convincing them to stop their medication for his alleged “groundbreaking” treatment with fake stem cells injections that were consisting of pure water. Five patients have died. The criminal duet has collected …

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A German and a Polish nationals wanted by Interpol were arrested in Greece and Italy. The two men were involved in serious fraud with a “pyramid scheme” that bought them profit over 28 million euros. A 60-year-old German man and a 49-year-old Polish man for whom Interpol had issued ‘red …

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A big Search And Rescue operation to locate a missing German tourist has been launched police and coast guard in Ierapetra on the island of Crete. The 73-year-old man has been missing since Monday afternoon when he went for a swim in Pachia Ammos beach. According to local media cretalive.gr, …

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The body of a missing German mountain climber was recovered from the Vorizia gorge on the island of Crete on Thursday, The 53-year-old man pn vacations on Crete went missing on September 2 Firefighters and police were alerted on Thursday after a body, believed to be that of the missing …

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The Cretan bully from Mylopotamos has been ordered to temporary detention for the attack of the German family and their exposure to danger a week ago. The 38-year-old gave a testimony that lasted six hours on Friday. He tried to convince the judicial authorities that it was the German tourists …

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Greek authorities arrested a  37-year-old foreign national with an outstanding European arrest warrant issued by German authorities. The arrest took place at the airport of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Wednesday. The man has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for e-mail and telephone fraud amounting to roughly 1.5 million euros. …

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Footage obtained by state broadcaster ERT shows how the Cretan bullies rammed with their 4×4 truck the car of the German tourists, made a turn and literally “ride” on the tourists’ vehicle. It is only due to the persistent intervention of local people who run on the street in the …

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