Tag Archives: Halkidiki

High levels of arsenic have been detected in the local water supply of two villages in Halkidiki, northern Greece with the residents of Nea Triglia and Nea Plagia to express their concern. According to the municipality, an additional treatment stage is necessary to remove the arsenic, and installation procedures are …

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The mayor of Sithonia Municipality in Halkidiki has shut down all eleven  playgrounds in his area because none of them have a safety certificate. Mayor Ioannis Mallinis ordered the playgrounds closure and announced it  with a post on social media. Signs on the playground entrances read “Playground closed due to …

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Together with lawyers and a technical consultant, the father of the 19-year-old boy visited the fun park in Pefkohori, Halkidiki, where his son, Yiannis, was killed on Monday. Armed with cameras, the group inspected the site and especially the remains of the “crazy dance” game, a horror game for the …

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A 19-year-old teenager boy was killed on Monday after an accident at a fun park in Halkidiki, northern Greece. The teenager sustained massive head injuries as he was flung from a spinning chair ride when his seat came unstuck. He died on the spot. One of his brothers was on …

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An eight-year-old girl has drowned in the swimming pool of a children summer camp in Halkidiki peninsula, northern Greece, on Tuesday. One arrest within a few hours after the tragedy. Nobody of the camp personnel had taken notice of the girl’s drowning until they started to count the children after …

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In an unprecedented move  a beach bar in Halkidiki, northern Greece, has decided to impose a dress code on its customers after a certain hour of the day. Those who do not comply they can be denied entry! The issue came out after a customer made a reservation for a …

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A tragedy in Halkidiki: A lightning struck and killed a 13-year-old girl on Friday afternoon. Her mother has been slightly injured. According to state broadcaster ERT, the girl was walking with her mother at the beach of Posidi, when the lightning struck around 4:30 p.m. Friday afternoon. An ambulance rushed …

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Winds blowing with intensity of 11 Beaufort swept along the coast of Kassandra leg in Halkidiki peninsula over the weekend damaging pedestrian zones in the villages of the mainly touristic area. Badly affected have been the villages of Siviri, Hanioti, Pefkohori and Polychrono where piers were cracked, trees uprooted and …

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Some 37 tons of olive oil were stolen from the agricultural cooperative in Polygyros, in Halkidiki, northern Greece. The incident took place as the olive oil prices soar to unprecedented levels in the country. The damage worth is estimated to exceed 370,000 euros. According to the Polygyros Olive Oil Cooperative, …

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Four people were injured when a sudden windstorm hit Nea Playia in Halkidiki peninsula in northern Greece on Sunday morning. The squall lasted only a few minutes, however, it was powerful enough to sweep the area including the beach, bringing “everything upside down” as eyewitnesses said, injuring four people and …

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Overtourism in Halkidiki has affected water and electricity supply as well the biological cleaning networks. Black outs are daily, locals, tourists and professionals are angry. Faucets ran dry, the circuit breakers went down and the biological cleaning “short-circuited” for another year in Halkidiki due to overtourism, daily ethnos.gr reported citing …

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A 16-year-old girl suffered an allergic shock after consuming a hot dog at a fast food restaurant in Halkidiki. She felt sick, collapsed and after a while she died, before any help arrived. The tragedy took place in Hanioti, Halkidiki, northern Greece, in the early hours of Wednesday, July 12, …

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A 63-year-old woman, a cruise tourist, died in Ouranoupolis, Halkidiki, when she fainted during lunch in a taverna and the ambulance need 1.15 hour to get there and provide essential aid. It is the third death in Greece due to ambulance delay since Sunday. The woman lost consciousness while in …

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A 36-year-old man shot and killed his 39-year-old wife and then put an end in his own life in Halkidiki peninsula in northern Greece on Monday morning. The tragedy took place in the couple’s home and in front their 8-year-old child that suffered injuries. With injuries in the eyes, the …

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A force of some twenty policemen, the whole force of a local police station in northern Greece, was deployed to evict a disabled elderly man from his home in a village. following orders by the new owner who got the house through an auction launched by a fund. The old …

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A 34-year-old owner of an accommodation in Halkidiki is accused of installing hidden cameras, who allegedly illegally recorded the private moments of vacationers staying there. Investigation by Greek Police was initiated after a complaint by a young couple, at the end of September 2022, they found a camera in a …

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Greek Police has arrested dozens of people at an illegal “factory” of contraband cigarettes located in Lakkoma, Halkidiki. The factory had two full lines for the production, processing and standardization of cigarettes that were filled with tobacco imported from Bulgaria. The factory seems to have been in non-stop operation in …

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The ancient and modern history of Halkidiki, buried in the earth came to light and revealed over 1,000 of ancient graves on the peninsula of Kassandra and Sithonia. The touristic development can overshadow its archaeological wealth, but thanks to it, one of the largest cemeteries of the northern Greek area …

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Greece’s Civil protection has been sending storm alert messages to residents in several regions over “dangerous weather phenomena” due to storm EVA, warning them to limit traveling and to follow authorities instructions. The alert sms via emergency line , have been sent so far (last sms 11 pm Saturday) citizens …

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It started to pour in Volos short before 5 o’ clock Sunday afternoon and within an hour the heavy rainstorm lasted, it flooded main roads, homes and businesses in the capital of the regional unit of Magnisia in Central Greece. Two people were injured.     The phenomenon hit the …

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