A big Search And Rescue operation has been launched by the Greek Coast Guard after it was alerted on a shipwreck with over 100 migrants on board of a sailing boat carrying them from Turkey to Europe via Greece. According to preliminary reports, there are injured passengers and at least …
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Thessaloniki Fire: Two intubated, 11 injured, dozens evacuated (video)
Over 44 people were evacuated, eleven people have been rushed to hospitals and two have been intubated after a big fire broke out in the building housing the Thessaloniki Chamber of Industry, on Aristotelous Square in the center of the city in northern Greece. The fire broke out short before …
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Student injured by flash grenade fired by riot police in Thessaloniki (video)
A student of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki lays on the ground as blood is flowing under his head. The young man was hit by a flash grenade fired directly at him by a riot policeman on Thursday afternoon. The injured youn man is surrounded by co-students as they all awaiting …
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Four more ethnic Greeks killed in east Ukraine; fatalities rise to 10 (UP)
Four more ethnic Greeks are killed in eastern Ukraine raising the total fatalities to ten on a single day. The Greek Foreign MInistry announced late on Saturday that four more ethnic Greeks were killed in Sartana, eastern Ukraine. Another four were killed Saturday afternoon in the village of Bugas, some …
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Two ethnic Greeks killed, another 6 incl. a child injured in Russian airstrike in East Ukraine
At least two ethnic Greeks were killed and another six including one child were injured in the outskirts of the village Sartana in eastern Ukraine, the Foreign Ministry in Athens announced early Saturday afternoon, confirming media reports a little earlier. Initially media reported of three dead. According to the correspondent …
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Greece FM summons Ukrainian Ambassador over killing of one ethnic Greek, injuring of two
Greece’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to deliver a demarche requesting clarifications over the death of an ethnic Greek and the serious injury of two more members of ethnic Greeks community in an incident involving Ukrainian soldiers in the village Granitna, in Ukraine’s east near the border with Russia. …
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Two ethnic Greeks killed, two injured by Ukrainian soldiers
Two ethnic Greeks were fatally shot and two others were seriously injured by three Ukrainian soldiers in the village of Granitna, near the country’s eastern border with Russia, the Greek Foreign ministry said on Monday. The ministry said the incident took place after an argument over an “insignificant matter.” No …
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Rescue operation to save sick mammal stranded at Athens beach (videos)
A huge rescue operation has been launched at the Eden beach of Palaio Faliro in south Athens since early Friday morning to save the life of an injured and sick mammal. The whale appeared in the swallow waters of Batis part of the beach early Friday morning. It looks as …
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Two kitchen workers injured when false ceiling collapse in Evangelismos hospital
Two workers were injured, when the false ceiling in the kitchen of Greece’s biggest hospital Evangelismos in Athens collapsed on Wednesday afternoon. One of the workers had to be treated in the hospital due to injuries suffered in the head and the neck. the other worker suffered some minor injuries …
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Two children die, toddler seriously injured in house fire in Kamatero, NW Athens
Τwo children died and a toddler was seriously injured in a house fire in Kamatero suburb of North-West Athens on Tuesday morning. The bodies of two boys aged 12 and 13 were found in the bedroom by fire fighters called to the scene by neighbors. The 2-year-old child was carried …
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7 migrants killed, 8 injured when car crashes at Egnatia highway during police chase
Seven migrants were killed and another eight were injured when the car that was transporting them crashed on Egnatia highway by Xanthi in northern Greece. Two of the injured are reportedly in critical condition. According to local media, the mini van was driving on the Komotini-Xanthi section, when police made …
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One rail worker killed, two injured in accident due to breaks failure
One worker at the Urban Train ISAP died and two workers were injured when the maintenance wagon collided with a train early morning Tuesday. Due to a breaks failure the rail grinder was reportedly running on the track with a speed of over 50 km per hour. The workers were …
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“Heroes” in August, “troublemakers” in November: Riot police attacks firefighters (videos)
With tear gas and water canon, riot police attacked firefighters who staged a peaceful protest on Friday demanding better pay and working conditions as well as permanent work contracts. One protester, a seasonal firefighter, has been injured from sound flares and may have one finger ambutated. Five protesters were detained. …
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Greek police shoot dead unarmed young Roma man; seven officers arrested
Greek police shot dead an unarmed 20 year-old man and injured a 15-year-old teenager after a car chase in Perama,western Attica, early morning Saturday. Seven police officers involved in the shooting have been arrested for intentional homicide. A second teenager fled the scene. The driver and the two minor passengers …
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Earthquake Crete: 20 people injured, 60% of homes & businesses collapsed or damaged
The earthquake on the island of Crete on Monday morning has, so far, left behind one dead, twenty people injured, dozens of homeless, hundreds of damaged houses and businesses and damaged infrastructure. The powerful earthquake stroke with 6 R at 9:17 on Monday morning with its epicenter being very close …
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Riot police beats, injures young and old protesting wind turbines on Tinos
At least seven people, among them elderly, were injured when riot police beat young and old protesting the installation of wind turbines project on the island of Tinos in the central Aegean Sea. Hundreds of locals had gathered at the port of the island in the early morning hours of …
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Tourist injured by speedboat at Laganas on Zakytnhos
A tourist was injured in Zakynthos on Wednesday when a speedboat hit him while swimming, the Coast Guard said on Thursday. The 51-year-old man, whose nationality was not revealed, was swimming at the popular Lagana beach when the accident happened. The boat that hit him was driven by a 36-year-old …
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Priest attacks 7 bishops with acid liquid, at least 9 people injured
Α priest attacked seven bishops with acid liquid and sent them injured to the hospital. The unprecedented incident took place during a session of the Synodical Court at Petraki Monastery in Athens on Wednesday. Injured are seven bishops, two of them in critical condition, one policeman and one lawyer, both …
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Rhodes: 18-year-old tourist heavily injured after falling from villa roof top
An 18-year-old tourist has been seriously injured and is hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the hospital of the island of Rhodes since early morning hours of Friday. The teenager from Germany had fallen from the roof top of a villa she and her friends have been renting in …
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Police officer injured when youngsters throw stones during corona-crowding checks
One police officer was slightly injured when a crowd of angry youngsters threw stones at a patrol vehicle called to disperse a so-called ‘spontaneous corona-party.’ The incident took place near the Tae Kvo Do stadium in Palaio Faliro, southern Athens around 9:30 Sunday night, short after the night curfew 9 …
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