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A 40-day-old baby got injured when the priest blessing it in the church stumbled and fell. The baby suffered a broken leg and head injuries The incident occurred in the Church of Koimmissi Theotokou in Nikiti, Halkidiki, in Northern Greece. The parents had taken the baby for the special blessing …

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One man died and eight others were injured after a fight between two groups of inmates broke out in the psychiatric unit of maximum-security prison Korydallos in Athens late on Thursday. The inmates had make-shift knives, media report. The fight broke out between Albanian, Russian-speaking Greeks and Georgian inmates. The …

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Several photo-reporters and journalists were attacked, beaten and had their equipment destroyed or stolen by extremists groups, participants of the Macedonia rally, on Sunday. One of the victims was journalist Thomas Iacobi, co-author of a documentary about the Golden Dawn, who attacked and beaten by a group of people while …

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A 4-year-old child died and 27 people were injured when a van transferring migrants collided with a truck on the old national highway Thessaloniki-Kavala on Friday night. Among the injured are five children with the youngest to be a 5-month-old baby. Injured are also two traffickers who are hospitalized guarded.  …

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Twenty people lost their lives in 363 road accidents alone in the Prefecture of Attica only in the month of August, traffic police said on Wednesday. In the same month, 425 people were injured, 13 of them. The main causes of these accidents was a failure to drive with due …

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Two firefighters were injured while they were struggling to extinguish a big wildfire in East Mani, South-West Peloponnese. According to local media, one of the firefighter suffered severe burn injuries on the legs, while the other fell and injured his chest on rock. In a rescue operation with the help …

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A child suffered extensive injuries after it was “blown away” by an airplane that was about to take off from “Alexandros Papadiamantis” airport on the island of Skiathos. The child aged between 10 and 11 was outside the airport together with his father in the area where locals and tourists …

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A 68-year-old man died in KAT hospital in Athens late on Tuesday increasing the death toll in Athens wildfires to rose to 96. Another fire victim, a 63-year-old man, died on Monday. Twenty two days after the deadly fires in Mati and Neos Voutzas in East Attica and 29 people …

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Death toll in Athens wildfires rose to 94, after one more fire victim died in the hospital late on Friday night. The 57-year-old woman was in Thriaseio Hospital in Athens and she was not in intensive care unit. Nineteen days after the deadly fires in Mati and Neos Voutzas in …

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A 42-year-old woman died in the hospital in the early morning hours on Saturday, increasing the death toll in the Athens wildfires to 88. The woman has been intubated and in intensive care unit of KAT hospital since the beginning of the week. She had reportedly suffered extensive burns as …

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An Irish couple on their honeymoon in Greece have been caught up in the devastating wildfires that raged in East Attica, the summer resort coast North-West of Athens. The woman is hospitalized with  severe burns, while her husband remains missing still on Wednesday morning. The couple was staying in a …

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The number of dead and injured in the hazardous fire in East Attica increases by each passing hour. The bodies of six people were found on a hill in the village of Mati late on Monday. The bodies of two little girls were found near the entrance door, the bodies …

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Found an injured   bird or wild animal in the fires in East and West Attica? Please, call animal welfare association for Birds and Wild Animals “Anima” Injured or in trouble Telephone – Mobile: 697 266 4675 for turtles, foxes, hedgehog and others For horses, donkeys etc, call Greek Society for …

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A tragedy is taking place in East Attica on Monday night with dozens injured, hundreds trapped as well as several people dead. A ferry boat rescued a Danish couple from the sea. The tourists had jumped and started swimming for their lives in order to escape the inferno. One man …

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Several people suffered burning injuries and respiratory problems and dozens are trapped in the big wild fire on the mountain of Penteli in East Attica on Monday.  One fire fighter has been transferred to hospital with respiratory problems. Dozens are reportedly trapped in the fire areas, among them are elderly …

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Violent clashes among refugees broke out in the hot spot of Skaramagkas in West Attica in the early morning hours of Tuesday. Involved in the clashes were male refugees from Syria and Kurds. One Jurdish man has been injured, probably stabbed with a knife. The clashes were very violent, involved …

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In an operation that lasted more than twelve hours, members of Greek Rescue Team brought a French climber to safety. The 25-year-old climber got injured and trapped at an altitude of 2,100-2,200 meters in Gavos area on the Mount of Olympos. A total of 16 rescuers took part in the …

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Twenty one days after a young German tourist died on the mountain of Psiloritis by Rethymnon, authorities could finally identify the young man. The body of the 21-year-old has been in the morgue of the hospital of Rethymnon since March 2nd. On March 15, a fire fighter hiking at altitude …

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Four protesters and one photo-reporter were injured when police used violence against members of People’s Unity Party (LAE) and other organizations protesting house auctions. Riot Police had taken place outside the notary office in downtown Athens as early as Wednesday morning. When protesters gathered they attempted to enter the notary …

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Three protesters were injured when clashes broke out between riot police and a crowd of leftists protecting foreclosure and e-auctions. in downtown Athens on Wednesday. Protesters started to push at riot police when the latter did not allow a delegation but only two leading members to visit the notary’s office …

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