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One Greek woman died and five other members of the Greek community in Beirut were injured during the devastating explosion on Tuesday evening. The initial reports were confirmed by the President of the Greek community Panagiotis Andriotis to state broadcaster ERT TV early Wednesday afternoon. According to ERT, two of …

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Seven people were killed and five were injured early Wednesday morning when a vehicle crashed into the concrete base of a toll booth under construction on the Egnatia Odos highway, in Ardanio, northeastern Greece. The accident occurred on a road section near the town of Alexandroupolis. Police was informed about …

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Sunbathers at Agia Anna on Naxos were stunned to see a loggerhead sea turtle coming ashore. The animal  was injured in the hind legs with fisherman’s hooks. People at the beach rushed to offer help to the injured animal. Bathers rushed to offer the turtle help, with water and cool …

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The times of showing gratitude to essential and front line workers fighting the pandemic are over. The President of the Hospital Workers Union (POEDIN) was injured by the “clapping” hands of the Greek riot police. POEDIN President Michalis Giannakos was injured in the head on Tuesday morning, when tension broke …

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An unprecedented incident has allegedly taken place in the Evros river: National guards and armed vigilantes on patrol have shot and injured one policeman “mistakenly thinking he was a migrant,” media  have been reporting since early Sunday afternoon. According to media reports, a group of national guards and local were …

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Things got out of control in the port of Thermi in the island of Lesvos on Sunday, with locals to block migrants and refugees to disembark from dinghy with a broken engine. Not only did the locals used vulgar expressions and threats against the desperate people, they also attacked two …

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Four student were injured, when riot police used their batons and fired tear gas at protesters outside a hotel where the university deans were holding a meeting. Two of the students have injuries on the head, the other two on the hands. Police went with excessive violence against the protesting …

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One tourist died and two others were injured, one of them seriously, when an all-terrain vehicle ATV collided with a private car on the island of Mykonos on early afternoon Thursday. The fatal accident occurred on the road between Chora and the Airport. According to local media, dead is a …

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One student suffered a head injury during a students’ protest rally in downtown Athens on Thursday. The 19-year-old received first aid on the spot and was transferred to a hospital. The student was reportedly hit by a sound flare when riot police fired tear gas and sound flares against the …

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More than twelve hours after the fire in container in the hot spot of Moria and there was still confusion about the number of dead. Greek Health Ministry issued a statement on Monday morning speaking of only “one dead woman.” While media continued to reproduce the rumors about one dead …

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Greek authorities have launched a manhunt to catch the driver of a vehicle that hit a British couple of tourists in Halkidiki, leaving behind a dead man and an injured woman. Police calls on eyewitness for help to identify the car and the driver. The traffic accident occurred at 8:30 …

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A British woman was injured when two sailing boats collided in the sea area of Perdika on the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf on Friday. On one of the sailing boats, a yacht, there were 8 Romanian nationals, while a British couple was on board of a catamaran …

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Six migrants were killed and ten were injured when a smuggling jeep carrying them through northern Greece crashed into an irrigation ditch. The accident occurred on Monday evening outside the village of Loutra near the northeastern town of Alexandroupolis that is close to the Turkish border. According to local media, …

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A  juvenile refugee died and two others were injured after a 15-yea-old Afghan boy stabbed them in the ward of unaccompanied minors in the hot spot of Moria on Saturday night. It all started shortly after 10pm when groups of young refugees clashed with each other for unknown reason in …

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The body of a missing Greek fisherman was recovered by the Greek Coast Guard early Thursday afternoon some 6 nautical miles off the coast between Sozopolis and Nea Kallikratia. The 62-year-old man, a fisherman by profession, went fishing on Wednesday afternoon just a few hours before the deadly freak storm …

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Six people died and more than 100 were injured when a powerful storm with gale-force winds and a tornado hit the peninsula of Halkidiki in northern Greece on Wednesday night. Majority of the injured and the six dead are tourists. Among the dead are two children. An information about a …

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One swimmer was drowned and a sunbather was injured when a storm suddenly stroke the regions of Patras and Nafpaktos in West Greece. Sunday was sunny with high temperatures and promising as thousands of Greeks spent the day at the sea shores also taking advantage of the bank holiday on …

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A 35-year-old Briton is hospitalized with severe head injuries after a fight outside a bar in the resort of Laganas on the island of Zakynthos. The father of two was transferred to a hospital in Athens due to the severeness of his condition. The victim was beaten by two young …

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An 8-year-old girl was seriously injured by a stray bullet in a village in Thiva on Easter Sunday. Police investigates to identify the owner of the weapon. Howeverr, 48 hours after the tragic incident neither the gun owner has turned himself to police, nor has the police identified him. Together …

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Four people were injured after a lightning stroke the Acropolis of Athens during a thunderstorm on Wednesday afternoon. The injured have been transferred to Evangelismos hospital in the city center. The unprecedented incident occurred around 4:30 in the afternoon. According to preliminary information, the lightning stroke at the ticket counter …

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