June 14, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A big search and rescue operation is underway off south Peloponnese after a fishing boat carrying dozens of migrants capsized and sank on early Wednesday morning. So far, 32 bodies have been recovered and 104 people have been rescued, while there are fears for dozens of missing. UPDATE Death toll …
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June 12, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A councilor of Kalamara municipality made a macabre finding when he inspected the construction of a street along Navarinou street in the area: the new way was paved with tombstones from graveyards and they had not even removed the inscription with the names of the deceased. The issue received big …
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February 22, 2023
FEATURED, Very Mix
Albania has seized an oil tanker carrying 22,500 tons of oil suspected of coming from Russia and arrested the crew for breaching a Western embargo, Albanian police said on Monday. The Liberian-registered oil and chemical tanker was seized in the coastal town of Durres. “From the first steps of investigation …
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August 26, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
An incredible incident took place in Kalamata when a group of 13 Muslim tourists dressed in traditional costumes were touring the city in southern Peloponnese. They were detained following Islamophobic posts on social media claiming that Taliban had come to the city or that there was a secret plan for …
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December 16, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
The wife of the Greek Prime Minister, Mareva Grabowski-Mitotakis came under fire on Wednesday after it was revealed that she traveled through half of the country along with members of the fashion house Dior to visit a private museum in southern Peloponnese. The visit of Grabowski-Mitsotakis and members from Dior to …
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December 4, 2019
Social
The City Council of Kalamata decided to suspend the pilot program of 5G network fearing possible negative effects on citizens’ health. In fact, it was a group of citizens who protested the advanced wireless technology speaking of “the experiment 5G” in their city and forced the elected local authorities to …
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November 5, 2019
Video GRID, weather
“It was a sudden loud noise and we saw the wind lifting heavy objects of 60 kilos. We did not know what to do,” said the owner of Papadimiriou factory in Thuria by Kalamata in southern Peloponnese. The sixty workers of the factory were in panic, window glasses broke. “It …
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September 24, 2019
Video GRID, weather
A whirlwind swept over the city of Kalamata on Tuesday and created havoc, at the same time when a storm was striking the city in South-West Peloponnese. It was short after 2 o’ clock in the afternoon, when the whirlwind started to be formed and move towards the city. The …
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April 29, 2019
Social
A 53-year-old cameraman was killed by a flare on Easter Sunday while he was filming the custom of flares war in Kalamata, south Peloponnese. Kostas Theodorakakis was filming the event when a flare hit him on the head. He was immediately transferred to the local hospital when he passed away …
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September 24, 2018
Greece, Politics
SYRIZA lawmaker Petros Konstantineas was beaten and slightly injured by a group of people over the Macedonia issue. The incident took place outside the hangout of ‘Bulldogs’, supporters of local football club “Blck Storm” in Kalamata, Peloponnese, on Sunday afternoon. The MP had just left a football match and was …
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April 13, 2018
Social
A mother abandoned her four under-aged children to the prosecutor’s office citing “economic reasons.” The 35-year-old woman reportedly walked in the Justice building of Kalamata, south Pelopponnese, at Thursday noon together with her four children. The oldest is 9 years old and the youngest just 10 months old. The mother …
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April 7, 2018
animals
A dog had to be euthanized after he got seriously injured in an unbelievable incident of animal abuse and torture. Some thugs put a fire cracker into the mouth of the poor creature and kept the jaw closed until… The primitive monsters fled but the poor dog was left behind …
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February 14, 2018
Greece, Politics
Former finance minister and controversial political figure Yanis Varoufakis revealed the name of the political party with which the pan-European movement DiEM25 will contest elections in Greece. And the name of DiEM25’s Greek political party is…. We have white smoke! DiEM25’s members overwhelmingly approved the name of our new Greek …
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January 6, 2018
animals
Blessing the Waters and release white doves to symbolize the Holy Spirit? Greek religious ceremonies are nice if the doves are alive. In Kalamata, however, the mayor released one dove, a dead dove that fell like a rocket into the water instead of flying high in the sky and bring …
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January 3, 2018
Very Mix
A T-2 training aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force crashed and broke into two south of Kalamata in Peloponnese on Wednesday noon. The two-man crew managed to save themselves abandoning the aircraft with parachute in a height of 800 ft. They were picked up by an Air Force helicopter. A …
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July 27, 2017
Economy
An entrepreneur in Kalamata submitted an extrajudicial statement to his local tax office, saying he would agree to install a POS device in his business only if he earns a share from the bank revenues. The statement was filed just hours before the finance ministry deadline for the mandatory installation …
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March 18, 2017
Tourism, Travel
It is called “Mesternes Mester” and breaks a record number of views in Norway’s television. The grant final of the reality show “Champions of Champions” was entirely filmed in Messinia, in south western Peloponnese in Greece with shootings in Verga, Mani, Pylos, Voidokilia, Methoni and Kalamata. What looks like Octapus …
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February 19, 2017
Society
While thousands of tax drivers protested in Melbourne the government plans to buyback tax licenses, one cabbie decided it was a good time to prank two Australian television networks. The cab driver of Greek origin told the TV reporters that his name was “Tsim Booky”. And so he was presented …
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December 19, 2015
animals
Have a heart for Greece’s strays. A puppy found a warm place to spend the night: in the public Christmas Crib in the city of Kalamata. Baby Jesus & a stray dog Please, support animal welfare associations in Greece and put a bowl of food for the strays in your …
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December 23, 2013
Society
Passersby were seriously concerned to see a homeless man sleeping under the Christmas tree in the main square of Kalamata in Southern Peloponnese.Some even called the police as the man did not react to their calls and they thought, he had fell victim of the cold night. But the whole …
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