March 20, 2023
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
The impressive portable ancient sundial is being presented at the Archaeological Museum of Philippi in Kavala, northern Greece. The horological device is dated 250-350 AD and it is highlighted by the Culture Ministry as “the exhibit of the week.” The sundial is the earliest type of timekeeping device, which indicates …
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January 24, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
The city of Kavala in north-eastern Greece will turn into a hot spot for affluent foreigners seeking EU Golden Visa, due to a luxury resort like the Hamptons in the north-east US coast. This is the plan of a foreign investor who presented through social media the large tourist investment …
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November 10, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
The Greek government has cancelled the privatization of the port of Alexandroupolis in Northern Greece, a process that had started already in 2017. The conservative government has now announced that the port is too important to be entrusted to a private investor. On Thursday, the board of directors of the …
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September 30, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 56-year-old man shot and killed his 29-year-old partner and their 10-month-old baby and then committed suicide with the same hunting rifle. The femicide took place in the village Lekani near the city of Kavala in North Greece. According to preliminary media information, the perpetrator took both victims to the …
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July 17, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
An Antonov airplane with 8 crew members crashed off the city of Kavala, Northern Greece, about an hour before Saturday midnight. The plane was flying from Serbia to Jordan with reportedly 12 tons of dangerous material. Eyewitnesses said that the plane was on fire when it came down. The Antonov-12 …
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May 6, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
Femicide in Greece: A new tragedy with a woman victim took place in a village of Kavala in northern Greece. A man strangled his wife. He called the police and attempted to commit suicide. The couple has two minor children aged 6 and 10. According the local media proininews, the …
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March 22, 2022
CORONAVIRUS
The first cruise ship of the year arrived at the port of Kavala in northern Greece spreading optimism about tourism arrivals in 2022. However, coronavirus infections have been detected on board and according to preliminary information only crew members are ill. Cruise ship MS EUROPA of the German Hapag-Lloyd arrived …
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March 15, 2022
Social, Society
A 23-year-old man has beaten his grandmother to death because she asked him for a glass of water in the middle of the night. The man is said to have been suffering from serious mental illness and had been hospitalized in a psychiatric facility issues in the past. According to …
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October 26, 2021
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu threatened to step down after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowed to render “persona non grata” 10 Western ambassadors who called for the release of jailed philanthropist Osman Kavala, Deutsche Welle reported. Çavuşoğlu, who was in South Korea when Erdoğan made the statement on Saturday, urged …
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February 13, 2021
animals, FEATURED
Winter swimmers in Kavala, northern Greece spotted a young dolphin trapped in the shallow waters of Ofrini beach, unable to find its way back to the open sea. A rescue operation was launched with a happy ending. A few hours earlier and at the same beach, another young dolphin was …
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November 19, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
A 61-year-old man with heavy disabilities was found crying, hugging his 90-year-old mother in a Kavala neighborhood. The mother had died two days earlier. Both were diagnosed positive to Covid-19 and were advised to quarantine at home by the National Health Care Organization EODY. A tragic incident in Kavala, northern …
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September 10, 2020
Social
Books are there, the teacher is there, her chair too. Only the class-room is missing. The 5th grade teacher is standing on the platform where a container class room will be installed. Four days are left before the pupils of the 5th elementary school in Chrysoupolis flock to the school …
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August 23, 2020
Arts, CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
When restrictions prevent dancing due to coronavirus, reveler and impassioned Greeks are quick to find an alternative. A woman in Kavala used the opportunity for an excellent performance of Zeibekiko in the water, on the music of a live concert at a bar-restaurant above the beach. It was on Saturday …
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August 1, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus alarm in the prefecture of Kavala in north-eastern Greece: 24 workers at a meat procession plant have been tested positive on Covid-19. The fact that they are asymptomatic has increased concerns in an area that already counts infections due to tourists arrivals. National Public Health Organization (EODY) confirmed Saturday …
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June 9, 2020
Arts
A wax museum in the northern Greek city of Kavala plans to celebrate its reopening after the lifting of coronavirus restrictions next week with the unveiling of a wax sculpture of Hollywood star and honorary Greek Tom Hanks. The wax statue of Hanks will be the 31st exhibit to be …
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June 6, 2020
Tourism
Fixed taxi fares to and from the airports of Athens, Thessaloniki and Kavala to the corresponding city centers are now reduced, in line with broader cuts in public transport fares introduced on June 1, the Transport Ministry announced on Friday. In Attica, taxi rides from or to the Athens International …
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January 9, 2020
Archeology, Culture
Archaeologists and historians are lamenting the destruction of several 3,000-year-old rock carvings on the Pangaion Hills near Kavala in northern Greece and calling for measures to protect the remaining samples of this ancient art. According to state-run news agency amna, unknown vandals have scraped several carvings depicting human figures, animals, …
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November 22, 2019
weather
Storms have flooded areas in Halkidiki, Kavala and the island of Thassos in northern Greece. At least two municipalities have been declared in “state of emergency. A thunderbolt opened a hole in a house on the island of Limnos house. Limnos A thunderbolt stroke a home on the island of …
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August 23, 2019
Social
A 42-year-old man shot two of his neighbors in North Greece over a dispute about a parking space.The perpetrator shot and killed a 42-year-old lorry driver as well as the 67-year-old mother who was standing next to her son. According to local media, the two men had for one more …
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November 9, 2018
Very Mix
A part of the central bridge in the city of Kavala, Northern Greece, collapsed short after 4 o’ clock on Friday afternoon. Motorists moving on Nuremberg Avenue in front of the old hospital were shocked when they felt that the ground under their wheels was collapsing. At the point of …
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