June 18, 2024
animals
A plague of flying cockroaches appears to have spread in the city of Larissa, central Greece, with citizens filling dozens of complaints to local authorities in the last two weeks. According to local newspaper eleftheria.gr, the citizens have seen their homes, businesses and streets inundated by big flying cockroaches. A …
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May 14, 2024
Society, Very Mix
Βanknotes stolen from the Central Bank of Libya in Benghazi in 2017 have turned up in Larissa, central Greece, when a man from Volos tried to exchange 200-euros banknotes of total worth €40,000 at a branch of the Bank of Greece in Larissa. According to local newspaper eleftheria.gr, the man …
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March 6, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 47-year-old man has been arrested in Larissa for sexually abusing his 3.5-year-old daughter. The arrest a few days ago followed a complaint filed by NGO for the child protection “the Smile of the Child.” Based on the complaint, the man had mistreated his child in his car, in the …
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September 24, 2023
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
The Thessaly Water Directorate announced on Thursday a temporary swimming ban for all coasts of the Magnesia and Larissa regions, central Greece, excluding the beaches in Northern Sporades, after the floods caused by the deadly storm Daniel. The announcement stated that sampling to verify the suitability of the waters for …
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April 24, 2023
Society, Very Mix
Creepy findings in central Greece: Human bones and a scull found in the collapsed wall of an old house. The bones and the scull were found in the village of Evangelismos by Larissa on Sunday morning. The old house is being rented as warehouse by a local man. According to …
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April 10, 2023
Very Mix
An Intercity train traveling from Athens to Thessaloniki was forced to halt outside Larissa, central Greece, on Sunday afternoon due to a power outrage in the OSE rail network. Concerned passengers were left in the dark without proper information about what was going on. The incident caused unrest among the …
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September 9, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
Femicide Greece: A 35-year-old woman was found dead with a blow to the head and wrapped in a blanket in her home in Larissa, central Greece, on Friday morning. The body was discovered after neighbors complained about stench coming out of the apartment. Police is searching for the victim’s partner, …
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June 21, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
The death of a 76-year-old woman revealed the tragic life of her daughter: the 51-year-old woman was kept at home and was not allowed to leave it since she was 9 years old, a pupil of the 3rd grade. A whole life, a total of 42 years. According to media …
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May 16, 2022
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
The “White Arrow” Intercity Express, the fastest train in Greece, completed its very first trip on Sunday, May 15, 2022. With a capacity at 60% the first ICE left Athens for Thessaloniki at 7:22 a.m. and reached the port city in northern Greece in 3 hours and 55 minutes. There …
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December 20, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Confirmed cases of the Omicron variant in Greece have reached 26, health authorities announced on Monday morning. The majority of them are not related to travel. Dozens of suspected cases under examination. The confirmed cases of the Omicron variant have reached 26 on Monday from 17 last Thursday. President of …
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December 3, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The USA are preparing for the upgrade the military base of Larissa in Central Greece with new constructions and infrastructure improvement also with the aim to be able to host flying tankers from the Incirlik air base in Turkey. The project is been activated after Greece and the US signed …
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November 12, 2021
FEATURED, Very Mix
An USAFE F-15E fighter jet was able to land safely at the Larissa Air Base in central Greece after a mishap during a NATO exercise dubbed Operation Castle Ford. According to local media, the F-15E lost its canopy over an unpopulated area of Kozani, western Macedonia and sought permission for …
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September 30, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Civil Protection placed four regional units in mini lockdown on Thursday citing particularly increased virus load. Other factors such as low vaccination rates and increased occupancy at hospitals Intensive Care Units in these regions added to this decision. According to a statement the regional units of Thessaloniki, Halkidiki, Larissa …
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September 1, 2021
FEATURED, Politics, Refugees
A group of people thew stones and harassed locals who went to see the arrival of the Amal refugee doll in the city of Larissa, central Greece, on Tuesday. Other protesters held icons and religious symbols to “exorcise” the big little doll symbolizing refugee children and their plight. Protesters shouted …
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August 3, 2021
FEATURED, Social
Another femicide in Greece: a 43-year-old woman was shot dead by her husband in a tavern-cafeteria in Sotiritsa by Larissa, central Greece, at 10:30 on Tuesday morning. The cold-blooded murder took place in front of several eye-witnesses, staff and customers. According to preliminary reports, the victim was shot dead with …
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April 3, 2021
FEATURED, Very Mix
Greek Police said on Saturday that an internal investigation has been ordered on allegations that police officers in plainclothes broke the arm of a 13-year-old student in a park in Larissa. Furthermore, instead of taking the child to the hospital, they took him to police station where he remained for …
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December 5, 2020
Greece
The Holocaust Memorial and the wall of the Synagogue in Larissa were vandalized again, this time by a man wearing a cassock. The man was holding an icon and sprayed a cross and and a Christian slogan on Thursday afternoon. The Jewish Community of Larissa, Central Greece, said in a …
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November 17, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
A cancer patient who got infected with Covid-19 in the oncology clinic of the University hospital in Larissa, central Greece, died Monday noon. The 53-year-old man needed hospitalization in the clinic where a total of 25 patients and health personnel were tested positive with the virus last week. The deceased, …
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October 29, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Greece’s Civil Protection announced on Thursday evening that three more regional units are classified as “high risk”, Tier 4, on the Covid-19 map of the country. Tough restrictions, a form of lockdown where many business and services operations will be suspended, will be imposed in the regional units of Thessaloniki, …
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August 12, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
A 27-year-old doctor was intubated in the university hospital of Larissa, central Greece, late on Tuesday. The doctor, an intern at the Surgery Department of the same hospital, most likely contracted the coronavirus during vacations in Halkidiki, northern Greece. Local media report that she developed the first symptoms after she …
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