August 30, 2024
animals, FEATURED
Dead cows have been washed up on two beaches off the island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea, western Greece. The animals may have been thrown – alive or dead – from a vessel. The first dead cow landed on the beach of Pefkoulia yesterday, Thursday, and the second one …
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August 9, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Greek Coast Guard rushed to rescue a French family in sea distress off the Kathisma beach on the island of Lefkada on Tuesday afternoon. The parents, two teenager boys and one guide/driver in four canoes-kayaks were swept away by the high waves and the strong winds. It was a lifeguard …
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June 18, 2023
Society, Very Mix
A 50-year-old tourist was drown at the famous Kathisma beach of the island of Lefkada on Saturday. His wife was rescued in the last minute, while huge waves had ‘swallowed’ her husband. According to eyewitnesses, the couple from Romania was trying to take a selfie at the edge of the …
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May 19, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
Bathers on the island of Lefkada were shocked to discover the body of a little child washed ashore in area of the Castle. ATTENTION THERE IS A GRAPHIC PICTURE BELOW. The body was dressed, but half the waist down, while the remaining part is missing. Even more shocking is that …
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August 30, 2022
Earthquake, Society
An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale occurred in the sea region off the island of Lefkada on Tuesday morning, short before 7 o’ clock. According to the Geodynamic Institute of he National Observatory of Athens, the epicentre was located in the sea, 8 km west-southwest of the village …
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August 14, 2022
Earthquake, Society
An earthquake stroke with magnitude 4 on the Richter scale the island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea on Sunday afternoon. The tremor occurred a few minutes before 3 o’ clock, south-west of the village of Vassiliki. According to Geodynamic Institute, the epicenter was 4 km West-SouthWest of Vassiliki and …
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March 11, 2021
Earthquake
An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rattled the island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea on Thursday morning. The moderate tremor occurred at 10:52 on Thursday in the sea region of the island of Lefkada, the Athens National Observatory Geodynamic Institute announced. The epicenter was located 14 km …
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September 24, 2020
Earthquake
An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale rattled the island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea on Thursday morning. It struck at 8:10 a.m. The epicenter was 15 km North-West of the island, its focal depth 10 km. Other seismological institutes give the magnitude as 4.6 R. Map of …
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September 18, 2020
FEATURED, weather
All through the night, Medicane IANOS was swirling over the Ionian islands and western Peloponnese, with gale-force winds and heavy rainfalls. Mostly hit were the islands of Zakynthos, Kefalonia and Ithaca. Roof tops were swept away, electricity was cut and many boats sunk. Winds reaching at times up to 12 …
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August 26, 2020
Very Mix
A boat that has been missing since last Friday was found at a beach of Lefkada on Wednesday. The speed boat was found by bathers and it was abandoned at a small beach west of the popular Kathisma beach. The four passengers of the boat are still missing. An investigation …
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October 22, 2018
Sports
A modern Hercules. For Nikos Politis few things seem impossible. The young man from the island of Lefkada is certainly daring and loves to reach his own limits. After a his 70-meter Zulu Bungy in the Canal of Corinth two months ago, he took a new challenge: to pull a …
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May 8, 2018
Sports
A 57-year-old Austrian national died after a hang-gliding accident on the island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea. The man reportedly passed away before an helicopter of the Greek Air Force arrived to his rescue. The man was trapped in a steep and rocky slope above the beach Kathisma in …
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May 6, 2018
weather
Streets and basements flooded, trees fell and power was cut in hundreds of households and businesses when a powerful rainstorm stroke Greek capital Athens on Sunday afternoon. The football match between Panathinaikos and Xanthi was suspended when the pitch turned into a lake. The heavy rainfall showed for one more …
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September 4, 2017
Economy
The owner of a sweet shop specialized in crepes was reportedly not angry about tax auditors keep coming into his shop, checking again and again whether he was issuing receipts for the sweet or savory crepes he was selling, whether he was applying the tax laws by the book so …
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August 8, 2016
Society
Four wooden houses in the old city of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea set ablaze around 11:30 Monday morning. The fire first burned three wooden houses, spread quickly and set ablaze a fourth one. In the old city of Lefkada the wooden houses stand next to each other. Several hours …
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July 17, 2016
Tourism, Travel
The tourists were surprised about the construction and tried to find out what it was. It was “austerity air conditioning” or “shared A/C” : One A/C for two rooms. The hotel is on the island of Lefkada at the Ionian Sea. Κουβαρντάς Έλληνας ξενοδόχος … Αιρ κοντισιον για 2 δωμάτια …
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November 20, 2015
Earthquake, Very Mix
The powerful earthquake that hit the island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea with a magnitude of 6.1R shifted the island by 36 cm southwards and caused unusually deep vertical deformations. According to Greek media reports “Measurements of the National Observatory of Athens showed that the island of Lefkada was …
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November 17, 2015
Earthquake, Very Mix
Spyros Kolyvas was out in the sea fishing when the earthquake measuring 6.1R occurred on Tuesday morning. Spyros grabbed his camera and shot this stunning video of masses of rocks getting detached from the cliffs and falling into the sea. Video embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt The cliffs are in …
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November 17, 2015
Earthquake, Very Mix
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude on Richter scale hit the island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea, western Greece. The earthquake occurred at 9:10 a.m. on Tuesday morning. The earthquake occurred in a depth of 5 km and the epicenter was 23 km in the West of the island, …
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November 15, 2013
Very Mix
Twelve immigrants – among them four children – were drowned when their boat capsized off the island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea, just a few meters away from the coast. Fifteen people manage to rescue themselves swimming to the shore. They have been transferred to hospitals in Lefkada, Preveza …
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