A 27-year-old suspect has been arrested by police for the murder of US biologist Suzanne Eaton. According to local media, the father of two has confessed the heinous crime that shocked the communities in Crete, Greece and around the globe. The farmer is married and a father of two, he …
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One dead near wildfire area in Fyli, West Athens
A 48-year-old man was found unconscious in the yard of a factory near the wildfire in Fyli area in West Athens on Sunday afternoon. Paramedics of an ambulance tired to revive him but without success. He was transferred to a hospital in Athens where doctors only confirmed his death. According …
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Air Force helicopter transfers Israeli patient from cruiser to Rhodes hospital
Α Israeli citizen, passenger on a cruse ship sailing off the island of Rhodes in the South-East Aegean Sea, felt sick on Thursday morning. His transport ta hospital was considered necessary. A Super Puma Helicopter of the Greek Air Force was assigned with the transfer of the 88-year-old Israeli man. …
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Corfu court sentences man to 33 months imprisonment for shooting his dog
A court on the island of Corfu imposed the maximum sentence so far by a Greek court in the last years to a 67-year-old man who shot his dog. The man was sentence to 33 months on suspension and a fine of 5,300 euros. Additionally, the man should expect the …
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“Congrats, you’re pregnant!” Doctor tells stunned Cretan man
A man on the island of Crete had a simple blood test at a public hospital of Herakleio. However, he was stunned to hear the doctor telling him that he was …pregnant! The man turned to local news website nea kriti to tell his unbelievable story. He underwent a blood …
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Police detains man over shooting and injuring a girl on Easter Sunday
Greek police has detained a 54-year-old man in connection with the stray bullet that seriously injured an 8-year-old girl on Easter Sunday. Police has found the gun the man processed illegally, while ballistic examination confirmed that the bullet was shot from this weapon. The man, a resident of Athens, was …
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Man dies in snowed-in Evia village as medical help would not reach area
A 72-year-old man in one of the snowed-in villages in Evia suffered and stroke and died early Wednesday morning because medical help or transfer to a hospital was impossible due to harsh weather conditions. The man was living with his family in Stropones village where snow has reached a height …
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Man climbs on 15m high sculpture in Omonia Sq, threatens to jump
It was short before 4 0′ clock Friday afternoon when a man climbed up to a 15-meter high sculpture in Omonia Square in downtown Athens and threatened to jump. Fire Service and an ambulance rushed to the spot. One police negotiator was assigned to persuade the man to give up …
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Corfu court clears man who poured petrol on dog, scraps €30K fine
The three-member Misdemeanor Court on the island of Corfu found that the man who poured petrol oil on a dog was innocent and therefore scrapped also the 30,000 euros administrative fine imposed by police. The 62-year-old man appeared in court on Friday with “good intentions” and provided a paper by …
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Police arrest serial arsonist for having started 9 wildfires on Evia
Police has arrested a 32-year-old Greek man, a serial arsonist as investigation proved, for having started nine wildfires on the island of Evia in the months of June, July and August. According to a Fire Service statement, the man has been arrested following investigation by the relevant department. He has …
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Breathtaking video of man risking life in flames to save his cat
This is one of the most shocking videos from the East Attica wildfires of last Monday (23. July 2018). A man tries to rescue his cat as the blaze is moving at a high speed towards his house in the settlement of Neos Voutzas. He has no chance to leave the …
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Greek Coast Guard rescues foreign tourists drifted away on sea mattress
The Greek Coast Guard rescued a man and a child who reportedly fell asleep on an air mattress and were drifter away from the shore due to the strong wind. The Coast Guard picked up from the sea also a friend of theirs who was trying to help them. The …
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Lamia: Police averts suicide of father of homeless family with 5 kids
Police in Lamia managed to avert at the last minute the suicide of a 35-year-old man, who, desperate and intoxicated, went to the roof of a public building and threatened to jump. It was the police officer’s calmness and reflects that averted the suicide in the last minute, local media …
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Beautiful picture: Awesome couple in Athens bus after midnight
A provocatively beautiful picture. A man with his cat in an Athens bus after midnight. The picture was shot by photographer Victoria Alex and posted on Facebook on March 18th. She wrote a few sentences to this awesome contact. Passengers in Athens buses after midnight may be born in June …
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Young German hiker who died in Crete identified after 21 days
Twenty one days after a young German tourist died on the mountain of Psiloritis by Rethymnon, authorities could finally identify the young man. The body of the 21-year-old has been in the morgue of the hospital of Rethymnon since March 2nd. On March 15, a fire fighter hiking at altitude …
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Police investigates death cause and identity of young German in Rethymno
A 21-year-old man, a German national, died in a hospital in Rethymnon, Crete. He was found by a shepherd in the mountainous area between the villages of Platania and Fourfoura. The young man had suffered multiple injuries and despite the doctors’ efforts he passed away Thursday noon (March 1). Police …
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Man commits suicide jumping from passenger ferry into the cold, dark sea near Syros
A middle-aged passenger fell overboard of Blue Star Naxos into the cold dark water while the ferryboat was approaching the island of Syros in the Cyclades, in Central Aegean Sea, on Tuesday night. His body was recovered two hours later. Eyewitnesses speak of suicide. Authorities investigate. The man whose age …
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Mysterious suicide committed by a foreign national jumping from hotel in downtown Athens
A mysterious suicide from the upper floor of a hotel in downtown Athens is puzzling the Greek police: the man, a foreign national, had with him a suitcase with four thousand euros. The 42-year-old man walked into a hotel close to Omonoia Square in Athens short before 10 o’ clock …
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Floods death toll rises to 23, after one more body found and an elderly dies in hospital
One more body was found in floods-stricken area of Mandra in West Attica on Monday morning. Short time later, it was announced that a flood victim who was hospitalized since November 15th, died in the intensive care of the Thriasio hospital. The 82-year-old woman was transferred to hospital on the …
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Greek police arrest man suspected to have sent parcel-bombs to Papademos, Schaeuble & IMF
Greek police arrested a 29-year-old man suspected to have sent parcel bombs to former prime minister Lucas Papademos but also to ex German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and the International Monetary Fund. The man was arrested as he was leaving his basement apartment in Attikis square district of Athens at …
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