October 26, 2021
FEATURED, Refugees
The bodies of one woman and four children have been recovered out of six people believed to be missing after a dinghy carrying 27 migrants capsized and sank off the south-east coast of the island of Chios early Tuesday morning. According to state broadcaster ERT, the woman and two children …
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October 16, 2021
Very Mix
A search and rescue operation in underway on Mount Athos after two pilgrims went missing since Friday night. According to preliminary information by local media, the two men are members of a group of nine Ukrainian pilgrim who decided to climb to a mountain in the monks’ republic despite bad …
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October 15, 2021
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 70-year-old shepherd from Evia who had been missing in the floods since Thursday was found dead early Friday afternoon. The man had gone to check for his animals as stormy weather front Ballos was striking the area with heavy rainfall. The shepherd had called the Fire Service short after …
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September 9, 2021
FEATURED, Social, Society
A DNA examination has confirmed that the body found buried under concrete belonged to missing 42-year-old Romanian woman Monika Gius. The body was found last week in Kyparissia, south Peloponnese, when the home owner noticed cement of different color in the house yard. The house owners visited the house as …
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September 1, 2021
FEATURED, Very Mix
The body of a woman was found behind the wall of a house in Kyparissia, south Peloponnese. There are reportedly strong indications the body belongs to 42-year-old Monika Gius, a Romanian national, missing since the beginning of the year. According to state broadcaster ERT, the owners of the house noticed …
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August 26, 2021
Very Mix, weather
Α 27-year-old man has been missing since early Thursday afternoon in the Gulf of Amvrakikos, western Greece. The man was reportedly on a boat together with a friend when a storm stroke and he fell off board. His friend informed the Coast Guard that launched a search and rescue operation …
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July 30, 2021
Refugees
Two women and one child have been missing and ten people were rescued when a rubber dinghy carrying migrants from Turkey to Greece sank off the northern coast of the island of Lesvos on Friday morning. According to state broadcaster ERT, a patrolling boat of the Greek Coast Guard got …
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July 26, 2021
Very Mix
A man swam for over five hours in rough sea to get help for his partner. The 45-year-old had previously managed to get his 39-yea-old girl friend in the safety of a beach cave after their boat overturned off the south coast of Heraklio, Crete, over the weekend. The couple …
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July 23, 2021
Refugees
The Greek Coast Guard continues the Search and Rescue operation South off island of Crete Friday noon after a boat carrying migrants capsized and some 8 people are missing. 37 people have been rescued so far. for several people believed missing a day after a boat carrying dozens of migrants …
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July 1, 2021
Very Mix
A tragic end for the missing French tourist Violet Gigano. Police officers participating in the big search operation found the body of the 29-year-old woman early Thursday afternoon. The body was found in a ravine near Cape Krios, southwest from Chania, and some 5 km away from Elafonisi. The area …
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June 30, 2021
Society, Very Mix
Authorities in the Prefecture of Chania on the island of Crete has launched a huge search operation to locate 29-year-old French tourist Gigano Violet who has been missing since June 24, the day she had last spoken with her family in France. She was planning to visit Elafonisi. Gigano’s rented …
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June 28, 2021
Very Mix
The name of a young Greek, member of the diaspora community in the USA, has been added to the list of 159 people missing after the sudden collapse of a 12-storey building in Miami, Florida. According to press reports on Saturday, the missing man is 21-year-old Andreas Yiannitsopoulos, a student …
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May 26, 2021
FEATURED, Social, Society
The body of a missing 11-year-old girl was found at a beach in Chania on Wednesday afternoon. A big search operation was launched after the girl was reported missing from the area of Makry Toixos on Tuesday. According to local media flashnews, the body was found at Agioi Apostoloi beach. …
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February 13, 2021
Arts
Missing rapper Lamanif was located in Thessaloniki early morning Saturday The 24-year-old Lambros M. had been missing since February 8 and his family had issued an Alert. He was located sitting on a bench in Analipsi in eastern Thessaloniki. He was reportedly first taken to hospital and then to police …
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February 11, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Greek Police is investing the mysterious “disappearance” of a Pfizer vaccine vial from a vaccination center in the suburb of Peristeri, West Athens, on Wednesday afternoon. A nurse who spoke to the police on Wednesday said that she took out a vial from the freezer to administer a dose and …
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December 2, 2020
Greece
Two women are missing and 32 people, among them three children, have been rescued after a dinghy carrying migrants sank or overturned off the island of Lesvos on Wednesday morning. 15 men, 14 women and 3 children were located off Palios by Mandamados during a routine patrol of the Greek …
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November 8, 2020
Refugees
One child died and six people are missing after a boat carrying migrant and refugees form Turkey to Greece capsized near the island of Samos early Sunday. 17 people have been reportedly rescued. According to media, the Greek Coast Guard recovered the body of the child from the sea area …
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September 24, 2020
Social, weather
The body of a woman was recovered Thursday noon from the banks of river Pamissos, in the flood-stricken municipality of Mouzaki in Central Greece. The body was discovered by a fire service dog, a week after storm Ianos hit the area. The body was reportedly covered by branches and trees …
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September 21, 2020
FEATURED, Social, weather
Three dead people, one missing woman and extensive destruction is what Medicane Ianos left behind after it swept over Greece from Thursday night to Sunday. Over 8,000 homes and businesses are still under water in the Prefecture of Karditsa, Central Greece, three days after nature struck. Its rage started in …
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September 19, 2020
FEATURED, Social, Uncategorized, weather
Two people have been recovered dead and three are missing in Central Greece where Medicane IANOS struck with heavy intensity, flooded large parts of Thessaly and damaged infrastructure. The towns of Karditsa, Farsala and surrounding areas down to the outskirts of Volos are under water, and dozens are still waiting …
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