One more child missing in the Athens wildfires has been confirmed dead on Saturday: 13-year-old Dimitris Alexpoulos. With every DNA match the tiny spark of hope dies together with the missing beloved one, the many victims of the fires. Authorities confirmed the death of the 13-year-old boy who went missing …
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Athens wildfires: Death toll rises to 88 after 42-year-old dies in hospital
A 42-year-old woman died in the hospital in the early morning hours on Saturday, increasing the death toll in the Athens wildfires to 88. The woman has been intubated and in intensive care unit of KAT hospital since the beginning of the week. She had reportedly suffered extensive burns as …
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Irish couple on honeymoon caught up in Athens wildfires, husband missing
An Irish couple on their honeymoon in Greece have been caught up in the devastating wildfires that raged in East Attica, the summer resort coast North-West of Athens. The woman is hospitalized with severe burns, while her husband remains missing still on Wednesday morning. The couple was staying in a …
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Athens wildfires: 81 dead, dozens of people still missing
Death toll in Athens wildfires has increased to 79. This is the number of officially confirmed dead, according to the Fire Service briefing at 11 o’ clock Wednesday morning. Half an hour later, a 84-year-old injured man died in a hospital in Athens, while another body was reportedly found in …
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Attica wildfires info: Missing Pets and Found Pets with pictures
Several pets went missing in the wildfires in North-East Athens (East Attica). Owners and families are seeking for their pets on social media, others post pictures of pets that they have found. Please, note that several volunteers are currently (24. July 2018) in Mati, Kokkino Limanaki and Neos Voutzas in …
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East Attica Fire info: Missing Relatives & Friends?
The Fire Service urging people who miss relatives and friends in the areas hit by the wildfires to call phone number 199. They have to provide data and information. Δήλωση αγνοουμένων από τις πληγείσες από την #πυρκαγιά περιοχές, καλώντας στο 199. pic.twitter.com/LVBV4AwZFi — Πυροσβεστικό Σώμα (@pyrosvestiki) July 24, 2018
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Turkish mother, 3 children missing after boat capsizes in Evros river (video)
A woman and three children are reportedly missing after a boat carrying several Turkish asylum seekers capsized in Evros river along the natural border between Greece and Turkey. the boat was reportedly carrying 9 people, all Turkish citizens fleeing purge. “A boat carrying Turkish purge victims was capsized on Evros …
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Missing tourist found on air mattress drifted 6nm off Crete
A missing tourist has been found on an air mattress that was drifted out to the sea, 6 nautical miles off the North of the island of Crete on Thursday. The woman on the floating mattress was spotted by Frontex aircraft and was rescued by the Greek Coast Guard. The …
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Pregnant Bulgarian national missing in Crete, her Greek partner committed suicide
A 37-year-old Bulgarian woman has been missing since May 2nd 2018 on the Greek island of Crete. For nearly seven years, Desislava Ilieva had a relationship with a local man who was found hanged in the basement of his family home four days after she went missing. The woman went …
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Missing Alzheimer’s patient found dead next to dog barking …for help
An elderly woman suffering from Alzheimer’s and her dog. A loyal soul that did not move from her side for five days. A tiny little dog who kept barking, practically asking for help for his beloved owner. 75-year-old Maria S. went missing on Saturday, April 28th. She took her dog …
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Body of US expat Bob Mayer found 4 months after he went missing on Tinos
The body of retired US lawyer Bob Mayer missing on the island of Tinos, Cyclades, since last November was found on Sunday. His body in advanced decomposition was found by a local in a ravine in the area of Kossini.His clothes and personal belongings were recognized by his wife, Gayle. …
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Two missing fishermen, infrastructure damages and floods as bad weather sweeps across Greece
Two hobby fishermen have been missing in Mikri Volvi Lake in Halkidiki peninsula in Northern Greece since Sunday morning. The two men, aged 40 and 70, went out to collect the nets despite the bad weather and the strong winds blowing in the area and the lake. When hours …
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Silver Alert: Missing 26-year-old Austrian man found
Missing 26-year-old Austrian citizen Sebastian Schedlbauer has been found well, the Silver Alert Service said in a statement issued on January 6th 2018. He was identified by a citizen who has seen the Silver Alter Missing report. Schedbauer was wandering around near a village of Dorida, near his father’s hometown. …
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Missing Greek-Russian woman found dead in Finsbury Park, London
A young woman of Greek and Russian origin went missing on Christmas Eve in London, UK. The 22-year-old had left a party at around 8 p.m. local time on December 24 to go home near the Finsbury Park. She was to take the bus for home and to meet her …
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69-year-old US national missing on the island of Tinos
A 69-year-old American citizen who has been living on the island of Tinos in the Cyclades group in the Aegean sea has been missing since November 19th 2017. According to local media cyclades24.gr, Bob Meyer has been missing since Sunday noon, Nov 19th. He was last seeing in Agios Fokas …
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Three more bodies recovered, death toll in flash floods increased to 19
Three more bodies have been recovered in the floods of West Attica on Saturday morning increasing the number of dead into 19. Crews keep searching for missing persons. The body of one man buried under tons of mud was found near the depot of the Municipality of Mandra at the …
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“Mama, we’re drowning!” Six missing in deadly flash floods while new rainstorm strikes West Attica
Six people are still missing in the flash floods that covered towns of West Attica with tons of mud on Wednesday and cost the life to 15 people.Twenty three people have been injured, majority of them were almost drowned. Others were hit by rubble and other items during the disaster. …
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Tragic end: Missing British tourist found dead in Petrota, NE Greece
The body of the British tourist who went missing two days ago was found at 10:45 a.m. on Saturday. The woman’s body was found by rescuers in the area Pyrgos of Petrota in the prefecture of Rodopi in north-eastern Greece. According to local media, the body was in “a terrible …
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Big SAR operation to locate missing UK tourist, 64, in Rodopi, NE Greece
Police and Fire brigades are searching for a 64-year-old British tourist who has been missing since Thursday afternoon in Thrace in north-eastern Greece. After a visit to a local archaeological site, the woman had decided to return on foot. She called her relatives in UK that she was attacked by …
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Missing 60-year-old British expat found dead in Platanias, Crete. Suicide?
A missing British expat was found dead on Friday afternoon. He had reportedly committed suicide. The 60-year-old man had been living along his British wife in a village of Platanias municipality during the last few years. The man left his home last Sunday. Concerned about his disappearance, his wife turned …
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