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Powerful rainstorms with gusty winds, hail-falls and lightening  have been striking the islands of Rhodes and Symi in the south-eastern Aegean Sea on Monday. Especially hit is the small remote island of Symi that remains without power for several hours by now. Video posted earlier on Facebook by Symi resident …

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For one more time, Turkey has been fueling tension with Greece with a series of outrageous statements and actions. During a visit to North-East Greece, a Turkish Deputy Prime Minister claimed that the Muslim minority in Thrace were “Turkish citizens.” At the same time, Ankara sent a military helicopter over …

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Snow, hail, temperature drop, rough sea: these are the features of bad weather front Daedalus that is sweeping across the country since the beginning of the week. Snow started to fall on Monday on the mountains above a certain level. Beautiful snow landscape in Astraka hut at 1950 m. on …

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Local authorities of Lindos and the Metropolis of Rhodes banned foreign weddings after a UK couple posted a snap from a sex act outside a church. Another similar incident occurred in Cyprus. Is this the new trend by sex hungry brides from the United Kingdom? Bishop Kyrillos of the Metropolis …

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A mini-tornado stroke in the swimming pool of a posh hotel in Lindos on the island of Rhodes on October 10th. The freak weather had sun umbrellas flying, branches of palm trees were blown around and sunbathers just stunned or tried to seek shelter from the flying objects. The footage …

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The oldest member of the Greek National Guard is 92 years old and lives on the island of Rhodes. His name is Zisimos Brantis. He met Minister of Defense, Panos Kammenos, during the Military Drill “Parmenion 2017”. “In 1974, I was at the fort waiting but unfortunately no Turk came …

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The Tourism Directorate of the Municipality of Rhodes awarded several tourists from Denmark, England, Scotland and Germany for being “loyal” visitors to the Knights’ island. More than 20 tourists received Awards of Honorary Distinctions of the Friends of Rhodes at a ceremony hosted at the City Hall of Rhodes. The …

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One hundred twenty people, many women, young children and babies. Refugees and migrants. One hundred twenty souls live in a place with capacity for forty people. They spend their days and nights in the detention center of the Police Headquarters of the island of Rhodes, next to the prison. An …

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A wildfire broke out around 1:30 p.m. on the hill Monte Smith in the area of Kritika near the capital of the island of Rhodes in south Dodecanese on Friday. Almost at the same time with the fire, a power outage occurred in the city center. Locals speak of ‘black …

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Amazing story. A young British couple on holiday in Rhodes writes a message in a bottle and toss it into the sea on July 4th. The bottle travels 500 miles across the eastern Mediterranean Sea and reaches Gaza six weeks later. A local fisherman finds the message in the bottle …

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A Greek Coast Guard opened fire at a Turkish cargo ship in the south Aegean Sea on Monday, Turkish media report. They quote the captain of M/V ACT, a Turkish-flagged freighter ship transporting iron steel between two ports in Turkey. Citing CNN Turk and the captain of the ship Sami …

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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter scale occurred at 2:30 pm on Wednesday in the sea area between the islands of Rhodes and Karpathos in Southeast Greece. The earthquake was felt throughout the island of Rhodes as well as in parts of the islands of …

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A newborn was found in a telephone both on the island of Rhodes on Sunday. The baby was wrapped in bed sheets and put in a cardboard box. The baby had still the umbilical cord on. A handwritten note inside the box was urging people to help the baby. The …

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Τhe hunting club of the island of Rhodes will reward with 5,000 euros anyone giving clues that will lead to the identification and arrest of the unknown perpetrator who has been killing deer during the last weeks. The latest victim of the cruel murderer, a fawn, was found Monday morning, …

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Greeks stun – part II: the local priest and the residents of Kalithies village gathered to pray for …rain. According to local media, it was started last week, when residents and the local council discussed the prolonged drought in the area. Present was also the parish priest who proposed a …

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Greeks and foreigners organized a dog fighting on the deck of a private yacht that was anchored at the port of Rhodes. The thugs went so far to upload a video they filmed on youtube and on the facebook page of one of them. The animal welfare society on the …

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An inflatable boat appeared at 6 o’ clock in the morning in the sea area off Archangelos on the island of Rhodes. Immediate was the reaction of the Greek Coast Guard that sent a vessel to check what was going on. The ten people on board were neither refugees nor …

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A German tourist has been missing since Sunday,  21st August 2016. Sergej Enns, 35, was spending vacations on the island of Rhodes with his family. On that Sunday morning, he left the hotel where the family was staying and has been missing ever since. He is facing health problems. According …

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The famous donkeys of Lindos on the island of Rhodes fell victim to tax controls. A hefty fine of more than four thousand euro was imposed to the donkeys for violating the tax law: that is transporting tourists to the Acropolis of Lindos without issue receipts – probably digging huge …

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The Greek Finance Ministry is determined to combat tax evasion and has launched a control operation preferably in the touristic areas of the country – which are notorious for selling goods and services without issuing receipts Devoted to combat tax evasion, police and tax controllers have joined forces for a …

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