November 28, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society, Very Mix
Another tragedy in the Aegean Sea, again off the island of Samos: a speedboat carrying migrants crashed on a rocky beach leaving behind four dead, with the victims being again women and children. 16 persons have been rescued, while the total number of people onboard is not known. State broadcaster …
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November 25, 2024
Uncategorized
The bodies of eight people were recovered from the sea off the island of Samos on Monday morning, after a dinghy carrying migrants sank. The bodies belonged to two women and six children, the Greek Coast Guard said in a statement. So far, 36 people have been rescued, among them …
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October 21, 2024
Society, Very Mix
Two people died and 22 have been rescued when a migrant boat sank North-East off the island of Samos in the eastern Aegean Sea in the early morning hours of Monday. The bodies of a man and a woman were recovered from the sea by a vessel of the Greek …
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September 23, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Four people died early morning Monday when a boat carrying migrants sank off the island of Samos in eastern Greece opposite the Turkish coast. The dead are two girls estimated to be 10-12 years old and two adult women. The number of missing people remains unclear with local media to …
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August 29, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
65-year-old Dutch tourist who had been missing on the eastern Aegean island of Samos was found dead on Wednesday morning. The body was found by a member of a Dutch rescue team in the area of Panagia Stiliani over the Pythagorio school, local media reported. The woman, Brigitte van Gennip, …
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August 23, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A Dutch tourist went missing on the island of Samos on Thursday morning after she went hiking around the Eupalinos Trench to Pythagoreio. 65-year-old Brigitte van Gennip was spending vacations on the island when she disappeared on Thursday morning. She was staying in a hotel in Pythagoreio. She had called …
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August 22, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Angry residents on the island of Leros in the eastern Aegean Sea prepared an anything but warm welcome for the controversial Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis. Frustrated about the deterioration of the public health care system and the severe personnel shortages in hospitals, they called him a “clown”, “depraved” and a …
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June 15, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
The number of foreign hikers missing on Greek islands in the month on June rose to 9 after two French tourists went missing on the island of Sikonos The 74-year-old old Dutch tourist missing on the island of Samos was found dead on Saturday morning. His body was in a …
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June 10, 2024
Society, Very Mix
A 74-year-old Dutch tourist went missing on the island of Samos since noon on Sunday. June 9. The man had decided to go hiking in the area between Limnionas and Klima, local media reported. According to samosvoice.gr, A search operation has been launched and continued through the nigh and Monday, …
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April 28, 2024
Society, Very Mix
One man lost his life and four people reported missing, while 25 migrants have been rescued after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the island of Samos early Sunday morning. . Rescue efforts continue. Another tragic reminder of the risky journeys people continue to embark on in search of safety. …
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October 18, 2023
FEATURED, Politics, Refugees
Greek police arrested five people in the closed migrants structure on the island of Samos around Tuesday midnight after a big crowd of migrants and refugees gathered to protest the attack at the Gaza hospital that killed over 500 people patients, medical and nursing personnel but also people who had sought …
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August 28, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Four men and one woman have lost their lives on Monday morning in two separate incidents with boats carrying migrants and refugees from Turkey to Greece. According to Greek authorities, four people died and 18 were rescued Monday after a boat carrying migrants apparently sank northeast of the Greek island …
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August 3, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A Turkish man has been arrested on the island of Samos and faces felony charges as well as for abandoning his victim over a hit-and-run that took place on Wednesday afternoon. His severely injured victim, a Swiss tourist, died a few hours later in the hospital. The victim was a …
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July 28, 2023
Society, Very Mix
A private helicopter crashed on the runway of Samos airport on Friday morning thus leading to delays in air traffic. The helicopter operator, a Turkish national, is reported to be in good health. The helicopter of Turkish Mavi Air had taken off from the island of Paros and stopped to …
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February 23, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Greece’s Coast Guard was alerted at dawn on Thursday when it was informed of missing migrants in the sea area off Samiopoula of the island of Samos in the eastern Aegean Sea. A Coast Guard vessel, a Frontex vessel and a Super Puma helicopter rushed in the area for the …
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December 11, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s national emergency line warned residents on the islands of Samos, the Dodecanese and south Crete of dangerous weather phenomena on Sunday and early morning Monday, December 11-12, 2022. The messages warn of powerful thunderstorms and gale-force winds. they urge residents to avoid unnecessary travel and to follow instructions by …
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November 6, 2022
weather
A storm ALERT message via the 112 emergency line was sent to the residents of Samos, Ikaria and the Dodecanese on Sunday afternoon, November 6, 2022. The ALERT message warned them of dangerous weather phenomena (strong storms) from noon Sunday, until Monday morning, November 7. The message reads: “Dangerous weather …
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September 25, 2022
FEATURED, Turkey-GR
Turkey has officially admitted that it deploys Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) in illegal overflights missions of Greek territory aiming to spy on islands thus violating Greek airspace on daily basis. Ankara’s state-run news agency anadolu published a report accompanied by pictures with the title “Drones capture images of armed vehicles …
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August 31, 2022
Earthquake, FEATURED, Society
Two earthquakes hit the island of Samos at Wednesday noon within just 14 minutes apart. Both earthquakes had the same epicenter 13 km in the sea area off Pythagorio. They had relative small focal depth and were felt in neighboring islands and the western coast of Turkey. According to the …
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August 14, 2022
Earthquake, Society
An earthquake stroke the island of Samos with 4.8 magnitude on the Richter scale early Sunday morning. According to the Geodynamic Institute of Greece, the epicenter of the earthquake was in the sea area, 27 km North-North-East from the island’s capital Vathi and had focal depth 11.8 km. Other seismological …
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