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Tragedy with UK tourists: Grandfather drowns trying to rescue grandchildren on Crete

A 61-year-old grandfather drowned on the island of Crete on Tuesday afternoon as he tried to rescue his grandchildren from the rough sea. The grandfather and the children aged 7 and 9 went for a swim at the Agios Konstantinos beach of Gouves, west of Heraklio, where the family was …

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Patras: Migrants swim to ferries in order to get on board and travel to Italy (video)

In Patras, Western Greece, migrants are seen to jump into the sea and are swimming towards departing ferries in an effort to leave Greece for Italy. They climb through the hanging ropes and try to get on board. The desperate ‘escape’ has been observed in the old port of Patras …

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Migrant tries to ‘escape’ Chios hot spot swimming to …unknown destination

A migrant tried to ‘escape’ the island of Chios swimming to …unknown destination. Or was he trying to reach the mainland? The migrant from Afghanistan took an inflatable floaty and just started to swim. He was located on the rocky islet Venetiko in the south of the island by a …

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Clean Beaches 2017 report for Athens, Attica and surrounding areas is out

The clean beaches report for summer 2017 has been released a couple of days ago. the report refs to beaches in the Attica region Several beaches one can reach with public transport means like buses and the Tram and beaches that one is better to use private vehicle as it …

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Volos: First swim of 2017 for men, women and children

Men, women and children defied the winter temperatures and took a dive into the cold sea of Pagasitikos Gulf in central Greece. The event took place on Sunday, 1st January. The swimmers were lucky that the sun was shining after days of snow weather and frost. In the company of …

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