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An alleged tourist claimed on a social media platform that he was ripped off by a taxi driver who charged him 160 euros for a ride from Athens airport to the port of Piraeus. A ride that normally costs around 40 euros. “I was a bit surprised to learn that …

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A tourist in the area of Platanias near Chania on the island of Crete ignored warnings and went for a swim in a rough sea. He absolutely ignored surfers’ warnings of adverse weather conditions and set his own but also the lives of others at risk. The ignorant tourist was …

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Αn elderly tourist was ran over by a motorcycle early Monday morning as he was walking to a bus stop for the airport to return to his country from the island of Crete. The 75-year-old German national died on the spot and doctors in the hospital could only confirm his …

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A 32-year-old Ukrainian woman, who was residing in Germany, was the tourist who died in Samaria gorge on Wednesday, state-run news agency amna.gr reported on Thursday, clarifying  initially confusing information about the rockfall victim. The woman was member of a group hiking through the gorge. Following a heavy rainfall, the …

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A tourist was killed by a rock slide in Samaria gorge on the island of Crete late Wednesday afternoon. Dozens of hikers are trapped in the gorge. According to initial information by local media,the rock crushed the woman’s leg and she died from uncontrollable bleeding. The victim was an Ukrainian …

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The pilot phase of the Digital Work Card will begin on Wednesday in the tourism and food service sectors. According to a statement from the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, the measure will be fully implemented by March 1, 2025, allowing businesses in these sectors sufficient time to adjust …

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Two young men have been arrested in Rethymno, Crete, for the assault of a 36-year-old French tourist. The victim has sustained serious head and face injuries. The two arrestees belonged to a group of four young men in total who assaulted the French outside a bar in Rethymno in the …

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Two men have been arrested in Herakleio, Crete, for the brutal assault of a Greek-Canadian man one and a half month earlier. The men, aged 31 and 32, have been hiding in unknown location all this time. They surrendered to a local police station on Monday afternoon and were immediately …

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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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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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Τhe 48-year-old British tourist, who had been missing since Wednesday afternoon on the island of Rhodes, was found dead on a beach of the island. The body was found on Paradisi beach by a passerby late on Thursday who immediately informed the police and the coast guard. Authorities confirmed that …

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An elderly tourist visiting Anavra in central Greece suffered a heart attack and died a few meters away from the rural clinic of the village because it was closed. Cynical ‘justification” by the Health Minister: It’s logical that clinics are closed over the weekend. The incident took place last Sunday, …

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A 48-year-old British tourist has been missing since Wednesday. He was spending summer vacations on the island of Rhodes. He was on the island with  relatives. According to media information, together with his niece the man went swimming at Theologou (Tholos) beach on Wednesday afternoon. At some point, the girl …

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A 45-year-old German tourist, who was stranded in an inaccessible mountainous area in the Samaria gorge, in Chania, was taken to the Chania hospital by a rescue helicopter at Friday noon. The man had reportedly ignored all warnings for a hiking amid soaring temperatures The tourist started hiking on Thursday …

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A tourist family was assaulted in a bar in Heraklio, Crete, by a group of young locals on Monday night. The family father has been hospitalized with head and face injuries. The 49-year-old Greek-Canadian man with origin from Anogia, his 41-year-old Icelandic wife, their two sons, aged 21 and 18 …

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A 53-year-old French man was killed and his wife was critically injured in a road accident on Thursday in the Chania area of Crete, where the couple were on holiday. The rented car the man was driving was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle at the exit of …

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Two French nationals and a US tourist remain missing on the islands of Sikinos and Amorgos respectively on Monday, while a  US national missing on Mathraki was found dead on Sunday. The two French women, aged 64 and  73 and  who went missing on early Friday morning, June  , on …

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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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A 55-year-old tourist from the USA went missing on the small island of Mathraki, north of the island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea. The man went missing on Wednesday, June 13. According to media reports, his friend with whom he was spending vacations there, reported to authorities that he …

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A 59-year-old US tourist has been missing on the island of Amorgos in the central Aegean Sea since Tuesday morning, when he went hiking on a four-hour route. The man was spending vacations on the island with a friend. He started around 7 o’ clock in the morning. When he …

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