Notorious problems in Greece’s infrastructure and service that the government is not willing to fix? No problem! There is always a quick solution! The establishment of a special police corps to fix things in the traditional way. Following a series of incidents in the railway network, the administration of the …
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Train collides with …tree; one driver injured
A train driver was injured by broken glasses when the train serving the Thessaloniki-Drama route on Friday collided with a tree on the line near Lachanokipi. As a result of the collision, the windshield of the train was broken and one of the two train drivers was injured and taken …
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Christmas Tree lighting ceremony in downtown Athens (video)
With 24,000 lights the impressive Christmas Tree of the City of Athens was illuminated at Syntagma square in opposite the Parliament early Thursday evening, November 23, 2023. Video: The lighting ceremony was inaugurated by outgoing Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyiannis in front of hundreds of Athenians and tourists. The 17-metre-tall …
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Corfu hit by heavy thunderstorm disrupting airport operation
A heavy thunderstorm hit the island of Corfu early afternoon Monday causing problems in the electricity system, while heavy lightning disturbed the operation of the Ioannis Kapodistrias international airport. Eight flights were not able to land because of the thunderstorm, while three of them had to land at nearby airports. …
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Tree branch falls on 3 Canadian tourists in downtown Athens
A tree branch fell on three tourists from Canada in one of the most popular parks in downtown Athens, in Zappeion. The tourists were lucky to have suffered only light injuries. According to media reports, the two women and one man from Canada were sitting on a bench resting after …
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Island of Alonissos decorates underwater Christmas Tree (video)
The Greek island of Alonissos has chosen to celebrate its connection with the sea and the underwater diving with the symbolic decoration of an underwater Christmas Tree. The event launched the holiday season 2022. The alternative Christmas event took place on Saturday, December 10, with Alonissos Mayor Petros Vafinis doing …
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Motorcyclist killed by a falling tree on Crete
A tragedy on the island of Crete has called for the intervention of the public prosecutor after a 51-year-old motorcycle rider was killed by a fallen pine tree. The father of three had halted at the red traffic light in Democratias Avenue, the most central road of Heraklio, on Thursday …
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Local plants cypress in the middle of the street to protest municipality indifference
A resident in Thessaloniki found an original way to protest the huge hole on his neighborhood street, the poor infrastructure conditions and the indifference of the municipality. He planted a small cypress right in the middle of the hole and the street. “The soil must be fertile as the hole …
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Rare Tree-Chapel: Elder Paisios pilgrimage inside a 300-year-old oak tree
Faith and passion. And a 300-year-old oak tree risk to collapse. A local man decided to save the tree and turned it into a pilgrimage for Elder Paisios, the ascetic monk of Mount Athos who was canonized two years ago. The rare form of pilgrimage is located in Agia Varvara …
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