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The villages of Makria Pounta and Limnionas were evacuated late on Wednesday as the fire that broke out on the island of Samos on Wednesday afternoon has been raging without a stop. The fire continued its destructive work, and orders were given to evacuate the villages of Limnionas and Makria …

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Greek seismologists are on alert after an earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale rattled Central Greece at 8:38 on Thursday evening. The earthquake occurred in the same epicenter as the 6R a day earlier and caught seismologists by surprise as it was not an aftershock but a new earthquake. …

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Six villages on the island of Ikaria were evacuated for several hours during the night as a wildfire fanned by northerly winds threatened to reach the settlements. Accoridng to locla media, the fire got out of control in the early morning hours of Thursday. On Thursday morning, the municipality of …

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A big forest fire is raging in the Kampos area on the island of Chios on Wednesday and the powerful winds are pushing the fire fronts towards two villages. The Fire Service ordered the residents of Tholopotami and Sklavia to evacuate as the danger was imminent. More than 30 firefighters …

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A small group of young people from the remote mountains of Thessaly in central rural Greece returned home to realize that their village Sarantaporo still had not internet access. Telecom companies had no interest in investing to bring the necessary infrastructure there, so the group set out to create a …

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When the city doesn’t go to the village, the village comes to the city. Greeks crowded at the inter-city bus stations in the last couple of days before Easter to receive parcels sent from the villages as the coronavirus restrictions do not allow them to travel there. Despite the government …

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Greece’s health authorities announced 20 new confirmed cases and six more deaths in the last 24 hours. The total infection cases increased to 1,755, while the death toll reached 79. On the good side, of the coronavirus news is that the 14-day quarantine in two villages has been lifted. Of …

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Two villages in the municipality of Vojo by Kastoria in northern Greece are to be declared in “state of emergency” after 16 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed on Monday morning. Greece’ Civil Protection reportedly took the decision, with several residents tested positive. The quarantine is expected to be imposed …

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Two villages and one monastery have been evacuated as a big wildfire has been raging on the island of Evia since the afternoon on Sunday. The fire broke out in a forest area unassailable to the Fire Service it was initially only aerial means set against the fire. As the …

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Firefighters worked all through the night, and areal means started operation early Monday morning to take the raging wildfire in the areas of Frixa and Skyllountia, in Ilia Peloponnese,  under control. The fire broke out on Sunday afternoon near the archaeological site of Olympia, the birthplace of the ancient Olympic …

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Four fire fronts have been raging on the island of Zakynthos after one more wildfire broke out in the south-west of the island Saturday afternoon. Due to the strong winds of up 6 Beaufort, the blaze in Agalas-Koiliomenou area spread quickly and went out of control. Firefighters deployed from other …

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Greece has sent two Canadair aircrafts to assist the Albanian government in the battle against the blaze that is raging at a mountainous area near the villages of the Greek minority in the south of Albania. The two firefighting aircrafts arrived early Friday and started dropping water in the two …

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Two days of snow and the chaos broke out in Greece: hundreds of vehicles were trapped in highways, villages have been snowed in, thousands of households across the country are without heating, electricity and water supply. Two people lost their lives due to the harsh weather conditions. State of emergency …

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