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Operation mechanism IRINI has seized vehicle modified for military use in Libya that is under arms embargo by the United Nations. Merchant vessel MV MEERDIJK with a flag from the Netherlands has been ordered to the port of Almyros by Volos in Central Greece, local media report on Thursday, November …

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It started to pour in Volos short before 5 o’ clock Sunday afternoon and within an hour the heavy rainstorm lasted, it flooded main roads, homes and businesses in the capital of the regional unit of Magnisia in Central Greece. Two people were injured.     The phenomenon hit the …

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A murder cold case from 2009 was solved after Greek Police compared DNA material with that of a man arrested for the murder of his grandmother two weeks ago.  The victim of the 2009 murder was the mother of the lawyer he had hired to defend him for the godmother’s …

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“There is one doctor for 120 Covid-19 patients. People will die with what is going on here,” director of the Neurosurgery Clinic of the general hospital in Volos, Nikos Haftouras, said on Tuesday. Describing the dramatic situation in the public hospital due to increased Covid-19 hospitalizations, Haftouras said “We are …

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At least 300 people have died of COVID in Macedonia and Thrace hospitals in northern Greece over the last fortnight. 85-87 percent of them were unavaccinated. The total number of fatalities due to the pandemic in the last two weeks is 479 across the country. The situation in the hospitals …

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Police has arrested a retired priest for killing a kitten with a metal stick and dumping it in a bag into a trash bin. The 88-year-old man known in the local community of Volos faces felony charges and an administrative fine of 30,000 euros. While in police station, the man …

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Alarm sounded in a nursing home in Marousi suburb, northern Athens, on Monday morning when dozens of elderly residents and staff were tested positive to Covid-19. Both residents and staff had received vaccination some ten days ago. Already 12 elderly have been transferred to hospitals due to the seriousness of …

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A young man was found dead in his home by his mother in the city of Volos on Monday afternoon. The death of 27-year-old Vassilis Maggos comes exactly one month, after he was severely beaten by police in his hometown during a demonstration. Maggos was hospitalized for seven broken ribs …

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A couple that had arrived in Greece form Germany broke the 14-day quarantine ordered by the authorities and had contact with a friendly couple. The effect: a pregnant woman, her husband and their 2-year-old child got contaminated with Covid-19. The Greek couple, aged 25 and 26, had arrived from Germany …

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Head of Greece’s Civil Protection, Nikos Hardalias, announced on Friday restrictive access to the promenade in Patras and Volos during the working days and total closure over the weekends. The measures to contain the spread of coronavirus comes into effect after locals flooded the two promenades despite the lockdown measures. …

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Racists in Volos, Central Greece, have created an group on Facebook with the despicable name “Association of hunters of illegal migrants.” Theis aim is reportedly to “clean Volos of migrants” and to travel to Evros to help the national guards to prevent illegal entries. Through their Facebook page they invited …

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A horrible case of animal abuse: The legs of a dog were tied with rope, while the barbaric humans had in addition tied heavy stones on his body. The animal was thrown into the sea. ATTENTION: Graphic picture below! The body of the poor animal was found by a passerby …

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Two elderly siblings were found in state of starvation in their home in a central neighborhood of Volos, Central Greece. Neighbors alarmed the police after the elderly man and his sister had not shown signs of life for a couple of days. Police needed the help of a locksmith to …

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A court in Volos sentenced a man to 12 months imprisonment on suspension and a fine of 5,000 euro for having abused his donkey. The man was spotted kicking the animal that had fallen from the back of his truck. “The donkey was suffering from the evil eye,” the defendant …

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A mother of 13 children who applied for a job vacancy was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment for having forged the date she graduated from elementary school. In her job application for a work at a state hospital in Ioannina, Epirus, the woman had wrote the year of her graduation …

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A 73-year-old shepherd was found dead at a height of 1,500 m on the mountain of Almyros by Volos in central Greece on Wednesday. The man was missing since Saturday afternoon when he went up to the mountain to bring his free-ranging cows into safety due to severe weather conditions …

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Torrential rains flooded again Mandra and Nea Peramos in West Attica, the villages that were stroke by flash floods in Last November and 24 people lost their lives. Scared and concerned Mandra residents see again rain waters rushing through the streets, covering large areas, and sweeping away cars, garbage bins …

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A furious sweet shop owner is Volos shot in the air with a rifle and threatened to “get the saber” while tax auditors were confirming a penalty for violations of the tax law. The horrified tax auditors, two men and one woman, called the police. The businessman was arrested, a …

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Supporters of Football Clubs PAOK and AEK launched a stone war earlier today in Volos in Central Greece. They turned the football field and surrounding areas into a real battlefield. Police has fired tear gas and sound flares but the brawl continues as KTG writes the post at 07:10 pm …

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The public hospital in Volos has reportedly stopped providing chemotherapy to cancer patients and sends them away because the monthly budget has been exceeded. Public Hospital workers unions denounce and media report that the oncology unit stopped the chemotherapy treatment since last Monday and by order of the hospital commander. …

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