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A fireman lost his life on duty on Monday, while he was participating in a mission to evacuate children from a kindergarten trapped by the floods in a village of Alexandroupolis in north-eastern Greece. The 46-year-old firefighter was drowned when the fire truck was swept away by rushing waters. Media …
Read More »MeToo in Greece moved to world of Arts, denouncements take a form of avalanche
The MeToo movement in Greece has moved from the world of Sports to the world of Arts and Entertainment with female and male actors denouncing sexual harassment and abuse but also bulling by directors in theater and the film industry. Actresses Jenny Botsi, Angeliki Lambri and Loukia Michala joined their …
Read More »Earthquakes 3R to 5R rattle the island of Lesvos
A series of earthquake strokes have been rattling the island of Lesvos on Monday morning. Seismologists appear reassuring saying the tremors are aftershocks of the 6.4 R earthquake in 2017 that damaged the village of Vryssa. The highest magnitude so far is the tremor at 7:46 am with 5 on …
Read More »Greece weather: Heavy rainfalls, thunderstorms, gale-force south winds
Greece’s National Meteorological Service warns of weather deterioration with powerful rainfalls, thunderstorms and gale-force south winds in the Aegean Sea with up to 7-8 Beaufort and locally up to 9 B. The bad weather front sets in from the West on Sunday evening and moves gradually to northern Greece, the …
Read More »Greece: 484 new coronavirus cases by much fewer tests; 15 more deaths
Greece’s health authorities announced on Sunday evening484 new coronavirus cases and 17 more deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country stands at 255. Death toll has reached 5,796 and the total cases stand at 156,057. Daily Cases & rolling average …
Read More »Halkidiki, Lassithi, Zakynthos placed in tougher lockdown regime
The Greek Civil Protection placed the regional units of Halkidiki, Lassithi and Zakynthos in regime of tougher lockdown due to high epidemiological load. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Civil protection said that the new regime goes into forces from 06:00 a.m. Monday, February 1, 2021. The measures that …
Read More »UPD South African mutation of Covid-19 detected in Thessaloniki
The fist cases of South African mutation of Covid-19 have been detected in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, the Civil Protection announced on Sunday. It is not officially known, however, how many cases of the mutated strain have been found. According to initial media information, the first mutations of the South-African strain …
Read More »Mysterious death of British expat on his sailing boat in Souda port
Authorities investigate the mysterious death of a 74-year-old British expat whose body was found in his sank sailing boat in the port of Souda near Chania on the island of Crete. The sank yacht was discovered early morning Sunday near Vlite by fishermen. The body of the man was recovered …
Read More »Click Away – Click Inside: How to do retail shopping in areas in tougher lockdown
Shopping with click away and click inside retail stores has returned after several regional units and municipalities, including Attica and Athens have been place in tougher lockdown regime since Saturday, January 30, 2021. This systems are valid for retail only. Purchases at supermarkets, grocery stores, bakeries etc as usual. Click …
Read More »Tragic death of Scottish music artist SOPHIE in Athens
Sophie, the Grammy-nominated Scottish musician, record producer, singer, songwriter and disc jockey, has died following an accident at home in Greek capital of Athens. She was 34. In a statement, U.K. label Transgressive said the musician, whose full name was Sophie Xeon, died in the early hours of Saturday morning. …
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