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Greece’s Civil Protection issued a warning about “very high risk” for forest and wild fires for Sunday, August 25th 2019. The regions at very high risk are: • Attica, Viotia, Evia, Argolida and Corinth Orange marks “Very High Risk” and Yellow “High Risk.” Severla forest and wild fires are raging …
Read More »Iranian tanker abandons Greece, changes course to Turkey
An Iranian tanker at the centre of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran has switched destination and is now heading to Turkey instead of southern Greece, data from real-time ship tracking website MarineTraffic showed on Saturday. The Adrian Darya, formerly called Grace 1, was released from detention off Gibraltar after …
Read More »Greece resumes migrants deportations to Turkey
Greece says it is restarting deportations of migrants to Turkey in an effort to deal with the increasing number of illegal crossings in recent weeks, the Associated Press reported on Friday. The number of migrants crossing illegally from Turkey to Europe has tripled in recent weeks with the number of …
Read More »France to lend Parthenon metope to Greece for 2021 celebrations
French President Emmanuel Macro has accepted the proposal by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to lend a metope from the Parthenon currently at the Louvre Museum to Greece. The metope that is displayed at the Louvre Museum will be exhibited at the Acropolis Museum in Athens during the 2021 celebrations …
Read More »Forest Fires: Two villages evacuated on Corfu, one hospital on Leros
Forest fires are burning on the island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea and on the island of Leros in the Aegean on Friday. Two villages were evacuated on Corfu and the hospital on Leros. Corfu The fire broke out in Kritika by Leykimi and near the villages Nerochori and …
Read More »Rouvikonas anarchists attack restaurant of celebrity chef Botrini
Members of anarchist group Rouvikonas staged an attack against the restaurant of celebrity chief Ektoras Botrini in Halandri suburb of north Athens. The attack took place in the early morning hours of Friday. The members of Rouvikonas smashed the main entrance door of the restaurant and threw black and red …
Read More »Man shoots and kills two neighbors over parking spot dispute
A 42-year-old man shot two of his neighbors in North Greece over a dispute about a parking space.The perpetrator shot and killed a 42-year-old lorry driver as well as the 67-year-old mother who was standing next to her son. According to local media, the two men had for one more …
Read More »More obstacles lifted for Hellinikon investment project
More obstacles lying before the Hellinikon investment project have been lifted with two decisions by the influential Central Archaeological Council (KAS) and the Central Council of Contemporary Monuments. On Wednesday and Thursday, the councils approved a change in a SYRIZA ministerial decision thus loosening the previous strict licensing procedures. Specifically, …
Read More »West Nile virus victims rise to 10, number of total infections 96
Four deaths and 47 new cases of infection with the West Nile virus have been recorded in the last week, thus increasing the total number of deaths to 10 and of infections to 96. According to the weekly epidemiological surveillance report of the West Nile Virus issued by the Greek …
Read More »Sick minds on Crete torture cats and expose their deeds on a land road
Passersby were shocked to see these appalling image in the middle of the land road in Akrotiri by Chania on the island of Crete. A sick human had tortured and killed five cats and placed their bodies in the middle of the road from Kathiana to Aroni. The barbaric perpetrator …
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