Part of ceiling of the newly renovated Emergency Department (ER) in the General Hospital of Corinth, collapsed less than a month after the inauguration by Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis. According to hospital personnel, the collapse occurred in the exact same area where the inauguration took place, putting employees, patients and attendants at risk. In a […]

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The Ancient Olympia is getting ready and in the mood to host the  2nd Olympia Night Run – Run Under Zeus, an event scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 8, 2026 in Ancient Olympia. Staring time: 9 o’ clock in the evening. According to organizers, registrations have been completed on Wednesday and more than […]

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A 55-year-old man has been arrested by police when it was found out that he was keeping the body of his father in a deep freezer for years in order to collect his pension payments. The case was discovered after relatives/neighbors complained to police that they have not seen the old man for years. The […]

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The regional unit of Attica remains at Very High Fire Risk also on Wednesday and Thursday, August 5-6, 2026, the Civil Protection has warned. Also other regions including Greek islands are on the same Category 4, while many parts of the country are at High Fire Risk Category 3. According to the Fire Risk Forecast […]

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The body of a man was recovered from the sea near Panormitis Bay, off the island of Symi, the Greek Coast Guard announced on Wednesday. The body was picked up by a Coast Guard patrol boat during a Coast Guard operation and will be taken to the Rhodes General Hospital for autopsy. Authorities will investigate […]

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The map of absolute destruction: 42% of the forests in Attica burned in the last 10 years. From 2017 until yesterday, August 3, 2026, a total of 15 major fires have burned more than 800,000 stremma* or 80,000 hectares and approximately 197,684.3 acres acres. The data resulting from the updated analysis of the burned areas […]

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Four turtles rescued from a fire-stricken area in northern Greece were found to have been abused by human thugs who painted their shells  with orange oil paint.The discovery prompted the  intervention of the Prosecutor’s Office in Thessaloniki on Tuesday. The unprecedented incident was revealed when members of the Wild Animal Rescue & Reintegration Team arrived […]

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British tourists on the island on Kefalonia showed their gratitude and paid for water bottles for the firefighters battling the big blaze on the island in the Ionian Sea over the weekend. Local media kefaloniapress.gr reported about the spontaneous “Thank you!” incident that apparently occurred on Sunday, August 2. The post published today, Tuesday, August […]

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The Regional Unit of Attica will remain on Very High Risk of Fire also tomorrow, Tuesday, August 4, 2026, the Civil Protection announced on Monday. According to the Fire Risk Forecast Map issued by the General Secretariat of Civil Protection of the Ministry of Climate Crisis & Civil Protection a Very High Fire Risk (Risk […]

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For the fourth consecutive day, firefighters continue to battle the major wildfire in western Attica that appears to be out of control on Monday, despite the weakening of the winds. New flare-ups are non-stop and the fire front seems go in one direction, then change its route, return and sets on fire again what it […]

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As the wildfires in western Attica rage for fourth consecutive day, voluntary organizations give their own battle to rescue animals, mostly pets, cats and dogs, left behind when their owners were ordered to evacuate. Animal lovers and volunteers rushed to rescue the abandoned animals or strays from the fire affected areas, set up provisional collection […]

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Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the establishment of an inter-ministerial group responsible for scientific research and the development of a legal framework for the potential deployment of nuclear energy. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is championing small modular reactors. The country could reportedly participate in an investment round for the French EDF’s Nuward. The […]

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A search-and-rescue operation in the sea off the island of Symi in the southern Aegean Sea continued on Monday morning in efforts to find a man who was still missing after eight yacht passengers, all German nationals, ended up in the water. The other seven passengers of the yacht have already been located and rescued […]

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Opposition parties slammed Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over his statement on the devastating wildfires in Greece in his weekly review traditionally posted on social media on Sundays. “Without a trace of self-criticism about the fires” as news website in.gr entitled its relevant report, “he blamed everything on extreme weather phenomena.” At a time when voices […]

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A 26-year-old foreign national has been arrested for the murder of the 38-year-old British woman whose body was found in a suitcase in Kypseli district of Athens last month. The man has reportedly confesses to the murder and a case file was filed against him for manslaughter, robbery and violation of weapons laws. The woman’s […]

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Two water-dropping helicopters have been down while operating against the huge wildfire in Psatha, western Attica, on Sunday, August 2, 2026. According to initial information the two helicopters of Bell type collided in the air. The collision in the air has been confirmed by an official announcement of the Fire Service, state broadcaster ERT reported […]

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Sparks in wind farm caused the big fire in Viotia and western Attica  investigators of the Fire Service found out and arrested two people. The fire was reportedly caused by sparks in the private network transporting the electricity produced by wind turbines to the central network. The electrical engineer and the contractor who had undertaken […]

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A large fire broke out around Saturday midnight on the island of Kefalonia triggering the immediate mobilization of firefighting forces and leading to evacuations of several settlements and villages. The fire that broke out in the forest near the settlement of Kremmydi on the south-east of the island in the Ionian Sea and quickly reached […]

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Greece’s Civil Protection has issued a RED ALERT warning for two regions (Category 5) and Very High Risk of Fire (Category 4) in several regions for Saturday, August 1, 2026. The warning comes as the country has been facing big wildfires for the fourth consecutive day, as gale-force winds blowing with intensity of up to […]

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Firefighters and water-dropping aerial means have been operating in several wildfires across the country, from Crete to Central Greece and from Peloponnese to Attica on Friday, July 31, 2026. It is the third consecutive day where fires jump out like mushrooms and spread quickly due to gale-force winds blowing with intensity of 7 to 8 […]

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