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Greece: Elderly Norwegian tourist drowns off Chania beach

Greekreporter.com reports that there was widespread panic on Agia Marina beach in Chania when the wife of a drowning man started calling out for help. Her 71-year-old husband was unconscious when he was pulled out of the water just before one o’clock after noon. The elderly, who was from Norway, probably suffered a heart attack in the water just a few meters from the shore. Read article

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British tourist killed during bar fight on Crete, many more arrested

Sky News reports that dozens of Britons were involved in a brawl that resulted in a teenage British tourist being stabbed to death on the Greek island of Crete, police have said. According to a police statement the fight broke out among a group who were holidaying in the popular party resort of Malia. The […]

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Merchants in the Greek islands are raising tourist prices

Greekporter.com reports that it looks like the cut-rate bargains for Greek holidays are ending, as hotel owners who last year slashed prices in a desperate bid to bring in business when visitors frightened by scenes of protests were staying away, are increasing them as they are returning. With 2013 looking like a record season that […]

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Greece: Spanish family rescued from yacht after being caught in a storm

According to thelocal.es, an ‘uncooperative’ Spanish family of five stranded on a yacht amid gale-force winds in the Aegean Sea was rescued by the Greek coastguard on Sunday after an operation including a helicopter airlift and a speedboat. “We received a distress call from a Spanish woman on board a yacht with three children, who […]

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Greece: Russian tourist found dead in hotel room on Crete

According to ekathimerini.com, a coroner was on Tuesday examining the remains of a 23-year-old woman who was found dead in her hotel room in the resort of Aghia Pelagia in Iraklio, Crete, earlier in the day. The unnamed woman, who was reported to be Russian, is believed to have died of natural causes after foul […]

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Greece: Belgian, British tourists robbed near Paphos

As reported by Cyprus-mail.com, Paphos police is investigating two separate incidents of tourist muggings which took place on Thursday night and the early hours of Friday. According to reports, a Belgian couple who had gone out for a walk at around 11.30pm in Chloraka were attacked by an unknown assailant who managed to take the […]

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Strong earthquake affects tourist island of Crete

According to eturbonews.com, a strong 5.8 earthquake was measured in Greece Sunday night. First reports from eTN readers in Crete report no major damages, but tourists and locals were running out of restaurants, nightclubs, homes and hotels. It’s too early to get a clear picture of any possible damages or injuries. Read article

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German police officers to protect German tourists in Greece Airports

According to Nachrichten.de, German tourists are to be protected at Greek airports by German police. The contract includes only the advice. The officers will wear neither a uniform nor a weapon. Read Article

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Kurdish man seeking asylum in Greece kidnapped and returned to Turkey

Ekurd.net reports that Syriza MP Dimitris Tsoukalas asked the Greek government on Tuesday to explain what it knows about the alleged abduction of a Turkish-Kurdish asylum seeker in Athens and his handover to Turkish authorities. It was alleged over the weekend by human rights activists that Bulut Yayla was bundled into a car in the […]

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Two tourists drown off Greek coast

Peopledaily.com reports that a six year old Greek boy and a 65 year old female tourist drown off beaches across Greece within a few hours during the weekend, as authorities launch a campaign to address the worrying pattern of increasing number of accidental such deaths every summer. The six year old child drown as he […]

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