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Greece Orders Evacuation of Towns as Fires Rage East of Athens

Wildfires raging in towns east of Athens are approaching houses, resulting in the authorities issuing orders for evacuations in the region. High temperatures and strong winds are only strengthening the flames and spreading the fires, making them extremely dangerous. The...

Dozens of Firefighters Battle Wildfires East of Athens

At least two big wildfires broke out on Wednesday east of Athens, as authorities warned that much of Greece is at an increased risk due to strong winds and high temperatures. Firefighting forces are battling the blaze in a forest...

Twelve Coronavirus Cases Detected at Greek Nursing Home

A nursing home in Nea Makri, east of Athens, was placed under quarantine late on Sunday as ten pensioners and two employees tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus. "Following the results of 122 samples of residents and staff, by order...

Arson Suspected in Large Wildfire East of Athens

A large wildfire that broke out in the coastal town of Nea Makri in east Attica on Wednesday night is the work of arsonists, said a high ranking Greek Fire Service officer. Lieutenant. General Nikos Spais noted that the fire...

A Walk in Greece's Favelas

Social phenomena we first met in the Brazilian favelas and in the shanty towns of the central states of the USA have come to Greece. In the Greece of destitution and misery, the first favelas are born from families who...

Suspect In Girlfriend's Death Turns Himself In

A 25-year-old man suspected of beating his 23-year-old girlfriend in Nea Makri, northeast of Athens, turned himself in to police on May 8, following her death the previous week from injuries she sustained and a warrant for his arrest...

Young Fey Passed Away

Twenty-three-year-old Fey from Nea Makri, a Greek town located northeast of Attica, passed away on April 29 after she was brutally beaten by her 25-year-old boyfriend on April 6. The perpetrator has not been arrested and is still at...