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4.1 Richter Earthquake in Pyrgos, Greece

An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter scale shook the city of Pyrgos, Greece. According to the Greek Institute of Geodynamics in Athens, the earthquake epicenter was located 6 km northwest of Pyrgos. A lighter quake was recorded thirteen minutes...

Young Filmmakers Make Movie to Express Their Love for Greece

Invitia Productions, a Barcelona-based company composed of a group of young filmmakers, is making waves with a film they produced to express their love for Greece. "Diafora," the story of a young Journalism student in Barcelona who travels to Greece and has...

Patras: Man Rapes His Children

A couple who had been in custody since May 2013, were involved in a case that shocked all of Greece. A 50-year-old man form Patras, was repeatedly raping his three children, a boy and two girls, forcing the boy to...

Selene: Greece's Best Restaurant

A Greek restaurant with a breathtaking view and exquisite dishes entered the list of 101 best restaurants in the world. Selene Restaurant that can be found in Pyrgos, Santorini earned a place on New York's 101 Best Restaurants in the...

Big Fires in Crete and Elis

On June 19, at 13.35 a fire broke out in a greenhouse at Makrimaliana, near the beach of Kokkinos Pyrgos in the Mesara Plain, an illuvial plain in southern Crete. Winds of Beaufort force 6 were blowing in the...

Police Say Taxi Driver Killed By Wife

Greek police say that a 44-year-old woman killed her husband, a 61-year-old taxi driver, by stabbing him 12 times while in slept, in front of their three-year-old child. The victim was from Pyrgos, where his relatives have been informed, except...

Court Convicts 5 Over Deadly 2007 Wildfire

A Greek court has convicted an elderly villager and four local officials on charges of negligence that led to 36 deaths five years ago in one of the country's worst-ever wildfires. Judges gave a suspended 10-year sentence to Sofia Nikolopoulou,...

Police Say Murdered Greek Priest's Wife, Lover, Killed Him

Greek police said that a Greek priest shot to death as he sat in his car alongside a road in the Peloponnese while his wife got out to urinate was killed by her lover in a set-up to get...

14-Year-Olds Attempted Murder in Patras

A 21-year-old man from the district of Pyrgos in Patras, was hospitalised after four 14-year-old relatives of his tried to kill him in cold blood. The teenagers attacked their victim in his home and attempted to flee. The police responded immediately...