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Soccer fans held in custody in Rhodes
Twenty-five soccer fans from the western Peloponnese port city of Patras faced a magistrate on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes on Monday over clashes at a match the previous day.
The suspects are to be held in custody until they face a judge on Wednesday.
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Moderate quakes rattle the city of Patra, western Greece
An earthquake rattled the city of Patra and other areas in the Achaia region, western Greece at approximately 11.25 a.m. on Sunday.
According to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, the earthquake had a 3.2 magnitude and its epicenter was located 13 kilometers south of Kato Achaia town, Peloponnese.
SYRIZA’s inept efforts to modernize
I left Greece many years ago and thus my understanding of its politics might not be as thorough as that of my fellow Greeks who live in the country. It is possible then that the current developments in the SYRIZA party might not be clear to me.
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Section of Athens-Patra highway closed due to storm
The police on Thursday closed the Athens-bound lanes of the new Athens-Patras national highway to traffic at the 161st kilometre, in the Elaionas region, due to problems caused by the heavy rain in the area.
The old Athens-Patras national road has also been closed in both directions in the same area, while traffic has been diverted due to the bad weather at Metohi, Achaia.
New Democracy dominates diaspora vote
New Democracy is leading in the vote of Greeks living overseas, as counting of ballot boxes from the 35 foreign countries where polling stations were set up continues.
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Amvrosios: Train crash God’s punishment for Carnival
The former metropolitan of Kalavryta and Aigialeia, Amvrosios, has sparked public outrage after claiming that the deadly train crash in northern Greece was God's punishment for the annual three-day Carnival. which he called "the devil's feast."
Minister urges Patras locals to celebrate patron saint at home on Monday
Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrisohoidis called on the people of Patras to celebrate the city's patron saint at home on Monday and avoid social gatherings that could spread the coronavirus.
Two charged after heroin seizure in Patra
Two men were to face a prosecutor in Patra, western Greece, Friday after police discovered half a kilogram of heroin hidden in the lights of the vehicle they were traveling in.
Working on a tip-off, officers of the local anti-narcotics division stopped the truck on the Patra-Corinth highway in Achaia and discovered the drugs with the help of a sniffer dog.
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As temperatures plummet, snow covers mountainous regions in Greece
The regional authorities of Achaia, western Greece, were urging drivers on Thursday to use snow chains if travelling near the area of Kalavryta, as a cold front brought freezing temperatures around the country.
State-run news agency ANA-MPA reported that snow chains were required when travelling from Kalavryta to Diakopto, Patras and Halandritsa.
Four people drown in Greece
Greek port authorities recorded four drownings in three separate incidents on Wednesday.
A 97-year-old unconscious man was pulled out of the water on the beach Kalogria near Patras and was pronounced dead at the local hospital.
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