Preveza

It was recorded 19 kilometres west of the prefecture of Preveza

Under the motto "Preveza, Be Safe, Be Free," the Municipality of Preveza on the northwest coast of Greece has launched a campaign to promote itself as a tourism destination that will focus on aspects such as Preveza's 25-kilometer long Monolithi beach (pictured), the longest sandy beach in the European Union.

Robbers broke into a doctor's practice in the western city of Preveza late Wednesday and removed a safe with more than 200,000 euros, police sources said Thursday.

The attackers entered from the main entrance and fled, the sources said, adding that authorities are checking CCTV footage for clues over the identify of the suspects.

Authorities are reportedly on the trail of the leaders of a people trafficking gang linked to the vessel that sank last Saturday off the island of Paxos, south of Corfu in the Ionian Sea, which led to the death of at least 12 migrants with at least 17 still missing.

Three people who authorities believe were the traffickers of the refugees and migrants who attempted to reach Greece last Saturday in a boat that sank near the island of Paxi, western Greece, killing at least 12 people, will appear on Tuesday before an investigative magistrate in the western town of Preveza.

Greece's Coast Guard resumed on Monday a rescue operation to locate refugees and migrants who fell into the sea when their boat sank on Saturday 13 nautical miles southwest of the island of Paxi, western Greece.

The twelve bodies that have so far been pulled out of the sea have not yet been identified, but none of them are children, the state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.

A Dutch tourist died on Thursday when she fell off a cliff during a tour inside the Venetian castle of Parga, western Greece.

An ambulance was called in to transfer the 33-year-old woman to a hospital in the city of Preveza where doctors confirmed her death.

Police is examining the circumstances surrounding her fall.

UK swing band the Jive Aces will be performing at the Municipal Gardens in Preveza on Friday, August 9. After going viral on YouTube with their recording of "Bring Me Sunshine," the six-member outfit launched into mainstream culture. They have released 11 albums and were semifinalists in Britain's Got Talent in 2012.

With the government under fire from the opposition over a slew of pre-electoral hand outs and social benefits - the latest batch is scheduled to be announced next week - Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said that the government is merely doing what it had promised in 2015.

The parents of a 13-year-old student who died in a hit-and-run accident in the town of Preveza in northwestern Greece late Thursday afternoon, decided to donate his organs, state run news agency ANA-MPA reported on Friday.