Western Greece
Woman’s critical health condition prompts emergency response to meningitis
A 42-year-old woman in the municipality of Ilida in western Greece is in critical condition after testing positive for meningitis.
Initially admitted to Pyrgos Hospital, doctors deemed her condition serious, prompting her transfer to the University Hospital of Patras on Wednesday.
Ancient Olympia as it stood 2,000 years ago (amazing videos-photos)
It is a collaboration between the Ministry of Culture and Sports and Microsoft called “Ancient Olympia: Common Place”
Amazing drone footage of muddy waters from Rio Bridge (video)
The bad weather brought mud into the Gulf of Patras
Fire in Ancient Olympia: Areas evacuated – Strong forces operate at the scene (videos-photos)
The Fire Brigade ordered the evacuation of Ancient Olympia
Olympics torchlighting ceremony in Olympia hit by coronavirus measures
Crowds will be smaller and receptions have been scrapped at the Tokyo 2020 torch lighting ceremony in ancient Olympia, Greece, next week as the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) introduced measures to protect against the coronavirus, it said on Tuesday.
Storms to sweep in from the west, spread across Greece
Strong autumnal showers and thunderstorms are expected to sweep into the Ionian Sea and across western Greece on Tuesday, before spreading east to other parts of the country, the national weather service (HNMS) has warned.
Two killed by lightning as rain wreaks widespread problems
Two people were killed by lightning in western Greece on Tuesday when a wave of bad weather swept western Greece.
The first incident involved a 35-year-old migrant worker in Lechaina, in the regional unit of Ileia in the Peloponnese.
Artillery shells discovered in sea near Halkida
Two partially oxidized artillery shells, about 50 centimeters and 70 cm long, were spotted by a swimmer on Tuesday in the sea area off Exo Panagitsa in Halkida on the island of Evia.
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Man dies after falling off Rio-Antirrio bridge
A 23-year-old man died on Wednesday after falling off the busy Rio-Antirrio bridge in western Greece.
No details were immediately available as to how the incident happened. Some unconfirmed reports in Greek media suggested the man was cycling when he fell off the cable-stayed bridge.
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US ambassador: ‘Koufodinas is a murderer, not Robin Hood’
The US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt commented on a jailed terrorist on Thursday who has made headlines in the past few weeks due to a hunger strike he started to protest the rejection of what would have been his seventh furlough.