Have you seen Kanelos? The stolen miniature Pincher?
I got a link from a friend leading me to a very touching video! It is a tribute to stolen dog Kanelos and a call to anyone, who might have seen him. Kanelos, a cinnamon miniature Pincher, was stolen...
View ArticleThe sweet-bitter Parthenon made of Chocolate
You always thought the Parthenon of Acropolis is made of stones and marbles? How wrong you have been! That was in ancient times, folks, when people had only natural materials available to build...
View ArticleMan Arrested for Illegally Obtaining Personal Data of 9 Million Greeks from...
The personal information of about nine million Greeks were found to be in possession of a 35-year-old man, who was after a complaint was filed by the Data Protection Authority.According to Greek media,...
View Article2,700 liters of heating oil stolen from school in mountainous Siatista
The director of Technical high-school (EPAL) in Siatista tried in vain to start the heating on Wednesday morning. The system did not work even though 2,700 liters of heating oil were delivered just one...
View ArticleGerman returns Ancient Greek mosaics stolen from Delos and Athens
A German citizen sent per post to the Greek Embassy in Berlin what has been stolen decades ago: three fragments of ancient Greek mosaics. Two of the fragments were removed on the island of Delos and...
View Article2,700 liters of heating oil stolen from school in mountainous Siatista
The director of Technical high-school (EPAL) in Siatista tried in vain to start the heating on Wednesday morning. The system did not work even though 2,700 liters of heating oil were delivered just one...
View ArticleBallot Box stolen from polling center in Exarchia and set on fire
At least one ballot box was stolen from a polling stations in the anarchists’ district of Exarchia in Athens and were allegedly set on fire. The unprecedented incidents took place on early Sunday...
View Article“Hachiko” was stolen “to be offered a good home”, locals upset (Poll)
He was known as the “Hachiko of Nafpaktos.” The loyal dog would not leave the spot where his owner was killed in a road accident in November 2017. Relatives raised a small religious memorial with the...
View ArticleMilitary equipment stolen from Naval Base on Leros; Anti-terror investigates
Military equipment has been stolen from the Naval Technical Facility on the island of Leros in the eastern Aegean sea. The theft has been discovered during a search in the facility’s inventory. The...
View ArticleTurkey may have stolen data for gas drilling in Block 8 off Cyprus
Turkey may have stolen technical data that enabled it to send drill ship Yavuz at a specific location south of Cyprus that energy companies Eni and Total had pre-selected to carry out their own...
View ArticlePrecious icons stolen from Epirus monastery allegedly auctioned in gallery...
Two precious icons that are allegedly stolen from church and monasteries in Epirus, western Greece, have been auctioned by a private gallery in Europe, local media reported. According to epiruspost,...
View ArticleTwelve icons stolen from Greek churches return from the UK
A 19th-century religious icon showing the Baptism of Christ and another 11 icons stolen in 2005 from the Church of the Dormition of the Visokos Virgin in Kalouta, in the central Zagori district of...
View ArticleRare hand-written gospel stolen in 1917 to be returned to monastery in Greece
A rare hand-written gospel in Greek is on its way to being returned to the monastery it was stolen from in 1917 by its latest owner, a museum in Washington, DC, the Metropolis of Drama said. One of the...
View ArticleGreek police recover ancient statue of ‘exceptional artwork’
A man has been arrested on suspicion of antiquities smuggling for trying to sell an ancient marble statue of “exceptional artwork” that once likely adorned a temple on Athens’ famed Acropolis or the...
View ArticleGreek Police recover Picasso, Mondrian paintings stolen in 2012 (UPD)
Greek police has said that they have recovered two paintings by 20th century masters Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian, stolen in 2012 from the National Art Gallery, the biggest state art gallery in...
View ArticleGranny steals full vial with Pfizer vaccine as “souvenir”
A vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has been reportedly stolen from a vaccination center in western Thessaloniki on Tuesday morning. The theft was discovered by doctors and nurses at the Evosmos...
View ArticleUS nationals arrested for smuggling stolen antiquities outside Greece
Two US nationals were arrested at Athens’ international airport on Monday after fragments of ancient vessels and other objects were discovered in their luggage. The Oklahoma-born couple, both aged 64,...
View ArticleSteinhardt Collection: 47 stolen antiquities return to Greece
Forty-seven illegally trafficked Greek artifacts among the dozens surrendered by American hedge-fund billionaire Michael Steinhardt under a deal with US authorities will be returned to Greece in the...
View ArticleLuxury watch stolen in armed robbery in Denmark found in Athens
A luxury watch stolen during an armed robbery in Denmark five years ago was located in Greece when a woman brought it to a store for repair in Athens. The robbery was attributed to international jewel...
View Article20 tons of stolen firewood leave villagers without heating, loggers without...
Twenty tons of firewood for the needy residents villages in northern Greece disappeared from the Community Forest of Livadi. The firewood was aiming to be distributed to some 70 families in villages of...
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