Nicholas Paphitis, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Debris of trains lie on the rail lines after a collision in Tempe, about 376 kilometres (235 miles) north of Athens, near Larissa city, Greece, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. A passenger train carrying hundreds of people, including many university students returning home from holiday, collided at high speed with an oncoming freight train before midnight on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Death toll keeps rising in train crash in Greece

by Costas Kantouris Associated Press, and Nicholas Paphitis Associated PressMarch 1, 2023

TEMPE, Greece — Rescuers searched late into the night Wednesday for survivors amid the mangled, burned-out wrecks of two trains that collided in northern Greece, killing at least 43 people and crumpling carriages into twisted steel knots in the…

Protesters displaying a Tibetan flag and a banner reading "No genocide games" enter the grounds during the lighting of the Olympic flame at Ancient Olympia site, birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southwestern Greece, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. The flame will be transported by torch relay to Beijing, China, which will host the Feb. 4-20, 2022 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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Protesters disrupt Olympic torch lighting

by Nicholas Paphitis Associated Press, and Thanassis Stavrakis Associated PressOctober 18, 2021

Fire burns container houses and tents in the Moria refugee camp on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. A fire swept through Greece's largest refugee camp that had been placed under COVID-19 lockdown, leaving more than 12,000 migrants in emergency need of shelter on the island of Lesbos. (AP Photo/Panagiotis Balaskas)

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Fire strikes twice at Greek island refugee camp

by Elena Becatoros Associated Press, and Nicholas Paphitis Associated PressSeptember 9, 2020

A golden seal ring is shown from a 3,500-year-old tomb discovered in Greece.

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Archaeologists find 3,500-year-old royal tombs

by Nicholas Paphitis Associated PressDecember 17, 2019

In this photo provided by Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation members of Archipelagos institute carry a dead dolphin at a beach of Samos island, Aegean sea, Greece, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019. A Greek marine conservation group says a "very unusual" increase in Aegean Sea dolphin deaths over recent weeks may be linked with recent Turkish naval exercises in the area. A total 15 dead dolphins have washed up on the eastern island of Samos and other parts of Greece's Aegean coastline since late February, according to the Archipelagos Institute.(Bre-Anne Smith /Archipelagos via AP)

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More dolphins die in Aegean Sea; group suspects navy drills

by Nicholas Paphitis Associated PressApril 9, 2019

Former Brazilian volleyball player Giovane Gavio holds the Olympic flame after the ceremonial lighting of the Olympic flame in Ancient Olympia, Greece, Thursday, April 21, 2016. The flame will be transported by torch relay to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, which will host the 2016 Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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Flame for Rio Olympics is lit at birthplace of ancient Games

by Nicholas Paphitis Associated PressApril 21, 2016

Author Archives: Nicholas Paphitis

Death toll keeps rising in train crash in Greece

Protesters disrupt Olympic torch lighting

Fire strikes twice at Greek island refugee camp

Archaeologists find 3,500-year-old royal tombs

More dolphins die in Aegean Sea; group suspects navy drills

Flame for Rio Olympics is lit at birthplace of ancient Games

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