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The Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Vassilis Kikilias, signed today a contract for the upgrade of the emergency number “112” (a project worth €17.5 million), as part of the implementation of the AEGIS program.

A rescue operation is underway for a 60-year-old American tourist injured while hiking near Sougia on the southern coast of Crete on Tuesday evening.

The man was hiking with others toward the Lissos archaeological site when he lost his balance and injured his limbs, according to public broadcaster ERT. 

Bulgarian police detained 32 migrants on "Trakia" highway near Nova Zagora. They are of an apparent age of 18-20.

They were found shortly after 6 o'clock this morning in a parking lot on the highway, there are also signals from phone 112.

The persons are without documents. One of them complained that he did not feel well. An emergency team was called.

A woman from Vidin died while waiting for an ambulance, and according to her relatives, the emergency team arrived after 35 minutes, but it was already too late.

Nova TV reported the story this morning - the woman was leaving work, felt sick and fell to the ground. Her colleagues immediately called 112, but she never received help and died before their eyes.

Nearly two-thirds of calls made by people to helpline centers to report an emergency are either unfounded or not related to an emergency situation at all, an official has said.

Shortly after 17:30, Greek authorities sent a message via its 112 services to the residents of the Ryto settlement to evacuate the area

A Mobile Emergency Response Training Centre, purchased by the Department for Emergency Situations (DSU), has been made available to the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (IGSU). The centre is made as a semi-trailer, being completely autonomous.

The European Emergency Number 112 in Greece will be upgraded with the e-Call service, which will send out information directly from vehicles involved in an emergency, according to a ministerial agreement signed on Wednesday.

The Special Telecommunications Service (STS) has implemented an advanced mobile location (AML) technology solution that allows geographic tracking of calls made to the 112 emergency line, exclusively during the emergency call. "The solution was implemented by the Special Telecommunications Service (STS) jointly with mobile communications operators and in partnership with Google and Apple.

On the first day of the year, the European emergency number 112 became fully operational in Greece, the General Secretariat for Civil Protection, which will be responsible for the service, has said.