Pyrgos, Cyprus

A 49-year-old priest was arrested for allegedly punching and verbally abusing a 45-year-old woman with whom he is believed to have been in a relationship. The incident occurred in the early hours of last Saturday in Pyrgos.

The Gavriliadis family (originally from Pyrgos) vacation in Andros had a tragic ending on Friday morning. The family had traveled with friends to the Cycladic island and this morning 22-year-old Stathis and his father, well-known Pyrgos businessman Takis Gavriliadis, took a ride in a “pig” they had rented in the Stivari area of Batsi.

A 48-year-old man from Viotia, central Greece, who was vacationing in the western Peloponnese, passed away on Thursday afternoon after being admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the General Hospital of Pyrgos, according to state broadcaster ERT.

The man was hospitalized following a severe reaction to an insect bite, which medical experts believe was likely caused by a spider.

A tragic traffic accident occurred at noon Friday on the highway Pyrgos-Kyparissia, at the height of Elaia.

A 55-year-old man who was participating in a firefighting effort in the western Peloponnese has died.

It is understood that the man wanted to assist in battling a wildfire near the village of Alpochori in Ilia prefecture and that he may have choked on some food as he rushed to help.

He was transferred to Pyrgos hospital where, according to local media, he was pronounced dead.

A two-year-old girl who went missing on Monday in the area of Pyrgos, Peloponnese, was found dead by search and rescue units, state run broadcaster ERT reported on Tuesday.

The body of the girl was found in an irrigation canal near a military camp. Her death is attributed to drowning, the report said.

A 65-year-old man from a village near Pyrgos, southern Greece, was remanded in custody on Friday on charges of molesting a 7-year-old girl in a neighboring village.

As it is stated, by implementing dangerous maneuvers, the Turkish ship forced the Cypriot vessel to leave the area and enter the port of Kato Pyrgos.
No more details about the incident are known yet.

#BREAKING Turkish ship fires warning shots at Cyprus coastguard: Cyprus media pic.twitter.com/QhfwOONhHb

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 16, 2021

Bishop Germanos of the Ilia prefecture in southern Greece claimed at a rally on Thursday that he had been told by Jesus Christ to urge Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to expedite construction work for a new highway linking the towns of Patra and Pyrgos.

Construction company Intrakat is intervening in the role of the white knight for the Kalogritsas group.