Daphne Tolis
@daphnetolis.bsky.social
Came from Twitter. Producer/Journalist/Filmmaker. Based in Greece.
🏆 2024 European Press Prize & Impact Award
🏆 2024 European Press Prize & Impact Award
A woman in a wheelchair witnessed her mother being struck on a pedestrian crossing in Athens on Friday.
Police say an 84-year-old driver violated the right-of-way, triggering a fatal collision.
Her mother died shortly after. The woman, who has a disability, has no other family.
Police say an 84-year-old driver violated the right-of-way, triggering a fatal collision.
Her mother died shortly after. The woman, who has a disability, has no other family.
November 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A woman in a wheelchair witnessed her mother being struck on a pedestrian crossing in Athens on Friday.
Police say an 84-year-old driver violated the right-of-way, triggering a fatal collision.
Her mother died shortly after. The woman, who has a disability, has no other family.
Police say an 84-year-old driver violated the right-of-way, triggering a fatal collision.
Her mother died shortly after. The woman, who has a disability, has no other family.
On 21 November Greece celebrates its Armed Forces Day.
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
On 21 November Greece celebrates its Armed Forces Day.
Random encounters.
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Random encounters.
The U.S. has designated two Greece-based groups, one Germany-based group, and one group that primarily operates in Italy as violent antifa organizations, labeling them as global terrorists in a major escalation of its counter-extremism strategy. www.state.gov/releases/off...
Designations of Antifa Ost and Three Other Violent Antifa Groups - United States Department of State
Today, the Department of State announces the designation of Antifa Ost, Informal Anarchist Federation/International Revolutionary Front, Armed Proletarian Justice, and Revolutionary Class Self-Defense...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The U.S. has designated two Greece-based groups, one Germany-based group, and one group that primarily operates in Italy as violent antifa organizations, labeling them as global terrorists in a major escalation of its counter-extremism strategy. www.state.gov/releases/off...
Greek-owned tanker Hellas Aphrodite was attacked by pirates firing machine guns and RPGs off the coast of #Somalia. The 24-member crew are safe, the shipping company confirmed. The Malta-flagged vessel, owned by Latsco Marine, reportedly had no armed guards.
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Greek-owned tanker Hellas Aphrodite was attacked by pirates firing machine guns and RPGs off the coast of #Somalia. The 24-member crew are safe, the shipping company confirmed. The Malta-flagged vessel, owned by Latsco Marine, reportedly had no armed guards.
Of the 600 #ΕΛΤΑ branches of the state-owned provider of postal services operating across #Greece, 143 have closed within the past 2,5 years. It has been announced that another 204 will be shutting down, reducing the total number of Hellenic Post branches to 253.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
#Greece - Six suspects have been identified by the Greek police for the deadly shooting in Vorizia village in #Crete, where a gun battle between 2 feuding families left two people dead.
Two suspects have been arrested, while 4 others are believed to be hiding in the mountains.
Two suspects have been arrested, while 4 others are believed to be hiding in the mountains.
November 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Greek police have banned a Nov 1 gathering organized by the group “Solidarity Assembly with the Palestinian Resistance” titled “Against the Reception of the Zionist American Ambassador.” The gathering was set to take place at the park near the Athens Concert Hall, adjacent to the U.S. embassy.
November 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Greek police have banned a Nov 1 gathering organized by the group “Solidarity Assembly with the Palestinian Resistance” titled “Against the Reception of the Zionist American Ambassador.” The gathering was set to take place at the park near the Athens Concert Hall, adjacent to the U.S. embassy.
WHO: Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed 460 civilians, incl patients, at a hospital in el-Fasher, #Sudan, on Tuesday.
More than 36,000 people have fled el-Fasher, mostly to rural areas around it, since Sunday. An estimated 177,000 civilians remain trapped in the city.
More than 36,000 people have fled el-Fasher, mostly to rural areas around it, since Sunday. An estimated 177,000 civilians remain trapped in the city.
October 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
WHO: Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed 460 civilians, incl patients, at a hospital in el-Fasher, #Sudan, on Tuesday.
More than 36,000 people have fled el-Fasher, mostly to rural areas around it, since Sunday. An estimated 177,000 civilians remain trapped in the city.
More than 36,000 people have fled el-Fasher, mostly to rural areas around it, since Sunday. An estimated 177,000 civilians remain trapped in the city.
#Cyprus - ‘Missing Persons Day’ is marked on October 29.
By the end of June 2025 the Committee on Missing Persons had exhumed 1,707 individuals and “1,270 sets of remains have been identified and returned to their families”.
29 Οκτωβρίου: Εθνική Ημέρα Αγνοουμένων της Κύπρου
By the end of June 2025 the Committee on Missing Persons had exhumed 1,707 individuals and “1,270 sets of remains have been identified and returned to their families”.
29 Οκτωβρίου: Εθνική Ημέρα Αγνοουμένων της Κύπρου
October 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#Cyprus - ‘Missing Persons Day’ is marked on October 29.
By the end of June 2025 the Committee on Missing Persons had exhumed 1,707 individuals and “1,270 sets of remains have been identified and returned to their families”.
29 Οκτωβρίου: Εθνική Ημέρα Αγνοουμένων της Κύπρου
By the end of June 2025 the Committee on Missing Persons had exhumed 1,707 individuals and “1,270 sets of remains have been identified and returned to their families”.
29 Οκτωβρίου: Εθνική Ημέρα Αγνοουμένων της Κύπρου
#HurricaneMelissa struck Jamaica with devastating force. Search and rescue operations are underway after one of the most powerful storms ever to make landfall in the Atlantic basin as the prime minister has declared the entire island a disaster area. www.news10.com/news/ap-hurr...
Hurricane Melissa leaves dozens dead in trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — Hurricane Melissa left dozens dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, fallen utility poles and water-logged furniture dom…
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October 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
#HurricaneMelissa struck Jamaica with devastating force. Search and rescue operations are underway after one of the most powerful storms ever to make landfall in the Atlantic basin as the prime minister has declared the entire island a disaster area. www.news10.com/news/ap-hurr...
“The women of Pindos”
“March through the snow”
Hector Doukas | Oil on Canvas
The second painting includes the year 1941 under the painter’s name.
#Greece
“March through the snow”
Hector Doukas | Oil on Canvas
The second painting includes the year 1941 under the painter’s name.
#Greece
October 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“The women of Pindos”
“March through the snow”
Hector Doukas | Oil on Canvas
The second painting includes the year 1941 under the painter’s name.
#Greece
“March through the snow”
Hector Doukas | Oil on Canvas
The second painting includes the year 1941 under the painter’s name.
#Greece
Irish roots, Dubai riches, Congo air routes and a trail the Russian mafia may have helped pave across continents.
Rory Mulholland digs into a global laundering web 💸
villagemagazine.ie/dubai-heir-c...
Rory Mulholland digs into a global laundering web 💸
villagemagazine.ie/dubai-heir-c...
Dubai Heir, Congo Air - Village Magazine
When Paris police picked up a drunk Australian carrying €195,000 in cash, they uncovered an alleged money-laundering scheme led by a Dubai-based Irish horseracing heir linked to British royals.
villagemagazine.ie
October 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Irish roots, Dubai riches, Congo air routes and a trail the Russian mafia may have helped pave across continents.
Rory Mulholland digs into a global laundering web 💸
villagemagazine.ie/dubai-heir-c...
Rory Mulholland digs into a global laundering web 💸
villagemagazine.ie/dubai-heir-c...
Samples of alcoholic beverages sold at the #Athens nightclub were taken on Tuesday (2 days after the teen’s death).
The samples were sent to the Chemical State Laboratory and results are expected to show whether alcoholic beverages were adulterated.
The samples were sent to the Chemical State Laboratory and results are expected to show whether alcoholic beverages were adulterated.
A 16-year-old teen collapsed and died outside a nightclub in #Athens in the early hours of last Sunday. According to the autopsy, her death was linked to pulmonary edema but toxicology & histology tests are pending to determine the precise cause of death. t.co/YzzReAzg5I
https://www.dimokratia.gr/ellada/610680/thrinos-gia-tin-16chroni-zoi-mas-eipe-039-039-sas-agapo-039/
t.co
October 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Samples of alcoholic beverages sold at the #Athens nightclub were taken on Tuesday (2 days after the teen’s death).
The samples were sent to the Chemical State Laboratory and results are expected to show whether alcoholic beverages were adulterated.
The samples were sent to the Chemical State Laboratory and results are expected to show whether alcoholic beverages were adulterated.
A 16-year-old teen collapsed and died outside a nightclub in #Athens in the early hours of last Sunday. According to the autopsy, her death was linked to pulmonary edema but toxicology & histology tests are pending to determine the precise cause of death. t.co/YzzReAzg5I
https://www.dimokratia.gr/ellada/610680/thrinos-gia-tin-16chroni-zoi-mas-eipe-039-039-sas-agapo-039/
t.co
October 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A 16-year-old teen collapsed and died outside a nightclub in #Athens in the early hours of last Sunday. According to the autopsy, her death was linked to pulmonary edema but toxicology & histology tests are pending to determine the precise cause of death. t.co/YzzReAzg5I
Journalist Olena Hramova and cameraman Yevhen Karmazin were killed in a Russian Lancet drone strike in #Kramatorsk. “Freedom” TV channel said they were in a car at a petrol station at the time of the strike.
October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Journalist Olena Hramova and cameraman Yevhen Karmazin were killed in a Russian Lancet drone strike in #Kramatorsk. “Freedom” TV channel said they were in a car at a petrol station at the time of the strike.
🚨 Greek Police, along with the Independent Authority for Public Revenue & the DG Financial and Economic Crime Unit, found and seized 39+ kg of #cocaine worth €1M+, hidden among 1,080 boxes of bananas at the port of Piraeus.
October 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🚨 Greek Police, along with the Independent Authority for Public Revenue & the DG Financial and Economic Crime Unit, found and seized 39+ kg of #cocaine worth €1M+, hidden among 1,080 boxes of bananas at the port of Piraeus.
Greek singer and songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos has died at the age of 81.
Photo: Young Dionysis Savvopoulos on the cover of «Επίκαιρα» (Current), a Greek weekly magazine that ran from 1968 through the 1980s.
Photo: Young Dionysis Savvopoulos on the cover of «Επίκαιρα» (Current), a Greek weekly magazine that ran from 1968 through the 1980s.
October 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Greek singer and songwriter Dionysis Savvopoulos has died at the age of 81.
Photo: Young Dionysis Savvopoulos on the cover of «Επίκαιρα» (Current), a Greek weekly magazine that ran from 1968 through the 1980s.
Photo: Young Dionysis Savvopoulos on the cover of «Επίκαιρα» (Current), a Greek weekly magazine that ran from 1968 through the 1980s.
A boat carrying 29 migrants struck rocks in a rugged area off the coast of #Chios late Thursday night, killing two people and injuring ten others who are being treated in hospital.
October 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
A boat carrying 29 migrants struck rocks in a rugged area off the coast of #Chios late Thursday night, killing two people and injuring ten others who are being treated in hospital.
Once common throughout Greece, the majestic red deer grazes in a fragile balance between survival and loss.
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📸 Daphne Tolis
October 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Once common throughout Greece, the majestic red deer grazes in a fragile balance between survival and loss.
📸 Daphne Tolis
📸 Daphne Tolis
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is set to fall silent for three years, beginning at the close of this year’s Athens–Epidaurus Festival. During its hiatus, the iconic landmark will undergo restoration and preservation work.
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October 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is set to fall silent for three years, beginning at the close of this year’s Athens–Epidaurus Festival. During its hiatus, the iconic landmark will undergo restoration and preservation work.
📸 Daphne Tolis
📸 Daphne Tolis
Overseeing the liquor aisle with calm authority.
📸 Daphne Tolis
📸 Daphne Tolis
October 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Overseeing the liquor aisle with calm authority.
📸 Daphne Tolis
📸 Daphne Tolis
#Greece, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
A special flight will depart on Monday from the Eilat-Ramon International Airport in Israel to return the Greek citizens who participated in the "Global Sumud Flotilla" to Athens.
A special flight will depart on Monday from the Eilat-Ramon International Airport in Israel to return the Greek citizens who participated in the "Global Sumud Flotilla" to Athens.
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
#Greece, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
A special flight will depart on Monday from the Eilat-Ramon International Airport in Israel to return the Greek citizens who participated in the "Global Sumud Flotilla" to Athens.
A special flight will depart on Monday from the Eilat-Ramon International Airport in Israel to return the Greek citizens who participated in the "Global Sumud Flotilla" to Athens.
Mr Frangiskos on his mule bringing the milk back from the farm.
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📸 Daphne Tolis
October 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Mr Frangiskos on his mule bringing the milk back from the farm.
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📸 Daphne Tolis