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Drowning deaths in Greece: over-60s make up 80% of victims, high rates among children too, plus the ten golden rules for safe swimming

Greece has recorded 168 drowning deaths so far in 2026, 49 fewer than the same period last year, according to Safe Water Sports, which is now running a targeted elderly safety campaign with health authorities

How the tragedy happened in Malia: Mother drowned trying to save her friend as children cried for help

The autopsy confirmed that the 42-year-old woman died from drowning. Her three-year-old child is expected to be reunited today with their 21-year-old sister, who traveled from the Netherlands

“Two more seconds and he would have died”: Father of boy saved by teenage lifeguard in California recalls terrifying ordeal

Boy lost consciousness after being swept out by the waves, while "heroic teenager" is invited to the White House by President Donald Trump

Tragedy in Sarakiniko of Milos: Two dead from drowning – They were a Vietnamese couple

The unfortunate couple was about 50 years old and was on holiday in Milos with a group

Life imprisonment for the 47-year-old woman who drowned her children – She had a psychotic episode from cannabis use

The father of the children found the bodies of the two boys lying side by side in their beds, covered up to their shoulders

Tragic death of George Baldock: Drowning confirmed as cause – He was dead in the pool for 5 hours

According to information from protothema.gr, macroscopic foam were found - His body showed no signs, wounds, or bruises indicating any criminal activity

Drowning of an 8-year-old girl in Halkidiki: The legal representative of the camp is also wanted – The licenses to the pools were revoked

The pools did not meet the specifications - What the forensic examination showed - The reaction of the girl's relatives and the response of the camp

Halkidiki: The two arrested for the drowning of an 8-year-old girl in a camping pool are released

The 19-year-old group leader of the eight-year-old girl and the 34-year-old "leader" of the camp had been arrested for involuntary manslaughter - Drowning "showed" the forensic examination

Unthinkable tragedy at a CrossFit competition in the USA: Serbian athlete drowns helpless just before the finish line

Video shows Lazar Đukić struggling to stay above water but failing – Questions arise about the organizers' response

Spetses: The death of the 44 year old English sailor was due to drowning and not to a criminal act

The prosecution allowed his friends, who were members of two sailing boats, to leave the island

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