September 19, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Unions and social organizations will launch a nationwide 24-hour strike on Thursday, September 21, 2023, to protest a labor bill currently discussed and soon to be voted at the Parliament. It is interesting that the private sector union umbrella GSEE does not participate in the strike. Participants are: the Athens …
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September 15, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Three elementary school children were injured on Friday morning when plasters detached from the school ceiling and fell on the young pupils in an Athens neighborhood. Everything happened at the 149th Primary School of Petralona during the second break. Suddenly, a large piece of plaster fell from the ceiling of …
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September 6, 2023
FEATURED, weather
Storm weather Daniel reached Greek capital Athens with a heavy downpour on Wednesday afternoon that lasted no longer than 15 minutes, however, they were enough to flood many streets in downtown and the suburbs, mostly main streets. Ποτάμια οι δρόμοι στο κέντρο της Αθήνας #ΚΑΚΟΚΑΙΡΙΑ_DANIEL #κακοκαιρια #ΑΘΗΝΑ #Αττικη pic.twitter.com/3EPj77x5Z3 — …
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September 3, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
A young woman was attacked by a stranger who stuck a syringe needle in her leg. The incident took place in a popular street of Kaisariani suburb of Athens and while other people were walking on the pedestrian street as well. The 26-year-old victim was transferred to hospital where the …
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August 30, 2023
Society, Very Mix
A 65-year-old man was killed in a traffic accident involving a police car in Moschato suburb of southern Athens on Wednesday. The victim was trying to cross a main street when he was hit by the police car that had alarm lights on probably heading to an incident. The driver …
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August 23, 2023
environment, FEATURED
The wildfire in western Athens has turned into a nightmare without foreseeable end. Several houses have burned down, thousands of people have been evacuated, farms and businesses destroyed. A 77-year-old man has been reported as missing from Hasia by Fily as his relatives has no sign by him since Tuesday.. …
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August 23, 2023
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
Five women broke into an excavation site at the Acropolis Museum in Athens and stole coins. The incident took place at 22.45 on Tuesday evening in Dionysiou Areopagitou Street, where five young Greek women -among them two minors- were noticed by a security guard of the Acropolis Museum to have …
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August 22, 2023
environment, FEATURED
Suburbs in western Athens and villages in Attica were evacuated as of early Tuesday afternoon, factories, storehouses and homes were burned down, parts of highway ring was closed, a local airbase is on alert and the blue Attica sky turned grey due to wildfires in Fyli at the foot of …
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August 21, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated Greece’s support for Ukraine in a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after a bilateral meeting on Monday in Athens. “There is no chance that we will ever recognize the illegal annexation of Ukrainian territories by Russia. We are against all violations of …
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August 14, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Three police officers were arrested on the island of Mykonos for providing private security service to villas even during their shift hours at the local police station. Citing police sources, media report on Monday that the officers were providing the private security service for 12 euros per hour to the …
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August 9, 2023
Sports
Four felony charges and seven misdemeanor charges were read to each of 104 individuals, all of whom except one appeared before an Athens prosecutor on Wednesday for their involvement in bloody clashes between rival football club supporters in the Athens district of Nea Philadelphia on Monday night. Most of the …
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August 6, 2023
environment, FEATURED
Αn 88-year-old man was arrested on Sunday morning for starting a wildfire in Agios Stefanos in northern Athens the previous night. A 39-year-old passersby saw the old man starting the fire in dry grass and hastily entering his house which was next door. The passerby extinguished the fire and called …
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July 31, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
A 15-year-old boy with disabilities was assaulted by five individuals, possibly including minors, on Sunday night in Ano Liosia, western Athens. As reported by the state broadcaster ERT, the suspects approached the boy and launched a brutal assault, repeatedly striking him on the head and forcibly taking his mobile phone. …
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July 25, 2023
Society, Very Mix
Police in Athens have arrested a 61-year-old man in connection with two explosions caused by small makeshift bombs at the Masonic Lodge, the Grand Lodge, in the city center on July 13. According to state broadcaster ERT on Tuesday, the suspect was identified by investigators looking into an attack on …
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July 20, 2023
Society, Very Mix
The traffic restrictions in the inner zone of central Athens known as Traffic Ring or “Daktylios” will be suspended for cars as of Friday, 21 July, while measures remain in effect for trucks until the end of the year. This is THE JOKE of the year as everybody driving into …
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July 15, 2023
Archeology, Culture, weather
The Acropolis of Athens, Knossos and other archaeological sites on the island of Crete will be temporarily closed to public for several hours on Saturday, July 15, 2023, as the heatwave that hits Greece reaches its peak with temperatures over 41 degrees Celsius also in the Greek capital. As announced …
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July 14, 2023
weather
Temperatures of over 80 degrees Celsius in parked cars in Athens have been detected by thermal cameras as the heatwave “Cleon” peaks over the , with maximum temperatures reaching up to 42-43 degrees Celsius in places. Images taken with thermal cameras and drone and uploaded by EnternityGR on Facebook place …
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July 13, 2023
weather
Electricity supply problems occurred in several suburbs of Greek capital Athens as of Thursday afternoon. The power outages apparently due to overload of the electricity network due to the heatwave hitting the country and millions of A/C and fans working full time. Power outages have occurred in the suburbs of …
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July 13, 2023
Society, Very Mix
Αn explosion outside the Masonic Lodge of Greece, the Grand Lodge, occurred in downtown Athens early Thursday morning. Police proceeded to a controlled detonated a second suspicious package. The explosion occurred short after 6:30 a.m. and after an anonymous caller warned about it with a call to international emergency line …
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July 12, 2023
animals, News
The center of Athens will be policed by a new force, that is police on horseback starting in 2024, Minister of Citizen Protection, Notis Mitarakis revealed on Wednesday, after he signed the relevant decision a day earlier. he also revealed the end of university police and the straightening of patrols. …
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