One worker at the Urban Train ISAP died and two workers were injured when the maintenance wagon collided with a train early morning Tuesday. Due to a breaks failure the rail grinder was reportedly running on the track with a speed of over 50 km per hour. The workers were …
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The Japanese Garden: Tranquility of the Far-East in the “heart” of Athens
The city of Athens got its first-ever Japanese garden, which is located in Nereidon Park on Michalakopoulou Street, near the National Gallery. A ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the project, which is part of the Athens Municipality’s “Adopt Your City” programme, was held on Wednesday. The Athens Japanese …
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Tennis coach arrested in northern Athens for minors’ sexual abuse
Greek police arrested a tennis coach in the northern suburbs of Athens after parents filed against him for the sexual abuse of their underage daughters. The 35-year-old man was arrested on Friday just hours after the parents filed against him at the Greek Police headquarters. The victims are reportedly two …
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North Greece: Hospitals in dramatic situation; 300 Covid-deaths in 15 days
At least 300 people have died of COVID in Macedonia and Thrace hospitals in northern Greece over the last fortnight. 85-87 percent of them were unavaccinated. The total number of fatalities due to the pandemic in the last two weeks is 479 across the country. The situation in the hospitals …
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Heavy fog covers Athens, large parts of Greece; locals cheer about the eerie scenery (pct,vid)
Αn unusual phenomenon with very heavy fog covered large parts of Greece, from Crete in the south to capital Athens and Pilio in the central of the country early Saturday morning. The eerie phenomenon had Greeks cheer about the scenes as if directly from a “fairy tale.” Καλημέρα Σάββατο, πρώτη …
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Mitsotakis praises Merkel’s stance in economic crisis; Greeks: “She wont’ be missed”
“Angela Merkel was the voice of reason and stability. Unfair sometimes, but decisive as in 2015 when she rejected the expulsion of Greece from Europe ” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis praised the outgoing German Chancellor in joint statements on Friday. Merkel is in Athens for a two-day “highly symbolic …
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Policeman smashes shop’s window in Athens, shouting “I’m crazy!” (video)
Video footage show an riot police officer in full gear running into a shop’s window and smashing the glass with his fist and his club. He throws a baton with what it seems an ‘anarchists’ flag.”. Inside the shop are the terrified staff and customers who shout in fear calling …
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Man shoots at two, kills one in N. Athens: Police probed after alleged negligence
An Athens prosecutor has ordered a preliminary probe into allegations of police negligence and indifference regarding complaints made by the neighbors of a 40-year-old over his delinquent demeanor before he shot and killed a 43-year-old and injured another on Saturday in the northern suburb of Nea Erythraia. The man shot …
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Minor earthquake jolts Athens, particularly felt due to low focal depth
An earthquake jolted the city of Athens at 15:52 on Monday afternoon, said the National Observatory of Athens’ Geodynamic Institute. The tremor registered a 2.9 magnitude on the Richter scale 10 km northeast of Athens. The earthquake had a focal depth of 5km and was, therefore, particularly felt, however, as …
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Trilateral Summit: Greece vows to link Egypt’s energy grid to EU
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday called the trilateral cooperation scheme established by Greece, Cyprus and Egypt “a beacon of stability in the Eastern Mediterranean,” in joint statements with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi after the 9th Trilateral Summit held in Athens. He said …
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The Crater of Kineta: Road damaged since 2019, car falls 12-meter deep (picts)
For two whole years a part of the old Athens-Corinth highway near the resort of Kineta remains severely damaged. With every new rainfall, the soil recedes more and more. In addition there is missing marking and motorists warning and the road is not closed to traffic. For two whole years, …
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Tolls for the center of Athens are not ruled out, says Transportation Minister UPD
The possibility to impose tolls for motorists to enter the center of Athens is under consideration, Transportation Minister Costas Karamanlis said on Monday. The option is seen as another measure to address the traffic problem in the downtown of the Greek capital that has dramatically increased in the last weeks. …
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Passengers escape sunken bus in Athens. Prosecutor investigates (vid)
The public bus trapped under a bridge on the old Poseidonos Avenue in Athens Riviera remains stuck in the flood still 27 hours after the incident on Thursday noon. The water height is hardly down and thus only due to workers pumping water. A prosecutor ordered an investigation on Friday …
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Maria Callas sculpture unveiled in a park with olive trees in Athens (POLL)
Α new sculpture of Maria Callas was unveiled in downtown Athens on Friday afternooon. The sculpture of La Diva stands opposite the Odeon of Herodes Atticus in a small park with olive trees close to the Acropolis of Athens. The cooper work was created by sculptor Aphrodite Liti and was …
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“Traffic Ring” returns to Athens; no restrictions for electric cars
The Traffic Ring – Daktylios – returns to central Athens after its suspension in the summer months. The traffic restrictions will go into effect again on October 25, Infrastructure & Transport Minister Costas Karamanlis announced on Friday. He added that electric cars will be exempted from the restrictions and will …
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Iraqi man arrested in Athens, is accused of being an ISIS terrorist
A 34-year-old Iraqi man, accused of being an ISIS terrorist, was arrested Monday noon following after a joint operation by the Greek Counter-Terrorism Unit and the National Intelligence Services (EYP), in the center of Athens. The man had arrived to Greece via the migrants’ Lesvos-route in 2018. He has reportedly …
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Man with Nazi tattoo arrested for organized attack at KEERFA anti-fascists in Athens
Police in Athens has arrested a man suspected to have participated in the attacks on anti-fascist group KEERFA in Neo Iraklio on Sunday, where at least four people were injured. The 30-year-old man with a swastika tattoo on his arm was identified from a video on the incident and was …
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“I started to melt”: Vitriol victim Ioanna tells the court in a heartbreaking testimony
“She looked at me in the eyes and threw the vitriol. I started to melt,” 35-year-old Ioanna Paliospiroy told the court in Athens on Thursday. With incredible courage she described to judges, the members of the jury, and the woman who ruined her life 18 months ago, the horrifying moments …
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Woman with syringe stuck on her arm runs away from vaccination center in Athens
A ludicrous incident took place in a vaccination center in Attica, when a woman started running after she received the vaccine with the syringe stuck on her arm. During the vaccination procedure on Friday, the 61-year-old woman told the nurse to inject also a homeopathic substance she had brought with. …
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Overwhelming majority of Athenians not “pleased” with Athens Great Walk
The overwhelming majority of Athenians who live or work in the Greek capital are anything but pleased with the famous “Athens Great Walk”, a project to create pedestrians and bicycle zone in downtown but turned into a Great Flop. Two surveys conducted by the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki and the …
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