Tag Archives: Athens

The body of a newborn was found in the empty space of a multi-story building in Nea Smyrni suburb of South Athens on Saturday afternoon. A resident of the building reportedly saw the body from the balcony. It was on a net set for birds. The newborn  had still the …

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Greek police cracked down a criminal gang cultivating cannabis and turned into expensive crystalline hemp in Athens. It is one of the biggest drugs trafficking gangs operating in Greece, its members are form Greece, Vietnam, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic. The financial benefits for the gang members estimated to …

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Eggs flew through the air and landed at riot police vehicles and furious anti-war protesters attempted to bring down the statue of  legendary US president Harry Truman near the American embassy in Athens on Monday. A group of protesters tried to cut the monument with chainsaws and bring it down …

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Thousands of Greek marched through downtown Athens and to the building of US embassy to protest US-led strikes in Syria on Saturday. The protest was organized by Communist Party KKE. The protesters chanted slogan anti-U.S. slogans but also against the NATO and the EU. Right in front of the embassy …

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The final touches are being added to the program for the first official visit of Prince Charles and  Duchess of Cornwall Camilla to Athens and Heraklio, Crete, scheduled to take place on May 9th and 10th 2018. The first day of the visit is very busy and involves several joint …

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More than 800 police officers will be withdrawn from the service of VIP persons and buildings and be deployed to Patrol Service on the streets, Minister for Citizens Protection, Nikos Toskas, announced on Thursday. The measure comes amid increasing crime in Athens and broader Attica and sharp criticisms by opposition …

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Tension and tear gas at the protest organized by teachers in downtown Athens on Friday. The marched through the city center and at one point a big crowd attempted to reach the prime ministry mansion. As expected, riot police did not let protesters prevail and fired tear gas to disperse …

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Retail shops in Athens will operate in extended opening hours due to the Easter Holidays. The extended working hours start Thursday, March 29th 2018 and end on Holy Saturday, April 7th. On Palm Sunday, April 1st, retail shops will be open. The general plan is as follows: On weekdays, Monday …

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A provocatively beautiful picture. A man with his cat in an Athens bus after midnight. The picture was shot by photographer Victoria Alex and posted on Facebook on March 18th. She wrote a few sentences to this awesome contact. Passengers in Athens buses after midnight may be born in June …

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An incident with one injured took place at the Iranian embassy in Psychiko suburb of North Athens at Wednesday noon. According to preliminary information by state broadcaster ERT TV, an unknown perpetrator injured one embassy employee with a knife. Two embassy employees reportedly went out to check a suspiciously behaving …

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Greek police has learned from an anarchists’  website on Tuesday night that an explosive device went off  behind the Evelpidon court building in Athens on Saturday. Police teams have found and are examining the bomb remnants. The bomb was reportedly placed at a guard’s post between Pedion to Areos Park …

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Workers at Trolley buses in Athens will hold a work stoppages on Wednesday, March 28th 2018, in order to attend the general assembly of their union. The work stoppage will start at 12 o’ clock noon and last until 5 p.m. As usual, the trolley buses will start withdraw form …

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Private interests try to delay for one more time the operation of the cremation center in Elaionas, West Athens, and a number of businesses appealed to Greece’s supreme court Council of State claiming it is against the constitution. According to daily efsyn, several big businesses and one bank appealed to …

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The Foundation of the Hellenic World  has launched a new Virtual Reality tour in the Cultural Center’s  theater “Tholos”.  Starting on March 24th 2018,  Tholos is offering a spectacular  opportunity to visitors to take an interactive virtual tour of  Acropolis and Athens of the 5the century BC  reconstructed right before …

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The emblematic monument of Acropolis disappeared on Monday morning when thick Sahara dust covered Athens. Also the Church on the Lycabettus Hill, the second highest point in the Greek capital, had disappeared as billions of sand particles attacked Athens. Athens seen from the mountain of Hymetus in East Attica Prefecture. …

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Greece is celebrating the Independence Day on 25th March with a big military parade at Syntagma Square in downtown Athens. Thousands of Greeks have flocked to the city center to watch the best the Greek Armed forces have to offer. The parade takes place in front of the President of …

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13-year-old boy named Thanassis S. has been missing since 04:00 p.m. Friday, March 23rd 2018. He went missing in Peristeri suburb of West Athens. He was at tutorial classes and never return to a children facility where he has been staying for the last years. Thanassis has black eyes and …

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Students honored Greece’s Independence Day, March 25th, with the traditional big parade in front of the Greek Parliament in Athens downtown on Saturday.  This year, the parade to honor the Independence War against the Ottomans in 1821 had a specific symbolism due to the intensified tensions with Turkey and the …

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Greek authorities have seized 11 kg of heroin hidden in the luggage of a British citizen at the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in Athens, police said on Friday. Police said the 38-year-old man, who flew to Athens from the Pakistani city of Lahore via Doha, is part of a broader …

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The Acropolis Museum will celebrate Greece’s Independence Day on Sunday, March 25, with free entrance to the permanent exhibits, the current exhibition on the Eleusinian mysteries, and other events, it said on Thursday. The museum will be open from 09:00 to 20:00. Ongoing events on March 25 include the following: …

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