September 22, 2019
Social
Authories are on alert due to the parental abductions of a 2.5-year-old girl, Athina Hijazi, from Palaio Faliro suburb of south Athens. According to an Amber Alert issued on Sunday, September 22, 2019, Athina Jijazi was abducted by one of her parents in Palaio Faliro at 06:00 p.m. on Friday, …
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September 22, 2019
Social
Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in Attiko Hospital in Athens were shocked to be informed that their treatment is postponed on indefinite time. The patients were informed by phone on Thursday. Hospital workers president and doctor at Attiko ICU, Mihalis Rizos, told news outlet documentonews.gr, that hospital employees learned form the …
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September 22, 2019
Social
Demanding justice for Zak Kostopoulos hundreds of people gathered in downtown Athens at the spot where the activist was killed a year ago. In front of the jewelry shop where Kostopoulos was killed, the protesters carried out actions with sprays and banners. “1 Year – 0 Justice” Friends, activists, members …
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September 21, 2019
Strikes
Public and private sector unions have declared a 24-hour general strike on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 to protest the “development Law” tabled by the conservative government. Also workers at public transport means participate on the strike. Buses, Trolley buses and Urban Train ISAP (Metro Lin 1) will be on 24h …
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September 20, 2019
environment
Thousands of Greek school students flooded downtown Athens on Friday to demonstrate for World Climate Change Action Day and the Global Climate Strike on September 20, 2019. Holding placards reading among others “The Earth is dying, All United,” and “We want Change now” they joined the international school students’ mobilization …
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September 19, 2019
Refugees
150 refugees and migrants, among them 30 babies and children, were removed from two squats close to Acharnon Avenue near Vathis Square in downtown Athens on Thursday morning. In a coordinated police operation that started short after 6 o’ clock in the morning, 150 refugees and migrants from Syria, Afghanistan …
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September 11, 2019
Social
A new born baby has been abandoned in the yard of an apartment building in Nea Ionia suburb of West Athens early Wednesday morning. The baby estimated to be 7-days-old was wrapped in a beach towel and left in a super market trolley cart. It was a resident, a 19-year-old …
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September 10, 2019
Lifestyle
Have you seen the big yellow ashtrays in the streets of Athens? The pilot program “Gopa Project” has been operating for about a month, with the primary aim of “training” Athenian smokers in a better attitude towards the public spaces and reduce litter in the city. The yellow ashtrays have …
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September 9, 2019
Very Mix
In an unprecedented incident on the streets of Athens, the driver of a private car shot with a rifle at a touristic bus smashing its windows in the middle of the Greek capital early Monday evening. The incident took place at Vassileos Alexandrou Avenue in the area of Caravel Hotel. …
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August 27, 2019
Earthquake
An earthquake measuring 4 on Richter scale rattled the Greek capital Athens at 9:26 on Tuesday morning. The earthquake occurred 26 km North-West of Athens in Magoula and in a depth of 10km. No injuries or material damage were reported. The tremor was largely felt due to its low depth. …
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August 23, 2019
Very Mix
Members of anarchist group Rouvikonas staged an attack against the restaurant of celebrity chief Ektoras Botrini in Halandri suburb of north Athens. The attack took place in the early morning hours of Friday. The members of Rouvikonas smashed the main entrance door of the restaurant and threw black and red …
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August 13, 2019
Very Mix
Are you a resident of Athens and suffering from burning eyes or coughing on Tuesday? Did you wake up in the morning smelling “something was burning”? Is the view is the area you live “blur”? It is because of the smoke caused by the forest and wild fires burning in …
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August 12, 2019
environment
Two houses have been burned down and two others were partly damaged due to the wildfire that broke in the east slopes of Hymettus Mountain in East Athens in the early morning hours of Monday. Residents in the area woke up hearing police urging them with megaphones to evacuate their …
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July 31, 2019
Tourism
Dressed in black and heavily armed with automatic weapons, night binoculars, sound and light flares and tear gas, the special commandos will be deployed in metro stations and other busy spots in Athens to locate …wallet snatchers. Greek Police named the impressive police teams “Black Panthers.” Black Panthers? Epic Fail …
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July 29, 2019
Very Mix
Greek police has ordered an urgent internal investigation into an incident where a police officers kicks a foreign passenger at the Athens International Airport ‘Eleftherios Venizelos.’ The incident was captured on a video and posted on social media by the brother of the harassed passenger. Arash Hampay has reportedly complained …
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July 19, 2019
Earthquake
It started with a hollow noise coming from all sides and before I was able to realize what was going on, everything in the apartment started to rattle and shuttered like crazy. Couch, chairs, tables, books and other things on the bookshelves … I grabbed my PC screen and held …
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July 17, 2019
Very Mix
Greek health authorities have dismissed media claims that a 17-year-old Italian girl died from Ebola virus in a hospital in Piraeus on Thursday. The teenager was having vacation with her parents on the island of Naxos when she suffered from high fever and hemorrhagic symptoms. She was rushed with helicopter …
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July 7, 2019
Greece, Politics
At least one ballot box was stolen from a polling stations in the anarchists’ district of Exarchia in Athens and were allegedly set on fire. The unprecedented incidents took place on early Sunday evening short before the polling stations in Koleti and Arahovis streets were closed at 7 p.m. According …
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June 30, 2019
Social
A 48-year-old man was found unconscious in the yard of a factory near the wildfire in Fyli area in West Athens on Sunday afternoon. Paramedics of an ambulance tired to revive him but without success. He was transferred to a hospital in Athens where doctors only confirmed his death. According …
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June 28, 2019
Arts, Culture
The 22nd Antiracist Festival kicks off at Goudi Park in Athens over the weekend, June 28-30, 2019. organizers are antiracist and migrants organizations. Concerts, discussions, programs for kids and playground as well as delicacies from twenty countries for three days in Athens. In a press release, organizers said: “The 22nd …
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