AMBER ALERT: The 12-year-old boy that was missing from the area of Acropolis, Athens, has been found on Tuesday, 3. July 2018. According to an announcement by Greek children charity To Xamogelo toy Paidioy (Child’s smile) Christian-Kostas Lintquist was found in the area of Egaleo, a suburb of Piraeus/West Athens. …
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AMBER ALERT: 12-year-old boy goes missing in area of Acropolis
AMBER ALERT: A 12-year-old boy whose name is given in Greek letters as ΚΡΙΣΤΙΑΝ-ΚΩΣΤΑΣ ΛΙΝΤΚΒΙΣΤ went missing from the area of Acropolis in Athens on Monday, 2. July 2018. According to the issued Amber Alert, the boy has Brown Eyes and Brown Hair. He is 1.43 cm tall and wight …
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Clean Beaches 2018 report for Athens, Attica and surrounding areas is out
The clean beaches report for summer 2018 has been released in June. The report refers to beaches in Athens area, the Attica region as wells as in other areas of Greece. The Clean Beaches report is based on sea water analyses conducted by the Laboratories of the National Ecological Research …
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Macedonia protesters clash with police in Athens & Thessaloniki
Macedonia protesters clashed with police outside the Greek Palriament in downtown Athens on Sunday. Carrying Greek flags and banners showing the Greek flag with the sun of Vergina, protesters defied the summer heat and gathered in central Athens to protest the Macedonia Agreement between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic …
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Dioni Alert: Citizens in Attica create “patrol group” to prevent crime incidents
Burglaries and armed robberies, invasion of criminals in homes and businesses, incidents of use of raw violence that sometimes ends in the victim’s death have apparently resulted that citizens’ greatest fear is no other than the unexpected violence outbreak. At the same time, the shortages in human resources and funds …
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Athens Metro on work stoppage, Friday, June 29
Workers at Athens Metro Lines <2> and <3> stage a work stoppage on Friday, June 29, 2018. the work stoppage will start at 11:00 o’ clock Friday night and last until the end of the shift. All other transport mean in the Greek capital will operate as usual. Athens Metro …
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Greek mafia-boss gunned down in Palaio Faliro (CCTV videos)
A 45-year-old man was gunned down in a central street of Palaio Faliro in South Athens around 9 o’ clock on Wednesday morning. The perpetrators used Kalashnikov assault rifle in an attack police evaluates as “turf war” between criminal organizations. The victim was a well-known figure in the underworld of …
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Rainy weather spoils pilot program to decrease summer heat in Athens
The Athens Municipality launched a pilot program to reduce the heat reflecting from asphalt in the summer months. On Sunday, municipality workers covered the first street with an innovative material called CoolSeal. The program is expected to lower summer temperatures in a city densely constructed with concrete buildings. The material …
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Workers at Athens Metro to launch work stoppage on Jun 25
Workers at Athens Metro, Lines <2> and <3> will launch a work stoppage on Monday, June 25 2018. The work stoppage will start with the beginning of the morning shift and end at 09:00 a.m. After 9 o’clock the metro will operate as usual. There is no work stoppage or …
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Sting sweeps rain water off stage at ancient Odeon in Athens (videos)
World famous British singer Sting grabbed a broom and swept rain water off the stage of the ancient Odeon of Herodes Atticus on Saturday evening. The rain poured down short before the concert was to start. Wearing a trench coat, the music star had no problem to rush in aid …
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Tonnes of Garbage pile up in Athens as Attica landfill remains close
Garbage bags outside the large neighborhood bins have been piling up in Athens, Piraeus and the suburbs as the landfill of Attica remains close for eighth consecutive day. With 2,000 tonnes fresh rubbish to land daily on the streets, residents and business owners in the Greek capital have reached the …
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Athens: Public transport means to launch work stoppages June 19 & 21
Workers at public transport means will launch two work stoppages this week to protest the closure of bus depot at Helliniko and cut backs in public transport means. The work stoppages will be held on Tuesday and Thursday. On Tuesday, June 19th 2018, buses will operate only between 9:00 a.m. …
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Rain- and thunderstorm cause problems in Athens and broader Attica
It was a powerful thunderstorm in Athens on Sunday afternoon and a strong rainfall that caused problems in large parts of the city and in broader areas of Attica Prefecture. Households and businesses experienced short power outages, other broken internet or cable TV connections. A thunder stroke one signal transmitter …
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Macedonia protesters clash with police until late Saturday, one injured (videos)
One protester was injured during clashes with police outside the Greek Palriament in Athens on Saturday. Clashes started early in the afternoon and continued until in the night, during and after the no-confidence vote against the government over the Macedonia agreement. Again and again, groups of protesters tried to raid …
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Artemis Sorras, the man to buy the Greek debt with $600billion, arrested in Athens
Greek police arrested fugitive Artemis Sorras in a house in Alimos suburb of South Athens on Saturday. The self-proclaimed “billionaire” had grown a beard and long hair and at times he was going around pretending to be a priest, some media report. The arrest followed a tip off, police sources …
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Parents beat parents at school feast for allowing presence of Pakistani community
Two parents punched and injured two members of the Parents Association at an elementary school in Sepolia, West Athens. Reason for the ‘anger outbreak’ was the fact that the Parents Association at the 144th Elementary School had allowed members of the Pakistani Community to help with the feast organization. The …
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Greece’s Taxi drivers suspend 24h strike, yellow cabs back on the streets
Yellow cabs are back on the streets of Athens, after drivers suspended the 24-hour strike on Thursday afternoon, June 14th 2018. The powerful lobby of taxi drivers had earlier reached an agreement with Transportation Minister, Christos Spirtzis, to not cancel the clause the would allow the return of Uber. Taxi …
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Police arrests two after attack at Hellenic-American Union in Athens
Greek police has arrested two people for the attack at the building of the Hellenic American Union (HAU) in Kolonaki district of Athens on Tuesday. An 26-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman were arrested on charges of property damage, theft, bodily harm and insubordination. Police detained the two, after a …
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Athens Taxis on 24-hour strike on Wed, because of Uber
Late on Tuesday, taxis drivers decided to launch a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, June 13th 2018. The strike will start at 6 a.m. In an extraordinary meeting the union of taxi drivers decided to launch the strike denouncing that Greece’s “creditors want the return of Uber.” In a statement the …
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Athens Buses, Trolley, Metro work stoppage to affect also transport to/from airport on June 14
Buses and trolley buses in Athens will not operate from 12 o’ clock noon until 5 o’ clock afternoon on Thursday, June 14th. The work stoppage is to take place following a decision by the union of workers at the the Athens Urban Transportation Organisation (OASA). Reason for the stoppage …
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