An explosive device detonated in the courtyard of a primary school in the town of Agrinio, western Greece, late on Tuesday. No injuries or damage have been reported. Local residents who heard the blast shortly before 11 p.m alerted the police. Police officers discovered remnants of a homemade explosive device …
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Israeli shipping company in Piraeus targeted with explosive device
An Israeli shipping company in Piraeus became the target of an attack with a homemade explosive device in the early hours of Wednesday. The attackers used a sledge hammer to break the glass door and they reportedly left the explosive device made of gas canisters. Nobody was injured from the …
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Explosive device goes off at minor’s pimp’s home; more warrants
An explosive device went off at the entrance of the apartment building in the neighborhood of Agios Panteleimonas on Sunday, where the 53-year-old pimp, the main suspect in the case of the sexual abuse and pandering of the 12-year-old girl in Kolonos used to live. The man man has been …
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Home-made device explodes at company founded by PM’s wife
A home-made incendiary device exploded at the former premises of a company founded by the Greek prime minister’s spouse, on Wednesday night. The explosion at 20:30 p.m. blackened the entrance of 6 Taki Street in the Psyrri neighborhood of Athens, which once housed the fashion company Zeus+Dione that Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki …
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Explosive device damages shipping company building in Piraeus
A device exploded outside the offices of a shipping company in Kastella in central Piraeus in the early hours of Wednesday. The blast smashed windows and caused extensive damage to the building. Police said the device went off at 3:05 a.m. The explosion was so powerful that pieces of the …
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Police learns of bomb explosion after anarchists claims responsibility
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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Company of Mitsotakis’ wife becomes target of explosive device
An explosive device went off at the entrance of a company belonging to Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotaki, the wife of the leader of conservative New Democracy in the early morning hours of Monday. The device consisted of three small gas canisters and exploded in Taki Street in Psyri area in downtown Athens …
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Greek businessman agrees to POS only if he gets share from bank revenues
An entrepreneur in Kalamata submitted an extrajudicial statement to his local tax office, saying he would agree to install a POS device in his business only if he earns a share from the bank revenues. The statement was filed just hours before the finance ministry deadline for the mandatory installation …
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Explosive device found under vehicle of elderly German couple on holiday
An improvised explosive device was found under the holiday caravan belonging to a couple of elderly German tourists on holiday in Northern Greece. The found was made by the 70-year-old man on Thursday morning. The couple had parked the caravan in Platanos Motorway Service Station on Egnatia highway, near Kleidi …
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Athens Guide: a useful application for tourists & expats
This is an amazing application for tourists visiting Athens and for expats living in the narrow and broader area of the Greek capital. The “Athens Guide” that gives information in English and is free to use. All you need to do is to download the application on your device, and …
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