February 26, 2025
Greece, Politics
An explosion at the entrance of an apartment building early on Wednesday morning in Varkiza, a seaside suburb of Athens, has alerted authorities New Democracy MEP, Eliza Vozemberg, has a summer apartment there. A makeshift incendiary device detonated at the entrance of the building and started a fire. According to …
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February 12, 2025
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A radiator pipe exploded during class at a primary school in Aliveri, in Evia, on Tuesday morning. The classroom was filled with steam and it was a miracle that neither pupils nor the teacher were injured, local media reported. The previous day, work had been carried out under the responsibility …
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November 4, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
The man who died in the explosion on Thursday in an apartment in Ampelokipi, Athens, has been identified by police. Citing police sources, media reported that the man was a 36-year-old Greek who had studied at the Polytechnic School of Patras. Despite the fact that he was active in the …
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November 1, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Investigation into the explosion in an apartment in Ambelokipoi district of Athens on Thursday has shown that the cause was not a gas leak but an explosive device with collected evidence hinting to domestic terrorism, media report on Friday. Greek Police announced on Friday that so far, two guns, a …
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October 31, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
One man was killed and one woman was seriously injured following an explosion in an apartment in Ambelokipoi district of central Athens on Thursday afternoon. The dead man was renting the apartment in the third floor of the multi-storey residential building, while there is no information about the woman’s identity. …
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September 17, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
An explosion inside the passengers cabin of an airplane in boarding procedure at the Heraklio airport, Crete, caused panic early Tuesday afternoon. It was a power bank device in a passengers bag that exploded in the aircraft that would soon take off from Heraklio, Crete, for London, UK. The explosion …
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June 12, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
An explosion occurred in a factory in Kato Kifisia suburb of northern Athens early Wednesday afternoon. Authorities warn residents to stay inside due to a possible toxic cloud. The explosion occurred in a factory manufacturing frying pans and cooking pots. The Fire Service rushed to the area with 42 firefighters …
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March 6, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
An explosion in Odessa and thus near the convoy with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis set authorities on alert on Wednesday morning. The Greek PM was paying a short visit to the city for a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The explosion took place “150 meters from the Greek …
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December 28, 2023
Society, Very Mix
The explosion on the Greek-owned cargo ship Vyssos in the Black Sea on Wednesday while en route to the Ismail port on the Danube in Ukraine was either caused by a mine or a drone. The dry cargo vessel Vyssos, under the Panamanian flag and owned by Nava Shipping Ltd, …
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July 28, 2023
Greece, Politics
Defense Minister Nikos Dendias announced on Friday morning that he has requested an urgent sworn investigation from the Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff regarding the massive ammunition explosions in a depot of 111 Combat Wing Air Base in central Greece on Thursday afternoon. “If there are any …
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July 25, 2023
Society, Very Mix
Police in Athens have arrested a 61-year-old man in connection with two explosions caused by small makeshift bombs at the Masonic Lodge, the Grand Lodge, in the city center on July 13. According to state broadcaster ERT on Tuesday, the suspect was identified by investigators looking into an attack on …
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July 13, 2023
Society, Very Mix
Αn explosion outside the Masonic Lodge of Greece, the Grand Lodge, occurred in downtown Athens early Thursday morning. Police proceeded to a controlled detonated a second suspicious package. The explosion occurred short after 6:30 a.m. and after an anonymous caller warned about it with a call to international emergency line …
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March 14, 2023
Society, Very Mix
Α powerful explosion destroyed a deli shop in the northern suburb of Nea Erythraia, Athens, early Tuesday morning. The incident took place at around 3 a.m. when unknown individuals riding on a motorcycle approached the store located at the junction of Venizelou and Strofyliou Streets. They, broke a glass pane, …
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December 5, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A 12-year-old pupil was killed and two others were injured hen the boiler at a primary school in Serres, northern Greece, exploded on Monday. The sixth grade pupil was rushed to local hospital unconscious and there doctors could only confirm his death. The two other pupils, aged 6.5 and 11, …
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March 21, 2022
Society, Very Mix
Hellenic Explosive Technology (ELTEK) confirmed the death of three of its employees during an explosion at the company’s factory at Grevena, northern Greece, on Monday morning. In its statement, ELTEK expressed “our grief for the loss of our colleagues and our deepest condolences to their loved ones. Right now our …
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March 21, 2022
Very Mix
A powerful explosion in a factory producing explosives in Grevena, northern Greece, completely destroyed the facility, while three workers are being missing. A guard survived injured and was transferred to hospital in state of shock. The explosion occurred short after 8:30 Monday morning in the village Itea and was heard …
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January 23, 2022
Society, Very Mix
An explosion was recorded outside a makeshift mosque in central Athens on Sunday afternoon. There are no reports of injuries but there have been material damages, including to two parked cars. According to the Hellenic Police, the perpetrators used a homemade explosive device that left no traces. The blast took …
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December 28, 2021
Society, Very Mix
An ambulance was engulfed in flames in Metamorfosi suburb of north-western Athens on Tuesday, after there was an explosion initially in its engine followed by an explosion of an oxygen cylinder in its cabin, media report. The ambulance of a private clinic arrived in the area transferring a patient from …
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August 4, 2021
environment
The Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) on Wednesday again denied reports that the fire in the northern suburbs of Athens was started by an explosion in a high voltage power transformer. According to official sources, such an explosion in IPTO installations would mean that the power lines knocked out by …
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May 28, 2021
Society, Very Mix
At least eight people suffered burn injuries and were experiencing breathing difficulties when an explosion occurred at a tsipouro distillation plant near Larissa in central Greece on Friday. According to preliminary reports, none of the injured plant workers were in critical condition, although at least six suffered from smoke inhalation. …
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