November 21, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Greek Police has arrested a 49-year-old philology teacher as the tenant of the storage unit in Pangrati district of Athens where weapons and explosives were found beginning of the week. The arrestee has not a criminal record, was not known to police and it is the man who had paying …
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November 20, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Greek police has found and seized an arsenal of firearms and explosives during a search of a storage unit in Pangrati neighborhood of central Athens late on Tuesday. The findings coincide timely with the bomb that exploded in an apartment of Ambelokipoi central Athens two weeks ago with one dead, …
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November 5, 2024
Economy, FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Five people were arrested as members of a criminal network active in the possession, supply and trafficking of weapons and explosives. Following an investigation by the Anti-Trafficking and Trafficking Sub-Directorate of the Organized Crime Directorate, a raid was conducted in the area of western Attica where officers discovered and seized …
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October 2, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
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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January 30, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Police in northern Greece arrested a 54-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman for the possession of a big weapons and explosive arsenal. According to police, a raid on their home in Florina on Monday afternoon uncovered 29 firearms, including three sub-machine guns, 72 kilograms of gunpowder, 95 ammunition magazines and …
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July 25, 2022
Society, Very Mix
A backpack with explosives was found close to the premises of the Courts compound in downtown Athens late on Sunday. A warning to two media outlets alerted police. Authorities were alerted late Sunday night when shortly before midnight, an unknown person called a news website and a newspaper and warned …
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July 22, 2022
Society, Very Mix
The underwater pipeline that supplies water to the island of Aegina was damaged deliberately using explosives, the Attica Regional Authority said on Friday. The regional and port authorities were mobilized following a complaint, an investigation conducted by specialized divers, a fuse was found at the scene. “The protection of the …
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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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December 6, 2019
Very Mix
A 33-year-old Belgian national was arrested in Papagou suburb of northern Athens on Friday. Police found that he was carrying explosive devices in his back-bag as well as containers with solid fuel. The man is known to authorities as anti-authoritarian. He was previously arrested in Belgium for arson and in …
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January 15, 2018
Very Mix
Libya’s Presidential Council has reportedly established contacts with Turkey and Greece to verify the news of the seizure of a ship in Greece carrying containers loaded with explosives after leaving a Turkish port. The Libyan Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday that it had demanded Greek authorities to …
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January 12, 2018
Very Mix
Greek authorities are seeking the safest option for the transport and storage of 410 tons of explosives seized from vessel “Andromeda”, described as a “moving time bomb.” In Irakleio, Crete, where the vessel has been impounded, locals are concerned about the presence of some many explosives and thus outside a …
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March 16, 2017
Greece, Politics, World
Anarchist terror organization “Conspiracy of Cells of Fire” claimed responsibility for the package with explosives sent from Greece to the German Finance Ministry and Wolfgang Schaeuble. In a website for the anti-authoritarian movement, the organization said that the package was “part II of the plan Nemesis” and hailed more than …
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November 9, 2013
Very Mix
A mystery cargo ship, allegedly loaded with weapons, was intercepted by Greek coastguard Greek coastguard in the Aegean Sea on Friday. Cargo ship “Nour-M” with Sierra Leone flag carrying large quantities of weapons and ammunition. the vessel was intercepted in the south-eastern Aegean Sea near the islet of Imia by …
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March 4, 2013
Uncategorized, Very Mix
Greek police found four bags each containing small amounts of explosives in four different locations in the north of the city and after a warning phone call reached a newspaper. According to Greek media reports, an anonymous caller called at 9:30 a.m. Eleftherotypia newspaper, claiming that four bombs would explode …
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