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Video captures arsonists as they start wildfire with flares in SE Attica

August 20, 2021 FEATURED, Society, Strikes 2

Video footage captured arsonists as they fired flares in the middle of the night starting a fire close to the settlement of Daskalio by Keratea in south-eastern Attica. One of the flares fell in the settlement and one into the sea nearby, an eye-witness told state broadcaster ERT TV. He …

Evacuations of villages as forest fires rage in South and West Attica

August 16, 2021 environment 3

Houses in south-eastern Attica are on fire and the powerful wind is moving the blaze towards the protected National Forest of Cape Sounion on Monday. Three settlements have been evacuated as firefighters and aerial means rushed to the area. Mainly affected is currently the settlement Markati near Kearatea, some 50 …

Wildfires rage in East Attica, settlements evacuates in Kalivia, Anavyssos, Keratea

September 9, 2020 Very Mix Comments Off on Wildfires rage in East Attica, settlements evacuates in Kalivia, Anavyssos, Keratea

East Attica wildfires: Church bells were ringing calling the residents of Anavyssos to evacuate the area; a police car was also calling on people to leave the area in southern East Attica as the fire front had already reached the yards of some houses. Thick smoke has turned day into …

67 wildfires within last 24 hours across Greece as one more arsonist arrested

August 20, 2017 Very Mix 1

Sixty seven wildfires broke out from 06:00 a.m. Saturday until 06:00 a.m. Sunday, the Greek Fire Service announced today. Meanwhile, fire brigades and police have launched a manhunt against arsonists setting forests and agricultural land on fire either representing petty interests or due to psychological reasons. The majority of these …

Keratea Landfill: Non-Stop Protest with 2m deep trench in the middle of the road

April 14, 2011 Society Comments Off on Keratea Landfill: Non-Stop Protest with 2m deep trench in the middle of the road

The struggle spirit of the Keratea citizens opposing government plans for a landfill has not limits. Last night ‘inknown revolters’ dug a two meter deep trench in the middle of the main Layrio road in order to prohibit construction units to reach the area. The trench was dug during the …

Keratea: There is a war going on 50 km SE of Athens… (videos)

March 29, 2011 Society Comments Off on Keratea: There is a war going on 50 km SE of Athens… (videos)

In Ovriokastro village church bells rang, and sirens and megaphones called the residents to rush to the road blocks on the outskirts of the town. “We are getting attacked!” the voice was warning through the megaphones, while the shrilling sound of municipality sirens was sending waves of goosebumps to men …

Greeks protest Culture Minister at Europa Parliament (video)

March 24, 2011 Society Comments Off on Greeks protest Culture Minister at Europa Parliament (video)

Protests against Greek politicians are continuing in Greece and abroad and last ‘victim’ was Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos. He was attending the event “2,500+1 years after the Marathon Battle” at Europa Parliament in Brussels, when members of Belgian Solidarity Committee with Greeks raised a banned saying: “EU & IMF Barbarians, …

Greeks hurl yogurt at Deputy Prime Minister (video)

March 17, 2011 Politics, Society 2

It was shortly after 10 pm last night when Deputy Prime Minister Theodoros Pangalos was enjoying a dinner together with his wife and some friends in Kalyvia town in southeast Attica basin. A group of 150 angry residents from nearby town of Keratea gathered outside the tavern to protest the …

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