Greece
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Greek Police Seize Knives, Explosives, Nazi Flags After Combat 18 Raids
Explosives, knives, swastika flags and far-right propaganda were among items seized when Greek police arrested 11 members of a neo-Nazi group, calling itself Combat 18 Hellas.
The arrests were made by the Counter Terrorism Team of the Hellenic Police in Attica...
Crime
Greek Court Remands Crew of Explosives-Packed Freighter
Eight crewmembers of the explosives-packed freighter Andromeda, currently held in Greece, were remanded in custody on Tuesday.
The crew of two Ukrainians, five Indians and one Albanian national were charged with violating laws on supplying groups with weapons and explosives...
Crime
Greek Coastguard Seizes Ship with Explosives Heading for Libya
Authorities have seized a Tanzanian-flagged ship heading for Libya and carrying materials used to make explosives, according to the Greek coastguard.
The vessel "Andromeda" was detected sailing near Aghios Nikolaos, on the island of Crete on Saturday. Authorities found 29...
Greece
Parcel With Explosives Sent to Schaeuble Cited ND VP Georgiadis as Sender, Says CP Ministry
The package with explosives sent to German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Wednesday was sent from the region of Attica and cited as its sender New Democracy Vice-President Adonis Georgiadis, the Citizens Protection Ministry confirmed.
The package arrived at the...
Crime
Fears That Home-Made Explosives Will be Used at Anti-Obama Rallies
An investigation by Greek police ahead of the official visit of United States President Barack Obama found a bag with seven Molotov cocktails on Korai Street in Nea Smyrni, a residential suburb south of the city center. The street...
Greece
Explosives Scare Cause Flight Delays at Athens International Airport
Thirteen flights out of Athens International Airport were delayed by an average of 40 minutes on Sunday morning after authorities sounded the alarm for a female passenger flying to Madrid, who tested positive in a random screening for explosives....
Crime
Weapons and Explosives Found at Professor's Home in Northern Greece
A Greek police anti-terrorist unit raid revealed military-grade weapons and explosives in Kozani, in the home of a 57-year-old university professor.
Specifically, police found two military rifles and 2,000 bullets, 10 hand grenades, explosives and other military equipment in the...
Crime
Explosives and Molotov Cocktails in Support of Hunger Striker
An explosive mechanism in a bank and the burning of a bus with molotov cocktails were the latest actions of supporters of hunger striker Nikos Romanos today.
Earlier this morning, a man called newspaper Efimerida ton Syntakton and said that...
Crime
Car Full of Weapons and Explosives Found in Athens
Hellenic police sounded the alarm on Saturday, February 1, around noon when a car filled with weapons was spotted in the streets of Palaio Faliro in Athens, Greece. According to Greek news, the car had been under surveillance by...
Cyprus
TNT Explosives Found Near House of Cyprus President
Authorities said they uncovered a cache of TNT high explosives and a detonator close to the country house of President Demetris Christofias, sparking a massive police search of the area.
The president was scheduled to spend time at his residence...
Greece
Explosives Found in Four Places Around Greece
Confiscated explosives similar to those in Limassol, which cost the lives of 12 men, are in Greece as well. The Ministry of Defense should have already shown interest and destroyed the explosives, but no further measure were taken.
More accurately,...
Greece
Terror link probed in navy explosives theft, 3 arrested
Greece's navy and police anti-terrorism department says three people have been arrested over the theft of explosives from two navy minesweepers.
The arrests of the 29-year-old junior naval officer and two Greek civilians, aged 36 and 48, was announced Tuesday...
Greece
Explosives found at old Iraqi embassy
Explosives were found on Monday buried in a courtyard of a stately residence in Athens' upscale Paleo Psyhiko district, which up until four years ago housed the embassy of Iraq in Greece.
The discovery was made by construction company workers...
Greece
Gorgopotamos: The Greatest Moment of Greek Resistance to the Nazis
The blowing up of the Gorgopotamos bridge on November 25, 1942 stands as the greatest moment of Greece's resistance during World War II.
Crime
Marfin Bank Arson Still Haunts Greece 13 Years Later
Eleven years have passed since the deadly Marfin Bank arson. The culprits are still at large, as Greek police launches a new investigation