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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...