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Greece
Refugee Center in Kordelio Bomb Evacuation Zone
The refugee center set up within the former Softex factory is among those that are to be temporarily evacuated on Sunday. The evacuation, covering a roughly 2-kilometre radius, was decided as a safety precaution during an operation to dispose...
Greece
Defusion of WWII Bomb to Take Place Sunday
The defusing and transfer of a WWII bomb that was found a few days ago in the municipality of Kordelio, Thessaloniki, Greece, is expected to be held on Sunday February 12 , said Thessaloniki vice governor Voula Patoulidou.
The area...
Crime
Police Intercept Bomb Planted Outside Labor Ministry in Athens
There was an explosive device found and later detonated outside of the Labor Ministry in Athens early Monday morning by the Greek police.
Sources report that there has been no claim to planting the bomb and authorities became aware of...
Crime
Cypriot Football Association Condemns Latest Bombing of Top Referee's Car
Top Cypriot referee George Nicolaou's car was bombed in an attack outside his home in the small village of Zygi, south of Cyprus, early on Tuesday morning. The police report indicates that the make-shift bomb exploded shortly before 3...
Crime
Police Detonate Bomb Sent to Judge in Controlled Explosion
A suspicious package was found outside the residence of a judge in the area of Ymittos. Bomb disposal experts rushed to carry out a controlled explosion soon after the package was located on Thursday. Initial reports connected the incident...
Crime
Publisher Killed After Porsche Bursts Into Flames on Attica Highway
Tragedy struck at the Attica Highway in Athens on Thursday. Police pulled out the charred remains of Panayiotis Mavrikos, publisher of newspaper "Acropolis," from his Porsche Cayenne.
Traffic CCTV footage shows the car moving along its lane towards Elefsina when...
Greece
Greek Police Investigate Bomb Threat at Athens Airport
An anonymous caller announced that there is a bomb at Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos airport. "It will be the same as Brussels, it is not a hoax," said the man in a call to news website Zougla.gr.
The call comes 24...
Greece
Greek Police Investigating Suspicious Envelope Revealed by Anonymous Caller
An anonymous caller revealed the location of an envelope at a central spot in Athens last month and claimed responsibility for the bomb attack by militants outside the Federation of Greek Enterprises building, near the parliament in central Athens...
Crime
Politicians and International Media React to Bomb Explosion Close to Greek Parliament
Greece's political parties have spoken out against the bomb that exploded outside the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEB) in Athens on Tuesday morning.
The SEV building is also located very close to the Greek Parliament on Syntagma Square, just two streets away. Although...
Crime
Five Far-Right Wing Supporters Arrested for Preparing Terrorist Attack
Greek police officers uncovered an armory full of explosives in Messinia, Greece, belonging to five men who were planning a terrorist attack. The men were arrested after detonating two low-power bombs which helped the police locate them.
One of the...