A build-up of highly flammable propane gas leaking from underground pipes into the Violanta biscuit factory that was ignited by an electric spark caused this week’s deadly blast in central Greece that killed five workers, the fire service said Wednesday.
Police have arrested three suspected members of a gang of burglars that had diversified into illegal prospecting for antiquities, authorities said Wednesday.
The three survivors of Tuesday’s minibus crash in Romania, which claimed the lives of seven PAOK supporters, are expected to be repatriated to Greece on Thursday aboard a specially configured aircraft.
A court on the southern island of Crete on Wednesday imposed a suspended 12-month sentence on a local man convicted of a drink driving incident in which a 10-year-old child was lightly injured outside a primary school in the city of Hania.
The National Meteorological Service (EMY) issued an emergency weather bulletin on Wednesday for parts of the country ahead of the arrival of a low-pressure system expected to bring heavy rain, thunderstorms and hail on Thursday.
Authorities have temporarily closed a primary school and a high school in Volos, central Greece, that are also attended by students from the nearby Kassaveteia special rural detention facility for young offenders, after two confirmed cases of tuberculosis were reported at the facility.
Corinth Pipeworks has concluded preliminary agreements for the supply of large-caliber pipes to the flagship Alaska LNG project.
Police arrested nine people in Menidi, west of Athens, on charges including electricity theft and animal welfare violations, authorities said.
Reducing truck traffic on Kifissos Avenue, introducing smart traffic lights and accelerating major infrastructure projects were among the measures discussed at a government meeting on tackling traffic congestion in Attica.
August 2020. Greece and Turkey scramble warships around the island of Kasos. The situation appears to be spiraling toward the brink. C.L. Max Nikias, former president of the University of Southern California, talks about his life and career, and the background of an little-known mediation.