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Greek police seize large cache of explosives and arrest 5 in organized crime crackdown

Nov. 05, 2024 11:00 AM EST

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police in Greece have seized large quantities of explosives and firearms following raids in Athens aimed at dismantling what authorities described as a significant criminal weapons storage and distribution network in the country's capital. Five people were...

Greek police arrest third suspect over bombing as minister warns of new generation of extremists

Nov. 04, 2024 14:34 PM EST

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police arrested a third suspect Monday in connection with an explosion in central Athens last week that authorities have blamed on an alleged aspiring domestic extremist group. The 30-year-old woman surrendered to Greek authorities Monday at Athens...

5.2-magnitude tremor hits northern Greece; no damage reported

Nov. 03, 2024 13:29 PM EST

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A 5.2-magnitude tremor hit northern Greece Sunday evening, authorities said. The earthquake occurred offshore from the Chalkidiki peninsula, about 40 kilometers southeast of Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city, the Athens Institute of Geodynamics...

Greek police say fatal Athens apartment blast was likely caused by improvised bomb

Nov. 01, 2024 08:45 AM EDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police said on Friday that an explosion in an Athens apartment that killed a man and severely wounded a woman the previous day appears to have been caused by an improvised bomb. Police searching the wrecked apartment seized two handguns and ammunition,...

As summers get hotter, Greece's seasonal firefighters protest for permanent jobs

Oct. 31, 2024 17:16 PM EDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Seasonal firefighters clashed with police in Greece’s Civil Protection Ministry during a protest Thursday to demand permanent positions after their contracts expire following a grueling wildfire season. Riot police used tear gas to force a group of...

Greek anti-terror squad investigates big blast that killed a man in an Athens apartment

Oct. 31, 2024 15:23 PM EDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's anti-terrorist squad is investigating a strong explosion on Thursday that wrecked an Athens apartment, killing a man and severely injuring a woman, police said. Police spokeswoman Constantina Dimoglidou said the identity of the victim was unknown,...

Greek leaders tell German president a WWII reparations claim is very much alive

Oct. 30, 2024 14:37 PM EDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek leaders on Wednesday revived a long-standing demand for war reparations stemming from Nazi Germany's World War II occupation of Greece, during a visit by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Steinmeier ruled out German compliance, telling Greek...

Germany's president visits the site of a Holocaust museum being built in Greece

Oct. 29, 2024 10:08 AM EDT

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited the site of a Holocaust museum being built in Greece on Tuesday as he began a three-day state visit. Steinmeier visited the site near an old railway station in Thessaloniki, from where tens of thousands of...

Strikes by Greek teachers and island ferry crews trigger broader labor disputes

Oct. 23, 2024 11:53 AM EDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Striking Greek public school teachers marched in protest through central Athens on Wednesday as tensions grow between labor organizations and the center-right government over workers’ rights. Island ferry crews also decided to extend for another two days a...

2 dead and 22 rescued after migrant boat runs into trouble in rough weather near a Greek island

Oct. 21, 2024 12:16 PM EDT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A search and rescue operation off the coast of the eastern Greek island of Samos recovered the bodies of two people reported missing overnight after a boat carrying 24 migrants ran into trouble in rough weather, the coast guard said Monday. The sinking is the...