Kryoneri

Pantelis Tsiadis' day often begins before dawn, with the alarm clock ringing at 5.30 a.m.

One woman has been arrested for the attempted arson in Athens and one man has been arrested in Kryoneri, among other cases...

A 22-year-old man was in serious condition on Monday after being attacked by a pack of dogs on Sunday afternoon in a park on the fringes of Thessaloniki's Seich-Sou forest. 

According to the local police, the man had been walking alone in the Kryoneri park at around 6.30 p.m. when he was suddenly attacked by the the dogs. 

Firefighters on Friday found a burned body inside a car while trying to extinguish a small blaze in the suburban town of Kryoneri, east Attica.

The car was found inside a stream. No details were immediately available on the identity of the victim.

A unit of 16 firemen managed to put out the flames by Friday afternoon.
 

The families of Athanasios Dimopoulos and Father Nikolaos Athanasoulis attended an event at Kryoneri in Corinthia on Wednesday that recognized the two men posthumously as Righteous Among the Nations for rescuing Greek Jew Rivka Kamchi and her family from the Nazis during World War II.

A 29-year-old man accused of mailing several letter bombs to foreign and Greek financial officials - including one that exploded in the hands of former prime minister Lucas Papademos in May, injuring him seriously - has been given until Wednesday to testify to a special investigating magistrate.

Firefighters on Friday battled blazes near Koroni, in the Peloponnese, and Kryoneri, a rural area in northern Attica, but dry conditions and high temperatures hampered their progress. Nevertheless firemen managed to keep the flames away from residential areas.

The Greek counter-terrorism unit is focusing its investigations on where the envelope was sent from, amid fears that a series of similar packages could be sent to domestic targets. Former Greek PM Lucas Papademos, who is in stable condition at Evangelismos hospital, was injured Thursday when a booby-trapped envelope exploded in his vehicle.

Authorities Monday seized eight parcels - suspected of being booby-trapped - that were found at a post office sorting center in Kryoneri, northern Attica, and destined for various multinational companies and individuals in European Union countries.

The intended targets included Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem, according to sources.

Greek police have confiscated 8 bomb parcels identical to the ones sent to Germany’s Finance Ministry and the IMF offices in Paris by the terrorist organisation “Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei”. The packages were detected by the Greek postal services in the Kryoneri Selection Centre in Attica. The parcels were found before being sent to the Athens International Airport.