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Security camera shows moment Skai TV attackers flee scene
A security camera which operates at the roof of the building housing the headquarters of Skai TV and Kathimerini has recorded the vehicle believed to be the one used by the perpetrators of the bomb attack against the media group on Monday morning.
Man held in custody after rape charge
A 43-year-old foreign national charged with raping a 13-year-old Belgian girl last summer was remanded in custody Tuesday in the town of Hania on the island of Crete pending his trial.
The suspect, a resident of Hania for the last 13 years, denied raping the girl, who was on holiday with her family.
Man, 57, held on cocaine trafficking charges
Police in Thessaloniki on Tuesday detained a 57-year-old Albanian national believed to be a leading member of an international racket that has been smuggling large quantities of drugs into Greece.
According to investigators, the suspect was taking delivery of cocaine and overseeing its distribution across the country but chiefly in and around the Thessaloniki area.
Zoo hits out at 'hypocrisy' over Jaguar deaths
The Attica Zoological Park at Spata, west of Athens, has accused its critics of "hypocrisy" over the fatal shooting of two rare jaguars that escaped from their enclosure in November.
The incident, which was announced on Saturday, triggered criticism of the zoo by the Panhellenic Animal Welfare and Environmental Federation and Giorgos Amyras, a lawmaker for To Potami.
Avramopoulos: No country can face migration challenges alone
Countries must cooperate if they are to tackle the challenges created by migration, Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Tuesday, marking International Migrants Day.
New NGO report accuses Greece of pushbacks in Evros
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday added its voice to those of other nongovernmental organizations which recently published reports alleging the country's law enforcement officers are involved in systematic pushbacks of migrants and asylum seekers at the northeastern border with Turkey.
Brnabic starts visit to Brussels by meeting with Mogherini
The Serbian government announced that she first met with Vice President of the European Commission and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini.
The meeting of Brnabic and Mogherini was also attended by Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic.
British, French ambassadors condemn Skai TV bomb attack
Britain's and France's ambassadors to Greece on Tuesday denounced the bomb attack targeting the premises of Skai TV and Kathimerini in southern Athens on Monday morning, which caused extensive damage but no injuries.
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