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The shipping company where a former caretaker opened fire on Monday killing three people and himself by suicide has denied reports that the perpetrator had been given a home after his employment with the company was terminated.

Greek army specialists destroyed an unexploded World War II bomb on Thursday discovered during work on a massive urban development project at the old Ellinikon International Airport near Glyfada, a coastal area south of Athens.

The continuation of large deviations in the taxable property rates (known as objective values) in relation to the actual prices in the market makes the objective value review process that has already started in several municipalities more difficult.

Hundreds of Greeks danced and sang from their cars at a drive-in music concert, the first such event since the country banned mass gatherings to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

A large drug cartel operating primarily in the Athens suburbs of Acharnes and Fyli has been unraveled by Attica police authorities.
Police said the cartel consisted of seven gangs that worked under the guidance of two criminal organizations.

People attend the third spring open-air antique cars exhibition held by the Municipality of Glyfada and the Greek Federation of Antique Vehicles in the southern Athenian suburb, on May 1, 2019. [Intime News]

ATHEX-listed Grivalia Properties Real estate Investment Company on Thursday announced the acquisition of two stand-alone retail assets in Athens and Glyfada, worth 22.6 million euros in total.

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Clean-up crews are scrambling to contain an oil spill from a Greek tanker as it menaces some of Athens’ most popular beaches.
The vessel, Agia Zoni II, was carrying 2,500 tonnes of fuel when it sank off the island of Salamis on Sunday.
Nearby beaches were soiled by the oil, but officials believed it could be contained given mild wind conditions.

Greek authorities have urged local residents and tourists to avoid visiting some of the most popular beaches around the capital Athens because of an oil spill from a sunken tanker approaching the coast, Macedonian electronic edition "Standard" said, quoted by FOCUS News agency.

The ecological disaster caused by the sinking of an oil tanker near the island of Salamina has draw attention by the international media, as the pollution is spreading to Piraeus, despite efforts and reassurances by the competent authorities that the damage would be contained.