ESTIA

Police have launched an investigation after a homemade device made of gas canisters exploded in the neighborhood of Pangrati in central Athens at 3.20 a.m. on Wednesday.

The bomb was left at the entrance of a building on Eratosthenous Street that houses the Dimokratia, Espresso and Estia newspapers.

The Hellenic Navy on Thursday denied a press report claiming that anti-personnel landmines were stolen along with other military equipment from its base on the island of Leros on Monday, saying it does not have any such weapons in stock.

Former foreign minister Nikos Kotzias has prepared a 10-page legal suit taking issue with a spectrum of alleged detractors, according to the conservative newspaper Estia which reports that Kotzias accuses unnamed government sources of undermining him.

The European Commission announced Monday new funding of 180 million euros for aid projects in Greece, including to expand the flagship Emergency Support to Integration & Accommodation (ESTIA) program.

ESTIA helps get refugees into urban accommodation and out of camps and provides them with regular cash assistance.