Kolonaki
Hand grenades found under apartment floor during renovation
Two hand grenades were found during renovation work in an apartment in the upscale district of Kolonaki, in central Athens, on Saturday morning.
The grenades were found under the floor of the house and police was alerted, according to information.
Probe launched into Kolonaki weapons stash
Police in Athens have launched an investigation after an arsenal of weapons was uncovered in a ground-floor warehouse in the upmarket district of Kolonaki.
The hoard, which was found on Neofytou Douka Street, included a number of M1-style rifles, magazines, hundreds of bullets and three old grenades.
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Crackdown on spread of chairs and tables in public spaces
Seeking to send a message to proprietors encroaching on public space with illegally placed chairs and tables, the Municipality of Athens has already singled out 10 catering establishments that have repeatedly failed to comply with the rules and is initiating procedures for their temporary closure for a period of 1-5 days, implementing recently passed relevant legislation.
Nine detained over torched cars in central Athens
Nine people were detained on Thursday following a fourth day in a row of arson attacks on cars in central Athens.
According to the police and fire service, four cars were torched at 3.40 a.m. on Karachristou Street, in the district of Kolonaki, three of which were completely destroyed and the fourth was seriously damaged.
Firemen were called in to put out the blaze.
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Facebook and politics
The tragicomic backlash sparked by the unfortunate plan to rename Athens' Evangelismos metro station (which serves the hospital of the same name in the downtown Kolonaki district) Pavlos Bakoyannis, after the late conservative politician who was gunned down in the area 30 years ago by the November 17 terrorist group, was not all bad.
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Renaming of Evangelismos metro station shelved
Plans to rename a key station on the Athens metro after a modern historical figure were shelved on Monday following reactions from the public.
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Opposition chief slams gov't over church bomb
The authorities need to show zero tolerance for violence, the head of Greece's main opposition said on Thursday in the wake of an attack on a central Athens church with a small makeshift bomb.
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Explosive device in Kolonaki made up of containers with flammable liquid
A homemade explosive mechanism that blew up outside Aghios Dionysios church in the upscale Athenian district of Kolonaki on Thursday morning was made up of two containers with flammable liquid, wires and a clock, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.
Police sources cited by the news agency said the explosion, which injured a policeman and a church employee, was small.
Two injured after explosive device goes off outside church in central Athens
A homemade explosive mechanism blew up outside Aghios Dionysios church in the upscale Athenian district of Kolonaki on Thursday morning injuring a policeman and another man, Greek media reported.
Explosive device goes off outside church in central Athens; officer injured
A homemade explosive mechanism blew up outside Aghios Dionysios church in the upscale Athenian district of Kolonaki on Thursday morning injuring a policeman, Greek media reported.
The device was placed inside a metallic box discovered by a church employee who notified police, according to the head of the police's special guards union, Stavros Mavroidakos.