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Bomb hoax temporarily shuts streets around Parliament

A phone call warning of a bomb on the premises of the Greek Parliament proved to be a hoax.

Authorities had closed the streets around Parliament, in central Athens, shortly after a woman called TV station Ant1 at 6.30 p.m. Saturday warning that the bomb would explode at 7.15 p.m.

Traffic resumed opened shortly after 7.30 p.m., police said.

One man dead in head-on collision in Perama

A 65-year-old man died on Monday afternoon after a head-on collision in Perama, a suburb of the port of Piraeus. 

Greek broadcaster ANT1 said the two-vehicle crash happened at the intersection of Dimokratia Avenue and Dagli Street, as a woman driving in the opposite lane veered off course, smashing into the man's car travelling in the other direction.

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