Stationery

Resilient anachronisms

Before email and messaging, we had regular mail and envelopes, which candidates for the national or European Parliament would send off to voters, only so they could form huge piles in the entrances to our apartment buildings.

Underneath the correction fluid

We've heard all about the mismanagement of the country's railway system. We've heard all about the mess with the automatic operation and signaling systems, about canceled tenders and slipshod stopgap measures, about the waste of funds and the rampant corruption. We've had our fill of excuses from the people involved in the tragedy of February 28.

Suspicious envelopes found at Piraeus courthouse complex examined

The 11 suspicious envelopes found at a Piraeus courthouse complex on Thursday that prompted a mobilization of the police and fire brigade were to be examined Friday by state laboratories.

A preliminary examination by bomb disposal experts on Thursday showed that the envelopes did not contain explosives.

One of the envelopes reportedly contained a powdery substance.

Civil Protection Authority says suspicious letters are harmless

The Civil Protection Authority said on Friday that the suspicious envelopes sent to universities around the country this week did not contain any toxic substances, only an industrial adhesive identified in the first letter.

Samples from the letters were analyzed by the General Chemical State Laboratory in Athens.

Unis on alert over suspicious letters from India

Police were on alert Thursday after 11 university campuses around the country received a total 12 envelopes containing a white substance that experts say is used in the production of industrial adhesives.

The Civil Protection Agency also warned post offices and universities against opening any package deemed suspicious.

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