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Strong rains, winds topple trees; shipping affected
The strong rains and winds across several parts of Greece felled trees and caused power outages.
Among the hardest hit areas were some of Athens' northern suburbs.
In the municipality of Filothei-Psychiko more than 40 trees were toppled and some streets remain closed to traffic, state broadcaster ERT reported.
Fire in Loutraki, settlements evacuated
The Hellenic Fire Service is battling a fire that broke out near the area of Loutraki, 80 kilometers west of Athens, on Monday. This is the second major fire on Monday, along with that near Kouvaras in eastern Attica.
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PM apologises as Greece counts costs of wildfire catastrophe
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologized on Aug. 9 for failures in tackling the devastating wildfires that have burned across Greece for the past week as the country counted the cost in lost homes and livelihoods.
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Fire in Evia: Battle to stop the fire-front from going to central Evia (videos-photos)
Shortly before 10.30′, an evacuation order was issued to Istiaia for the residents located in Pefki, Artemisio, Vouliki and Gouves
Wildfires rampage in Greek forests, cut large island in half
Three large wildfires churned across Greece on Aug. 7, with one threatening whole towns and cutting a line across Evia, the country's second-largest island, isolating its northern part. Others engulfed forested mountainsides and skirted ancient sites, leaving behind a trail of destruction that one official described as "a biblical catastrophe."
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Piraeus Bank ATMs torched in Pefki
Unknown assailants set fire to two ATMs at the Piraeus Bank branch in Pefki, northern Athens, early on Tuesday morning.
The arson attack caused damage to the two cash machines located outside the bank branch at 43 Irini Avenue.
Police are conducting an investigation to locate the perpetrators.
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Pefki mother kills herself and her daughter
A 32-year-old woman killed her 5-year-old daughter by throwing her from the rooftop of a three-story apartment building before also plunging to her own death on Thursday.
The incident occurred in the northern Athens suburb of Pefki.
According to reports, the divorced mother had been struggling with mental issues.
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Assailants damage post office in northern Athens
Police were seeking the perpetrators behind a small-scale bomb attack on a branch of Hellenic Post (ELTA) in Pefki, northern Athens, early Thursday morning.
The unidentified assailants used a homemade explosive device made of gas canisters, which detonated at the entrance of the branch on Varvaresou street at 4.10 a.m., causing damage to the building's facade but no injuries.
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ND branch in Athens suburb vandalized with paint
Vandals splashed paint on a local branch of ruling New Democracy in an Athens suburb in the early hours of Friday.
Police are investigating the incident, which was carried out by unknown assailants at around 2.30 a.m. against the Plapouta Street party office in Neo Iraklio, northeast Athens.
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Makeshift bomb damages ND offices in northeastern Athens
An explosive device set on fire a branch of ruling New Democracy in northeastern Athens early on Thursday, causing damages but no injuries, police said.
According to the authorities, the device, made of three gas canisters, went off just outside ND's ground-floor offices of a five-floor apartment building in the suburb of Pefki, at 3.45 a.m.