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1. Biscuit factory tragedy: Police arrests owner and two managers in charge

   The owner of the biscuit factory “Violanta” in Trikala was arrested on Tuesday evening, together with the safety technician and the shift manager, less than 24 hour after the  fire that killed five female workers in the early morning hours of Monday. All three are being held and will be brought to the competent Trikala […]

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2. Seven PAOK fans killed in traffic accident in Romania (Shocking Video)

   Seven Greeks, fans of PAOK FC, were killed and three injured in a traffic accident in Romania on Tuesday. They were traveling from northern Greece to Lyon, France, for a match of their favorite football club on Thursday. On Tuesday morning, the van they were traveling on, crashed head-on with a lorry on a road […]

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3. Scientists discover world’s oldest known wooden tools in Megalopolis, Arcadia

   The oldest known wooden tools in the world, used 430,000 years ago, were discovered in Megalopolis in Arcadia, Peloponnese, by an international team of researchers from Germany, the United Kingdom and Greece. “This area was very important for human evolution throughout Europe,” the Greek head of the study, paleo-anthropologist Katerina Harvati, told state-run news agency […]

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4. Teacher who gagged student with tape sentenced & suspended from duties

   The teacher who gagged with a tape a 13-year-old student during class and was arrested on Friday was sentenced to two years imprisonment over the weekend and suspended from the school duties on Monday. Police arrested the 60-year-old teacher following a complain by the victim’s parents to police., after Police have arrested a middle school […]

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5. Limited interest in transporting LNG auction in Greece

   Limited interest in transporting natural gas via the “vertical corridor” was expressed in the auction for February held on Monday. According to sources, a bid was submitted for the transport of 48 megawatt hours via Revithoussa, while there was no interest in the other two routes via the Alexandroupolis floating Liquefied Natural Gas station and […]

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