Athens Explosion

Two explosive devices targeted cars belonging to the Italian embassy in Greece on Friday, one of which went off causing no injuries, Greek police said.

A homemade explosive device went off early Thursday in front of a church in central Athens injuring its caretaker and a police officer, the police said. The explosion happened at 7:10 am (0510 GMT) in the upmarket Kolonaki area, they added.

Greek former prime minister Lucas Papademos was hurt Thursday when an explosive device went off inside his car in Athens, state news agencies said.

Unidentified attackers on a motorcycle threw an explosive device at the French embassy in central Athens early on Thursday, wounding a guard, police said, in an attack that came less than a week before US President Barack Obama visits the city.

A bomb exploded outside the offices of a Greek business federation in central Athens early on Tuesday, police officials said, smashing windows but causing no injuries.

Three small gas canister bombs exploded near government offices and an influential economic think-tank in Athens on Monday, causing minor damage but no injuries, police said.

A historical building in the centre of Athens was destroyed in 14 seconds on Sunday.The Navy Veterans Fund building was demolished in a controlled explosion.Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis decided the building must go so as to create a new square covering 1,300 sq meters in an area of the city, where crime and squalor have become rife over the last...

Two explosive devices targeted cars belonging to the Italian embassy in Greece on Friday, one of which went off causing no injuries, Greek police said.

A homemade explosive device went off early Thursday in front of a church in central Athens injuring its caretaker and a police officer, the police said. The explosion happened at 7:10 am (0510 GMT) in the upmarket Kolonaki area, they added.

Greek former prime minister Lucas Papademos was hurt Thursday when an explosive device went off inside his car in Athens, state news agencies said.

Unidentified attackers on a motorcycle threw an explosive device at the French embassy in central Athens early on Thursday, wounding a guard, police said, in an attack that came less than a week before US President Barack Obama visits the city.

A bomb exploded outside the offices of a Greek business federation in central Athens early on Tuesday, police officials said, smashing windows but causing no injuries.

Three small gas canister bombs exploded near government offices and an influential economic think-tank in Athens on Monday, causing minor damage but no injuries, police said.

A historical building in the centre of Athens was destroyed in 14 seconds on Sunday.The Navy Veterans Fund building was demolished in a controlled explosion.Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis decided the building must go so as to create a new square covering 1,300 sq meters in an area of the city, where crime and squalor have become rife over the last...