Three small apartment buildings in eastern Attica have been evacuated as they are gradually swallowed up by subsidence following heavy rains, state broadcaster ERT reported on Saturday. Three buildings are located next to each other on the banks of a stream in the village of Neos-Voudzas, a suburb of the port city of Rafina. Just […]
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Former fire chief to face trial for 2018 Mani fire
The former Greek fire chief will face trial at the end of the holidays for his alleged attempt to hide inconvenient facts about putting out a fire in Mati (East Attica) in the summer of 2018, which resulted in 102 casualties. Vasilis Mattaiopoulos was charged with dereliction of duty and coercing subordinates to give false […]
27 people put on trial over Mati’s deadly fire
Athens’ prosecutor said on Tuesday that he had prepared documents to bring a case against 27 people to trial, including some senior officials from the previous SYRIZA government, due to a fire that destroyed the seaside resort of Mati in 2018, which killed 102 people and dozens were injured. The case mentions former Attica Governor […]