Agia Paraskevi

In two houses in Athens and Agia Paraskevi, Narcotics Division officers have found about 1 kilogram of pink cocaine, called TUSI, which is highly expensive.

In addition to the 30-year-old man who was arrested, police have identified a 33-year-old Greek and a 23-year-old foreigner for involvement in the drug trafficking.

See photos of the ELAS findings

As announced by the Municipality of Agia Paraskevi, following a decision by Mayor Yiannis Mylonakis, the closed gymnasium in Kontopouki (Dorieon 20 and Kanari) will be open from today and for as long as needed to assist in accommodating fire victims who have been displaced from their homes due to the severe wildfire in Attica and require temporary shelter.

The Ministry of Civil Protection on Friday declared a state of emergency in the municipalities of Agia Paraskevi, Agios Ioannis, Ano Meros and Apodoulou in the municipality of Amari in Rethymno on Crete.

According to the decision signed by the general secretary of civil protection, Vassilis Papageorgiou, the state of emergency will be in effect until September 9.

More than 200 firefighters on the southern Greek island of Crete on Thursday continued to fight a large wildfire that forced authorities to evacuate one village and prepare others for evacuation.

According to information from the fire department, there was no single active front, but scattered outbreaks that are being dealt with by the reinforced forces.

A total of 29 wildfires broke out across agroforested zones in Greece on Wednesday, according to the Fire Service. Twenty-four of these fires were quickly extinguished, but firefighters are still battling five active blazes.

A group of residents of the municipality of Agia Paraskevi in northern Athens are expected to mount a legal challenge in administrative courts against the conversion of a green space located at the corner of Psara and Agia Triada streets into an area for placing tables and chairs.

The mayor of Agia Paraskevi, a district north of Athens, said on Thursday he was concerned that more than 1,000 people are planning to gather in the main square on Friday and over the weekend, despite a government ban on gatherings of more than 10 people.

Clashes broke out between youths and police in the northern Athens suburb of Agia Paraskevi shortly after midnight Wednesday, Kathimerini reports.
Police were sent to the area after more than 400 youths broke a government ban on public gatherings at Agiou Ioannou Square due to the Covid-19 outbreak in the country.