Tripoli

A tragedy was about to unfold in the wake of a fire that broke out from an unknown cause in a car, just outside Tripoli: The driver in his attempt to salvage what he could suffered burns. Other drivers who stopped to help pulled him away from the burning vehicle and alerted the ambulance, fire brigade, and police.

Walking through the bustling streets of central Athens, whether as a resident or a visitor, or taking in the view of the sprawling, densely built capital from a balcony on one of its nearby hills, it’s nearly impossible to grasp that less than two centuries ago, this city was merely a tiny dot on the map.

Police have uncovered a large cannabis plantation in a forest area near Tripoli in the Peloponnese. 

During a significant operation this week, authorities seized more than a ton of processed cannabis and 1,253 cannabis seedlings, each approximately 3.5 meters tall. The plantation covered around 35 acres. 

Turkey is interested in an offer from Tripoli to carry out energy exploration offshore Libya, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Wednesday.

"Libya has offered to us to work with our seismic vessels offshore. Frankly, we are warm to this. So we can be in the Libyan offshore to carry out seismic work," he told the state-owned Anadolu news agency.

Türkiye's chief of intelligence has paid a visit to Libya to hold talks with senior Libyan officials amid ongoing tension between the eastern and western administrations over the export of oil.

Olympiacos and PAOK remain joint leaders at the top of the standings, while Panathinaikos now trails by four points, narrowly avoiding defeat against Athens Kallithea with a stoppage-time equalizer.

On the other hand, AEK returned to winning form with a 3-0 win against Levadiakos, who protested a penalty not awarded against Mukoudi in the first half with the score still 0-0.

A 44-year-old woman who was arrested yesterday in Tripoli for intentionally causing two consecutive fires in a rural area has been sentenced to three years in prison, with the sentence suspended.

The competent authorities arrested the 44-year-old as the perpetrator responsible for causing two fires in rural land, with intent and repeated offenses (on August 24 and 25, 2024), in the area of Kerasitsa, Municipality of Tripoli in Arcadia.

A woman was killed in a car accident on Thursday on the Korinthos-Tripolis-Kalamata highway near the Tsakona area in eastern Peloponnese.

The other passenger, an elderly man with severe injuries, has been hospitalized in Tripoli. The car, occupied by the elderly couple, collided with a truck under unknown circumstances.