Voula

Fearful night for residents of Vari, Voula after raging fire causes major damage

Residents of the areas of Vari and Voula will be in a state of emergency all night as a fire that raged for over eight hours throughout the day and into the night and appears to be receding.

It destroyed four homes in Voula and damaged about 20 houses. Automobiles also went up in flames.

Desperate Greeks in frantic search for cash machines

Greeks raced Sunday to find cash machines in an increasingly anxious run on the banks, as speculation mounted of capital controls and a possible bank holiday being declared.

"I don't know what happens -- it's crazy," a Greek woman, Voula, told AFP while on the lookout for a working cashpoint in Athens.