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A man previously convicted for drug offenses was arrested in downtown Athens' Omonia district after police discovered explosives in his car during a routine stop on Friday. 

An explosive device detonated late Tuesday in the courtyard of a primary school in Agrinio, western Greece. No injuries or damage were reported.

Police in southeastern Attica are investigating the explosion of a device outside an event venue on the Athens-Sounio road.

The device had been placed on a bench outside the property, which is located near Agia Marina in Koropi.

The blast, which occurred shortly after midnight, caused material damage to the venue's fencing and shattered windows in adjacent businesses.

A homemade explosive device went off at the entrance of an apartment building in the Ilioupoli district of southern Athens early Monday morning.

Two gas canisters were used in the pre-dawn blast in Louvari Street which caused material damage but no injuries.

A man was briefly detained on Wednesday night after he started throwing petrol bombs off the balcony of his apartment in the district of New Ionia, northern Athens.

The lit petrol bombs started a small fire amid dried grass, near the road, which was promptly extinguished when the fire service arrived, according to their press release. 

Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis condemned the attack with Molotov cocktails outside the house of the president of the Supreme Court on early Thursday morning, saying the arrest of the perpetrators is "an absolute priority."

The attack occurred at 12.45 a.m. in the northern Athens suburb of Papagou, injuring a police guard and destroying his car.

Swedish lawmakers vote Tuesday on a controversial defense deal with the United States, which critics fear could lead to the deployment of nuclear weapons and permanent U.S. bases on Swedish soil.

The Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) is a major step for a country that in March ended two centuries of neutrality to join NATO.

At least 20 people attacked a riot squad with Molotov cocktails and stones

Police reported detaining 22 individuals following clashes that erupted in the downtown Exarchia neighborhood early Friday morning. According to reports, around 20 hooded individuals attacked a riot police squad stationed at the intersection of Themistokleous and Metaxa streets with Molotov cocktails before swiftly fleeing the scene.

Unknown assailants attacked a Metro construction site in the northern Athenian suburb of Galatsi late Wednesday night with Molotov cocktails. 

According to police, two unidentified men entered the site on Parnithos Street just before midnight. After immobilizing the guard, they broke the windows of two excavators and threw Molotov cocktails inside, causing significant damage.