Firecracker

The first two months of tight measures to combat sports-related violence are beginning to pay off, according to statistics compiled by the Hellenic Police (ELAS).

Indicatively, violence, the use of smoke bombs, flares and firecrackers in soccer stadiums has been reduced significantly compared to autumn 2023, with such incidents spilling over in some cases in smaller categories.

During Easter celebrations, the persistent use of firecrackers, flares, and improvised pyrotechnics despite authorities' warnings continues to exact a heavy toll each year.

Police on the island of Crete arrested a man on Thursday accused of possessing and trading thousands of firecrackers and flares, which are illegally used during Easter celebrations in Greece.

Specifically, the Rethymno Police Department conducted an investigation at the business of the suspect in the area of Mylopotamos, and confiscated a total of 52,800 firecrackers.

After a check in his possession and in his house, a total of 404 firecrackers, 160 fireworks and a mobile phone were found and seized

Police arrested a 27-year-old man in northeastern Attica on Wednesday for selling flares and firecrackers on social media.

After receiving a tip, officers found that the suspect maintained a profile on a social media platform which he used to illicitly sell the explosives.

A 33-year-old man was injured in the ribs by the firecracker and ended up bleeding uncontrollably

Convoys with hundreds of angry farmers driving heavy-duty tractors arrived at European Union headquarters, bent on getting their complaints about excessive costs, rules and bureaucracy heard and fixed by EU leaders at a summit Thursday.

The onset of the New Year has ushered in a worrying surge in pollution across Bulgaria. Reports from the European Air Quality Index have flagged 11 cities in the country, including Sofia, for hazardous levels of particulate matter, double the permissible limits.

Forty-one construction workers emerged dazed and smiling late Tuesday from a collapsed tunnel where they had been stranded the last 17 days — a happy ending to an ordeal that had gripped India and involved a massive rescue operation that overcame several setbacks.

Several hooligans were arrested, who threw firecrackers at the police and demolished shop windows.
Mostly younger men and teenagers pelted the police patrol with firecrackers, and several containers were also set on fire. During the intervention, the police confiscated several prepared Molotov cocktails.