Fyli

The capital's main landfill at Fyli, northwestern Attica, is heading for a third enlargement to deal with overflowing waste, as the construction of new facilities to alleviate the problem are reportedly not expected to be ready before 2021-22.

A 53-year-old local authority worker died on Friday as a result of injuries sustained while on the job, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency has reported.

The unnamed man sustained crushing injuries when the garbage truck he was driving crashed on NATO Avenue in the northern suburb of Ano Liosia at around 5 a.m. in the morning.

The municipalities of Kropia and Megara in Attica are reacting to a report that two disused quarries in their jurisdictions will be used as sanitary landfills to manage the Greek capital's waste, saying the areas are inappropriate.

Two disused quarries, one in Koropi, eastern Attica, and the other in Megara, western Attica, have been picked for use as sanitary landfills for managing the Greek capital's waste, along with a facility under construction at Grammatiko, also in eastern Attica, Kathimerini has learned.

Greek police arrested and led before a prosecutor on Friday a 60-year-old man as the suspected perpetrator in the rape of a young woman in Zefyri, western Athens, last week.

The 22-year-old woman, who is believed to be Roma, was found unconscious in the street and remains hospitalised at Nikaia General Hospital near Piraeus.

A young woman was in critical condition at Nikaia General Hospital near Piraeus after being raped in Zefyri, western Athens, it was revealed on Saturday.

According to police, the woman, who is believed to be Roma (either Bulgarian or Romanian), was found unconscious in the street on Wednesday.

A 55-year-old woman was indicted in Athens on Thursday on charges of inflicting bodily harm to babies and resisting arrest, and was given until Friday to prepare her defense.

The woman had been arrested for allegedly scratching babies with her nails or a sharp object on a number of occasions at a mall in Aghios Dimitrios, southern Athens.

A panoramic view of the capital's landfill at Fyli, northwestern Attica, which has been expanded several times as authorities have failed to set up an effective waste management system. Attica's 4 million residents rely on the Fyli dump though it has long exceeded its capacity.

Efforts got under way on Wednesday to collect thousands of tons of trash that have accumulated on the streets of Attica as the capital's main landfill in Fyli in northwestern Athens was expanded to accommodate the new piles of garbage.

Tons of garbage continued to pile up on the streets of Athens Tuesday as efforts got under way at the capital's main landfill in Fyli in northwestern Attica to repair a crack on the side of the dump and prevent a collapse. Deliveries to the landfill have been put on hold as authorities try to solve the problem. Meanwhile, several days of heavy rainfall have worsened the situation.