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Passengers in some of Athens' metro stations are expected to get a long-delayed access to the internet in September, when the first Wi-Fi connections will become operational. 

Internet will be available at the metro stations but not inside the tunnels, the Digital Governance Ministry has said. It was not clear which stations will be the ones with free internet access.

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.

The average asking price of houses in the districts of Athens with the best evaluation ranges from 2,759 to 5,645 euros per square meter, based on a series of criteria that affect accommodation.

Two suspects, aged 18 and 15, were arrested for robbing a teen at knifepoint in southern Athens Wednesday night. 

The 13-year-old boy was walking on Sofokli Venizelou avenue in the district of Ilioupoli around 9.30 p.m. when he saw two people coming his way and pull out a knife. They took his mobile phone and fled, 

A man who was murdered by two gunmen outside his house on Monday evening in the southeastern Athens suburb of Ilioupoli was a member of a criminal gang and the latest casualty of a turf war, police said Tuesday.

A police officer who was arrested last week on charges of committing at least 11 robberies was remanded in custody on Monday after appearing before a prosecutor and investigative magistrate.

The 29-year-old suspect is accused of robbing eight gas stations and kiosks in the Athens areas of Agia Paraskevi, Halandri and Ilioupoli since November last year.

An officer from the police force's DIAS motorcycle-riding unit in northeastern Attica was charged with multiple robberies and violating gun laws over his alleged involvement in a total of 11 holdups in the past three months, it emerged Friday.

Police in the northern Athens suburb of Agia Paraskevi arrested a 29-year-old colleague after he allegedly carried out two armed robberies, one at a gas station in the western suburb of Peristeri and the other at a kiosk in Galatsi, near central Athens, making off with 690 euros.

The unlicensed construction of a chapel in a forested area of Mt Hymettus in southeastern Athens has triggered legal action from irate local authorities.

The chapel is being built around an older one and work began last summer despite a law suspending construction on the mountain.

Anti-narcotics officers announced Thursday they arrested three people and seized 1905 kilos of cocaine in a major drug bust in Athens.

The ring members were identified as one Croatian and two Albanian nationals.