Kypseli

Heavy rainfalls in the Attica area during Sunday morning have caused serious problems in the city of Athens and surrounding suburbs. From 2.30am the fire department received hundreds of emergency calls for flooded house basements and trapped car drivers, while numerous streets were inaccessible due to the sudden deluge.

A man was arrested on Wednesday in the district of Galatsi on charges of groping women and girls in various parts of Athens.

According to reports, the 38-year-old suspect would creep up on his victims with his motorcycle or on foot, and fondle them before making a run for it.

He was apparently active in the suburbs of Kypseli, Maroussi and Nea Philadelphia.

A drug-dealing ring that was active in the center of Athens was unraveled on Monday, with police arresting six gang members - five Albanian nationals, aged 25, 27, 29, 36 and 47 and one Greek woman, 20.

Police confiscated more than 26 kilos of cannabis, a pistol, 26,000 euros and two cars after raids in homes and cars in the districts of Kypseli and Neos Cosmos.

The long-awaited tender for the construction of Line 4 of the Athens Metro is set to take place in early 2017, authorities said Monday.

The extension will link the densely populated suburbs of Galatsi, Kypseli, Kaisariani and Zografou to the other three lines of the metro network.

Arsonists attacked three offices of the largest ruling party in the Greek capital of Athens overnight.

Incendiary devices went off at the offices of SYRIZA in Glyfada, Nea Ionia and Kypseli between 1 and 3 a.m. on Monday.

The three attacks caused damage, but no casualties have been reported, daily Kathimerini informs.

Unidentified arsonists on Thursday targeted bank ATMs in three Athens neighborhoods, Kypseli, Nea Ionia and Patissa, causing significant damage but no injuries.

Police did not confirm whether the attacks were related.

Three National Bank of Greece ATM machines were targeted by unknown assailants in various parts of Athens early Thursday, authorities said.

The attacks were carried out in the areas of Kypseli, Nea Ionia and Patissia, causing damage but no injuries.

The lucky winner of more than 9.5 million euros in the “Joker” lottery game may not have appeared so far, but two of his, or her, attorney visited the “lucky” betting parlour on Tuesday.

According to the betting pools operator OPAP, the multi-million-euro ticket cost a mere … three euros.

The ticket was submitted at a parlour in the Kypseli district of central Athens.

Unidentified arsonists targeted the ATMs of bank branches in various parts of greater Athens early Saturday in attacks that caused damage but no injuries.

The first attack was on an ATM in Kypseli, the second occurred a few minutes later in the suburb of Pefki, the third was in Zografou and the fourth in the suburb of Maroussi.

Fans of ethnic cuisine are constantly seeking out unique tastes. They can now enjoy such in the Ethiopian restaurant in the central Athens district of Kypseli. The restaurant, named “Lalibela” after the Ethiopian city, has been in business since 2000, offering a variety of exotic tastes from the African’s cuisine.