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A 30-year-old man who was involved in a high-speed car chase with the police on Athens' Kifissos Highway in the early hours of Thursday has died of injuries sustained when his vehicle crashed.

A programmatic agreement for the new alignment and improvement of the Old Athens-Thebes National Road, specifically the Mandra-Erythres section, with a budget of 32.4 million euros, was signed by the Attica Regional Governor, Nikos Hardalias, and the contracting company.

A recent railway incident in Athens has raised fresh concerns about the country's train system, just 20 months after the tragic Tempe crash in central Greece.

Yet another safety breach on Greece's railway has prompted an urgent judicial investigation, with Athens' chief prosecutor, Apostolos Andreou, on Thursday seeking answers as to why a Suburban Railway (Proastiakos) train was routed onto a metro track.

Authorities say a shooting suspect fled on foot after evading police in his vehicle in Zefyri, northwest of Athens, late Tuesday.

A large operation by the Greek Police (ELAS) took place Friday morning at a Roma settlement in Fyli, northwestern Athens.

The operation involved 100 police officers from the Western Attica Police Directorate, along with forces from the riot police (MAT), the crime prevention unit (OPKE), and the counterterrorism unit (EKAM).

A railway accident was avoided at the last moment this morning, just outside Athens, with a near collision between two trains which due to a wrong order risked being on the same single line running in opposite directions.

A 60-year-old garbage truck driver tragically lost his life at the Fyli landfill in western Athens when, under unclear circumstances, he fell under the vehicle.

According to public broadcaster ERT, the man had finished his work at the Fyli landfill when the accident occurred. He was rushed to Thriasio Hospital but succumbed to his severe injuries.

A tourist uses a hand fan to cool down her friend sitting on a bench in front of the Parthenon at the ancient Acropolis, in Athens. The ancient site was closed to the public for five hours due to a heatwave with temperature soaring above 43 Celsius on Thursday in many areas of the eastern and southern parts of the country, as reported by Meteo.

The autopsy on the charred body of an elderly man that was found in the back yard of a house in northern Athens on Friday night has found that the deceased had been dead for around a month.

However, the medical examiner was unable to establish the cause of death of the 82 year old.