ATHENS — Former Marathon Mayor Elias Psinakis was released on bail by a court on Wednesday, after testifying over the devastating fire at Mati which left 102 dead in July 2018 and many others injured.
In his four-hour testimony before an investigating magistrate, Psinakis, one of several individuals called to testify on the disaster, said that his municipality had taken all required measures to prevent fires, and said that Marathon was prepared to evacuate but was not asked to do so.
Psinakis also presented authorities with a 42-page document backed by 31 other documents to refute charges levelled against him. His bail was set at 20,000 euros.
The public prosecutor instigated an investigation and prosecution of 20 people for various charges related to dereliction of duty. They include mayors of towns in the area and the former Attica Region director Rena Dourou.
ATHENS - Panagiotis Lafazanis, a minister for a SYRIZA Radical Left government that ruled from 2015-19 hasn’t forgotten the humiliation Germany heaped on Greece when it was seeking bailouts depending on Germany’s banks and government.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
NEW YORK – With a Zeibekiko, the dance of Zorba, and island dances, Commander John Pappas bid farewell to the NYPD Transit Bureau K-9 Unit, retiring after 29 years of service.
ARLINGTON, Va. — A massive explosion at a duplex where police were investigating reports of shots fired shook a Washington, D.
NIR OZ, Israel — The engineer and his family cowered in the safe room, dark except for a red remote-control light because they feared the gunmen outside his door would notice anything brighter.
NEW YORK – Filmmaker George C.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas election officials on Monday said online news personality Cenk Uygur, who was born in Turkey, can't appear on the state's Democratic presidential primary ballot next year.
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