Posts Tagged ‘attica’

Greece’s East Attica In Antiquity: Playground Of Gods, Heroes And Heroines

The seductive scenery along the east coast of Attica in Greece overlooking the Aegean Sea, easily lures one back to an era when mythical gods and goddesses still claimed the land and implored their heroes to build temples for them and their heroines to serve in their sanctuaries as priestesses. During the Mycenaean Bronze Age […]

ATHENS: The abandoned white tiger cub will not live, says founder of Attica Zoological Park (VIDEO)

Following the outrage caused by the news of a white tiger cub being abandoned on a street in suburban Athens, Jean Jacques Lesueur, the founder of the Attica Zoological Park, denounced the illegal animal trade. “It is clear that this is illegal animal trade. Someone had it, could not take care of it because it… […]

Reinforcements sent to firefighting forces in Attica

Firefighting forces operating at the Grammatiko wildfire in Attica were strengthened late afternoon Friday, said the Fire Brigade. Some 62 firefighters with 11 fire engines and 3 ground teams are assisted by 4 water-bombing aircraft and 3 helicopters, as well as by municipal water tanks and many volunteers. The fire broke out just before 14:30 […]

Attica coastal fires dying out following firefighting efforts

The wildfire that broke out in Greece earlier on Tuesday near the coastal Attica village of Porto Germeno is decaying fast, while some fire pockets have been put out entirely, said Fire Brigade spokesperson Fire Second Lieutenant Rafaela Tzima at a press briefing on Tuesday evening. However, she pointed out that firefighting forces on the… […]

Democrat Rep. Attica Scott Arrested For Rioting After BLM Mob Try To Burn Down Library

Kentucky Democrat Rep. Attica Scott was arrested while protesting in Louisville on Thursday night and charged with first-degree rioting after the windows of a library were smashed and a flare was thrown into the building.  Rep. Scott, who proposed the ‘Breonna’s law’ legislation in Kentucky, was arrested and charged with the class D felony alongside […]

Watchdog: Attica’s Mental Health Unit A Haven For Abuse

A new report from Disability Rights New York, the federal watchdog for people with disabilities in the state, found rampant abuse and neglect within the mental health treatment unit at the Attica Correctional Facility. Under state law, people with diagnosed serious mental illness, who face punitive solitary confinement in excess of 30 days, are to […]

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