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Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU). The Municipality of Athens, which constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire urban area, had a population of 643,452 in 2021, within its official limits, and a land area of 38.96 square kilometres.
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Six bodies have now been recovered from the rubble of a building that collapsed following a powerful explosion in Athens' historic Plaka district, Greek media reported on Saturday. The victims have no...
An explosion collapsed a two-story building in Athens' Plaka neighborhood near the Acropolis Friday, killing six people, as officials work to determine the cause.
A British man is believed to have died following Friday’s explosion