From Niki Kitsantonis and Rachel Donadio, the New York Times:  The authorities in Athens found another explosive device on Thursday, this one addressed to the French Embassy , and also formally charged two men, accusing them of sending similar crude explosive devices to the German, Italian and French Embassies in Athens this week in packages addressed to those countries’ leaders. …

Although the authorities said the explosives were relatively mild — one security expert called them the product of “inventive amateurism” — the packages contributed to a growing sense of instability here ahead of elections on Sunday. The vote is expected to be a referendum on the deeply unpopular austerity measures of the government of Prime Minister George Papandreou. …

In Greece, one device exploded Monday and two exploded on Tuesday; one person suffered minor injuries.

Most of the devices were sent to foreign embassies in Athens. But one, addressed to the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, was found in her office’s mailroom in Germany, and another, addressed to the Italian leader, Silvio Berlusconi, was intercepted in Italy.

On Thursday, a package addressed to President Nicolas Sarkozy of France was returned by French Embassy officials in Athens to a courier service in the Athens area, where bomb experts detonated it. …

On Thursday, the police in Athens formally charged two men, Gerasimos Tsakalos, 24, and Panagiotis Argyrou, 22, with terrorism offenses. …

The Greek police and civil aviation authority said shipments of foreign-bound letters and small packages would resume Friday, after a 48-hour suspension.  (photo: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty)

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