Piraeus

After a barrage of burglaries in the region of Piraeus, a DIAS motorcycle-riding squad was called to the area to monitor the situation and locate the culprits.  Then, at around 11:00am, the Dias police unit that was on guard,...

A cruise ship with 2,469 passengers and 976 crew members on board ran aground Wednesday at the southeast Greek port of Piraeus, Greek port authorities said. There were no injuries or major damage arising from the accident with Panama-flagged ship...

A 50-year-old man who stabbed a 20 year-old man with a pocketknife on the night of September 24 in Keratsini, Piraeus, Greece, appears to be facing mental health problems. According to police reports, the perpetrator has in the past been...

The Greek National Opera presented its programme for the new season at a press interview that also included an appeal by its directors to the state for raising its funding to last year's levels. The Opera has reduced its accumulated...

EPP Group Chairman Joseph Daul strongly condemned on Sept. 19 the murder of Pavlos Fyssas in Keratsini, Piraeus, Greece by Giorgos Roupakias, a supporter of the neo-Nazi political party, Golden Dawn. “This kind of fanatical acts and violence have no...

A street fight erupted outside the shipbuilding and repair zone in Perama, a port suburb of Piraeus, when officials said members of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party tried to prevent members of the KKE Communist party from putting up...

The TBM, Hipppodamus, started from the region Agia Varvara, for the tunneling of the extension of the Athens Metro Line 3 to Piraeus. The opening of the tunnel will take approximately 2,5 years. It will be 6,5 kilometers long and...

The ports around Greece are attracting  more and more tourists as Greece ranked third among the cruise destinations in Europe after Spain and Italy. The Greek ports and mainly Piraeus attract more and more visitors after the lifting of...

Within the framework of a nuclear weapons awareness effort, the Peace Boat docked in Limassol on August 15. According to the Limassol Municipality announcement, the boat would remain for the whole day while a passengers’ delegation went to discuss nuclear...

The cargo ship CATHERINE under a Maltese flag, and the Panama-flagged vessel BARU SATU collided in the Strait Kafirea, seven nautical miles south-west of Andros. There is currently no danger of the CATHERINE sinking after the rupture which resulted in...