Piraeus

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...

On July 1, in Belgium’s capital, Brussels, the Council of European Union announced the cities that will host European Maritime Day (EMD) every year until 2019. For the year 2015, EMD will be hosted in Greece, in the city of...

They finally managed to get from Piraeus to Chania, crossing 270 nautical miles with their canoes! Two men, who rowed for 16 days, from  June 2 on a canoe-kayak, wanted to send a message of optimism and inner strength...

Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the European Commission, traveled to Greece on March 11, to take part in an event for small and medium companies SMEs, to promote international partnership. Along with him, representatives of European SME traveled to meet their Greek...

The Greek Development Ministry has confirmed a provisional agreement recently signed between Cosco and Hewlett-Packard (HP) for the use of Dock II in Piraeus, which appears to be a very promising deal that bodes well for other investments, too. The...