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More Migrants Arriving at Greece's Port of Piraeus

Around 100 illegal migrants, who used to stay at the Rhodes detention center, arrived at the port of Piraeus, Greece, on Tuesday. The newly-arrived migrants have no plan and do not know whether the Greek state would provide them with accommodation. They headed to Omonoia...

3,000 Migrants Disembarked in Athens Port in One Week

Migration in crisis-stricken Greece is an issue of concern which has been recurrently coming to the forefront in different guises. The last few months, however, the flow of undocumented immigrants has eluded all limits and Greek coast guard officials do not know how...

Greek FinMin: We Won't Recall Privatizations due to be Completed

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis appeared reassuring that the SYRIZA-led government does not intent to recall privatizations that are close to be complete, while he characterized the Chinese colossal shipping and logistics company Cosco investment in the Port of Piraeus as...

Piraeus, Fastest Growing Port in 2013

The total number of containers handled in 2013 at the port of Piraeus exceeded all expectations, making Greece’s largest port the fastest growing in the world. According to an article in Greek newspaper Kathimerini, the subsidiary of the Chinese company...

The Municipal Theater of Piraeus Opens its Gates

Aiming to set out “a completely different and creative course, worthy of all the great European theaters,” as its new artistic director Takis Tzamargias stated, the Municipal Theater of Piraeus returned yesterday to life and to its town, opening...

Privatisation of Ports Stalled

The long-awaited and hoped-for development of the Athenian Port of Piraeus and other ports in Greece, ports slated to be privatised under the government's economic programme to rescue the country from bankruptcy, has been stalled. The project is proving to...