Aigio

A 36-year-old woman in the town of Aigio, western Greece, tried to commit suicide by taking an unknown number of pills after she was attacked by her husband. 

The 39-year-old husband was arrested and is facing charges of domestic violence. 

Police was alerted to the suicide attempt by the local hospital where she was transferred for treatment. 

The town of Aigio in western Greece was jolted by a series of earthquakes on Wednesday.

Four tremors were recorded at 11.06 a.m. 11.21 a.m., 11.40 a.m. and 11.56 a.m., with magnitudes of 3.9, 3, 4.2 and 3.3 respectively.

These were followed by another measuring 3.5 at 1.15 p.m.

As 2020 draws to a close, another Greek startup has been bought out, joining this year's long list. Adveos Microelectronic Systems, based in Aigio in the Peloponnese, has just been acquired by Chinese technology firm Beken Corporation for an amount said to reach $7.5 million (about 6.12 million euros).

Police in the western port city of Patra arrested 15 people on Thursday morning for playing cards inside a coffee shop in violation of the ban on gatherings aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus.

The person running the coffee shop and another man who worked at the door were also arrested and fined 5,000 and 300 euros respectively.

The deputy prosecutor in a Supreme Court appeal by the controversial bishop of Kalavryta, Amvrosios, of his conviction for inciting hate and abusing his position with a homophobic rant in 2015 has recommended that the senior cleric be acquitted of the latter crime.

A 28-year-old naval cadet who ran over and killed a 68-year-old woman and her grandchild while driving his car in the town of Aigio, western Greece, in August was conditionally released from pretrial custody in Piraeus on Tuesday.

A 28-year-old motorist was released on Monday from police detention in Patra, western Greece, after striking a 67-year-old pedestrian and her grandson, who was just a few months old, near the town of Aigio on Sunday afternoon, killing them both.

He was released after his case was deferred to a Piraeus military court, as the 28-year-old is serving in the navy as a sergeant.

The incoming mayor of the seaside Peloponnesian town of Aigio is appealing to Athens for funds to tackle a mounting trash problem, amid fears that some 5,000 tons of garbage dumped on the town's outskirts, including at popular beaches such as Selianitika and Akoli, poses a serious public health risk.

The appeal of seven defendants convicted over the suspected murder in 2012 of a 26-year-old university student in Athens began in the Greek capital on Monday, with the president of the chamber urging the defendants to come clean about the events that led to the disappearance of Marios Papageorgiou.

A mild tremor shook the city of Patra in northwestern Peloponnese on Tuesday afternoon, without any damage reported.

The earthquake measured 3.4 degrees on the Richter scale, according to the Athens Geodynamic Institute, with its epicenter being the heart of the biggest city of the Peloponnese. It took place at 12.47 p.m. Greek time.