Patras

A state of alert has been declared at the headquarters of the six candidates for the leadership of PASOK as the polls will open in just a few hours – tomorrow, Sunday, at 7 a.m.

Recognizing the need to highlight entrepreneurial ideas that can transform our country into a productive, extroverted, and competitive economy and aiming to provide comprehensive support to innovative scientists, research teams, and start-up entrepreneurial efforts to realize their potential and their vision, the National Bank of Greece has been implementing for 15 years a holistic program to s

In the summer of 2024, the average value of maximum daily temperatures ranged at very high levels across the country, compared to the average for the period 2010-2019, according to the dense network of meteo.gr weather stations of the National Observatory of Athens (NAA).

The permanent population of Greece, which reached 10.482 million in the recent census, is extremely unevenly distributed across the country. The two most populous Regional Units (RU), those of Thessaloniki and the Central Sector of Athens, host 2.09 million people (20.0% of the total population) while occupying only 2.8% of Greece’s area.

Greek authorities on Tuesday evacuated a children's hospital and a retirement home on the outskirts of the southern city of Patras after a summer wildfire flared in the area amid hot, windy weather.

The name of Lars Rasmussen, international IT guru, one of the co-founders in the more distant past of the platform that evolved into the most popular digital maps such as Google maps, but also an investor today in innovative companies, including Greek ones, has been heard particularly in recent days as an interested party for further investments, but this time in another investment field, such

The body of a woman was salvaged Sunday from a car that plunged into the city of Patras' northern port, Greece's coast guard says.

Passers-by saw the car hit the water and called the coast guard. A private diver alerted the authorities to the woman's presence inside the vehicle. 

A 38-year-old man, wanted on charges of participating in a terrorist organization, has been arrested by police authorities. 

The arrest occurred Monday afternoon in the Peloponnesian city of Patras, with personnel from the Counterterrorism Unit and the Patras Security Sub-Directorate involved. 

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has struck southern Greece off the coast of the western Peloponnese. 

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the quake, which was also felt in the Greek capital and as far away as the southern island of Crete.

A 17-year-old pupil was electrocuted on Wednesday after he came into contact with a light fixture located in the staircase of his school in Patras, western Greece.

After the incident, the student was examined at a local hospital and on Thursday he returned to school.