Patra

By Anestis Dokas

Athenian Brewery announced on Thursday it was launching Heineken beer exports to the Chinese and Italian markets, as the first batch set off on its long trip to the Far East.

Maintenance works on a section of the national highway between Patra and Corinth will lead to diversions on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Traffic will be diverted, in both lanes, between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. both on Tuesday and Wednesday.

By George Georgakopoulos

AEK appears to have returned for good among the elite of Greek basketball, as after a few years of languishing in the lower divisions it is once again showing signs of grandeur that bode very well for its future, if its 89-48 Basket League triumph at Cup finalist Apollon Patras on Saturday is anything to go by.

The operation of detention centers may have resulted in more illegal immigrants returning to their countries of origin from Greece over the last two years, however the Greek Residence Bureau section dealing with illegal immigration has found that the conditions at these reception centers were squalid.

By George Georgakopoulos

PAOK consolidated its position in the top three of the Basket League with a triumph at AGO Rethymnou on Saturday, while Olympiakos and Panathinaikos emerged victorious from their tough away games on Monday.

By George Georgakopoulos

Panathinaikos and PAOK had narrow escapes on the road at the last round of games in the Basket League?s first half, that also saw Olympiakos stroll past Panelefsiniakos to claim the informal title of the winter champion.

Three Greeks were killed in the Norman Atlantic ferry disaster and another nine are missing, according to the latest figures provided by Greek authorities.

All passengers and crew were evacuated from the stranded Norman Atlantic ferry on Monday, as 10 deaths were confirmed, but rescue teams continued searching in the Adriatic Sea amid concern that dozens of people who were on board the ship may be missing.

Greece's Public Order Minister Vassilis Kikilias could not confirm on Monday claims made by a passenger rescued from the stranded Norman Atlantic ferry that four people had died on the vessel.

A rescue effort aimed at helping dozens of passengers, including many Greeks, off a ferry stranded in the Adriatic Sea near Corfu was continuing on Sunday night in treacherous conditions.

Merchant Marine Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said on Sunday evening that one Greek had died amid the rescue attempts. Authorities named him as Yiorgos Doulis, a passenger.