Anavyssos

Two people were killed in a crash Friday night in Anavyssos, East Attica.

The accident occurred around 9 p.m. on Athens-Sounion Avenue when a car driven by a 31-year-old woman collided with a motorcycle. The 28-year-old motorcyclist and his 30-year-old passenger died at the scene. 

A fire broke out in the Mavro Lithari area near the settlement of Anavyssos on Attica's southern coast, threatening homes.

An 112 emergency alert message was sent earlier, instructing people in the area to evacuate toward Glyfada. Police have halted eastbound traffic on the Athens-Sounio road.

The United States Mission in Greece issued an alert over the raging wildfires in eastern Attica and Loutraki.

Illegal structures belonging to a hotel in the coastal suburb of Anavyssos, eastern Attica, were demolished on Monday.

The buildings housing hotel facilities had been deemed illegal in 1997, 2010 and 2016 and were slated for demolition, but nonetheless remained in use.

A beach bar belonging to the same hotel will also be demolished in the coming days.

Greece's leftist-led government said on Friday that it was moving ahead with plans to knock down scores of illegal buildings in the wider Athens region.

The Municipality of Saronikos placed a special electronically-charged ramp for handicapped people at the beaches of Alykes Anavyssos and Galazia Akti at Lagonisi. A wooden pathway leading to the sea makes it easier for people with problems to make their way to the sea.

Police recaptured November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros in January after being tipped off by an informant, documents seen by Kathimerini suggest.

Convicted November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros, who was arrested last weekend in Anavyssos, southeast of Athens, after a year on the run, was transferred on Friday to Domokos Prison in central Greece.

Police sources on Wednesday expressed certainty that convicted November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros, who was arrested last weekend in Anavyssos, southeast of Athens, and his alleged accomplices had maintained a third hideout, possibly in the Greek capital.

Christodoulos Xeros, the convicted member of the November 17 terrorist group, was arrested near Athens on Saturday, a year after he disappeared while on furlough from Korydallos Prison.