Ancient Greek geography

For its Annual Archives Lecture, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) has invited University of California historian John W.I.

An Athens prosecutor has brought charges against Attica Regional Governor Rena Dourou and another nine officials in connection with the flash floods in Mandra, western Attica, in November 2017 which resulted in the deaths of 25 people and the destruction of hundreds of properties.

A court in the port city of Piraeus Thursday acquitted all nine suspects in the trial concerning a Tanzania-flagged cargo ship that was intercepted off the coast of Crete in January 2018 carrying 410 tons of explosives.

A group of residents from Marathonas have called for a judicial investigation into a 21-day water cut in their town, accusing mayor Ilias Psinakis of inertia.
The around 2,000 residents of the Dikastina settlement say have been without running water since February 1, with no explanation from Psinakis.

Workers on the Piraeus-Kifissia electric railway, or ISAP, are set to walk off the job from 11 a.m. and until 2 p.m. on Thursday.

Greek shipowner Alexandros Agoudimos appeared before a Piraeus prosecutor on Friday following his arrest for debts to the state the previous day.

Agoudimos was detained during a random check by the police's motorcycle DIAS unit on Akti Posidonos in Piraeus on Thursday night, during which officers discovered he had been convicted for unpaid arrears.

A 50-year-old Chilean woman who had been brought in for questioning over the death of a 79-year-old man whose body was found in his first-floor apartment in the port of Piraeus, has reportedly confessed to his murder, state-run news agency ANA-MPA said on Thursday.

The victim had stab wounds to his neck, chest and stomach, while his mouth had been fastened shut with clothes pegs.

Greek police on Wednesday found the body of a 79-year-old man in a first-floor apartment in the port city of Piraeus, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.

According to the report, the victim had stab wounds on his chest.

Officers of the homicide division are interrogating a 50-year-old woman, who has been identified as a Chilean national, who lived with the victim.

The Attica Regional Authority's Department of Transport and Communications has ordered an internal investigation after finding that a driving instructor had helped dozens of people to get their licenses without having passed a written exam since 2014.

A senior prosecutor on Thursday called for a probe into media reports claiming that the former director of one of the Greek capital's biggest hospitals had submitted fake academic certificates to get the job.