Drapetsona

The 11th anniversary of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas' murder will be commemorated on Wednesday with a gathering in Keratsini, Piraeus, where Fyssas was fatally stabbed by a member of the neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn. 

Souvlaki's glorious history began in 1924, when Isaak Meraklidis established the first souvlaki shop, Aigyptiakon, in Nikaia. Uncle Isaak, an Armenian from Adana (known for its kebabs), came to Piraeus as a refugee.

A 43-year-old man was arrested in Piraeus near Athens on Friday on charges of sexual abuse, child pornography, and solicitation of minors.

The Samhain Athens Fire Festival returns this year to the Lipasmata Multifunctional Park in Drapetsona, Piraeus.

Ministry officials and representatives of shipyard workers have met and agreed on increased safety measures at shipyards during the summer, following a fatal accident on Monday.

A 47-year-old crane operator died and two others were injured in the accident, which took place during repair work on a ship.

Police arrested on Wednesday night a trolley bus driver after an anonymous tip informing them that the man he was carrying a weapon.

The driver, who serves route 20 from Faliro to Drapetsona, was detained  in Piraeus. During the search, officers found an air gun and a police baton which were confiscated. 

The suspect will be led before a prosecutor on Thursday.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis helped serve Christmas lunch to dozens of people in need at a soup kitchen in the Piraeus suburb of Keratsini on Friday.

Parents and even more so grandparents of students of Drapetsona's Second Primary School - at the junction of Georgiou Afara and Eleftherios Venizos Streets - may not be aware of methanethiol (methyl-merkaptani in Greek) but they can certainly recognise the odour in the air that they breathe.

The pictured building on Plapouta Street in Exarchia is one of 13 derelict structures that are to be demolished in the wake of concerns following last Friday's 5.1-magnitude quake in the capital. Municipal authorities have ordered that the buildings - in Exarchia, Monastiraki, Petralona, Aegaleo and Piraeus - be torn down amid fears for their stability following the temblor.

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake that hit the Greek capital on Friday afternoon damaged several buildings, while four people were hospitalized with injuries, none of them serious.