Glyfada

The mayors of Glyfada and Alimos, Giorgos Papanikolaou and Andreas Kondylis, on Friday lodged a joint legal suit over the marine pollution wreaked by an oil leak from a tanker that sunk last weekend off Salamina.

A 45-year-old man is in critical condition after falling from the roof of his house in a suburb of Thessaloniki, northern Greece.

Authorities said the circumstances were unknown.

Despite Greece's protracted financial crisis, the capital's southern coast has been undergoing a facelift, albeit a slow one, with an estimated 10 billion euros' worth of works that could transform the Athens Riviera into one of the most attractive metropolitan seafront areas in the Mediterranean.

A bush fire has broken out in the suburb of Dafni in Athens, Wednesday. 15 firefighters with five firefighting vehicles are attempting to extinguish the flames. The area where the fire broke out at 3.30pm is behind Agios Ioannis Metro Station, at the intersection of Vouliagmenis Avenue with Kasomoulis Street.

Attica is bracing for work to start on road tunnel projects and other similar interventions currently planned for the next few years and budgeted at half a billion euros.

The aim is to improve quality of life and reduce traffic jams, while in some cases - such as at Elliniko - the projects are linked to major development and urban revamp plans.

Police found the body of a woman at the 4th pier of Glyfada in the south of Attica. The woman appears to be between 50-55 years old, 165cm tall, and was wearing a long black t-shirt, a black skirt with short beze colour tights underneath and dark blue shoes. The body was taken to Athens Capodistrian University toxicology lab for a postmortem examination.

Urban works for the gentrification of the Faliton inlet are scheduled to start soon and are expected be completed in 2 years. The plans involve taking down the elevated road and the construction of a new route on the shore side.

The first phase of works to spruce up the Bay of Faliro will be completed in February 2019 at a cost of 73 million euros, according to the contract signed between the construction firm, Aktor, and the Attica regional authorities.

The project includes flood protection works and changes to coastal Poseidonos Avenue.

Greece clinched second spot in the world in the number of blue flags with 486 of its beaches receiving the award, announced the Hellenic Society for the protection of Nature (HSPN), with 12 Greek marinas also picking up blue flags. Greece had 25% of the total of the 47 countries that took part in the international program, with the region of Chalkidiki getting 71.

Police said Tuesday that they have unraveled a sex trafficking gang and arrested two of its members - a 48-year-old Greek and a 36-year-old Albanian - in Glyfada, southern Athens, and in western Attica. Police are also looking for a 30-year-old Albanian woman.