Kalamaki

Sailors from all over the world have been arriving in the coastal suburb of Kalamaki in Athens in recent days to compete for qualification for the Olympic Games sailing events in Marseille in the summer. 

A wildfire in progress on the island of Zakynthos has led authorities to evacuate some exposed houses on the village of Keri, in the southern part of the island, as well as 120 tourists staying at a hotel there.

The tourists were taken by bus to another hotel, in the nearby resort of Kalamaki.

Inspectors said on Monday that 144 of the 268 buildings that have been so far assessed in the wake of a 6.4 magnitude quake on the Ionian island of Zakynthos have been declared unsafe. Another 124 were declared temporarily unsafe.

Inspectors said on Saturday that 120 of the 250 buildings that were damaged two weeks ago by the 6.4 magnitude quake on the Ionian island of Zakynthos have been declared unsafe.

Most of the damaged buildings are in the regions of Kalamaki, Laganas, Lithakia, Keri, Mahairado and Lagopodo.

Rob Garza, one of the founders of legendary dub and trip-hop act Thievery Corporation, will be will be pumping out house and nu disco on the decks at the Bolivar beach bar on Thursday, July 26. Admission costs 10 euros and doors open at 9.30 p.m.

Bolivar, Kalamaki Beach, Poseidonos Avenue, tel 210.983.1018

The parents of a 14-year-old victim of a hit and run on southern Athens's busy Poseidonos Avenue appealed to the public for information on Sunday.

The boy, whose full name has no been made public, was hit by an oncoming car on the Glyfada-bound side of the coastal highway early on Friday evening after leaving the Kalamaki Nautical Club.

Extremely difficult is the night in Kalamos, as the big fire rages unchecked, burning a dense pine forest in the houses scattered around the area.

The mayor of Oropos urged the inhabitants of the Agioi Apostoloi to evacuate the area immediately.

A businessman in Athens was abducted from his house on Thursday night in Athens.

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step," the 6th century Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu is often quoted as saying. In the case of the Massialas family, this first step was taken by a husband and wife in the southern Athenian suburb of Kalamaki who were consumed by wanderlust.

Six footbridges will be constructed over dangerous road crossings in Athens, the Infrastructure Ministry announced on Friday.

Minister Christos Spirtzis signed off on the 13-million-euro project and announced a tender.