Keratea

Thermal cameras that can detect students' fever have been installed in kindergartens and primary schools at the Lavreotiki municipality, the local authority said on Friday.

These cameras were procured in the context of establishing an effective system of prevention measures against the coronavirus, the municipality added.

About 30 firefighters assisted by 14 fire engines, two local government water tankers and two water-dropping aircraft were on Monday trying to contain a wildfire near the seaside town of Itea, northwest of Athens.
Authorities said the fire was posing no threat to residences in the area.

Unidentified assailants used a explosive device to blow open an ATM outside a supermarket in Koufalia, northwest of Thessaloniki in northern Greece, early on Friday.
Police are seeking the perpetrators who are believed to have fled with an undetermined sum from the cash machine.

Municipal authorities evacuated the seaside residential town of Lagonisi in southwestern Attica on Saturday after a fire broke out in the area shortly after 1 p.m.
The fire service said the blaze was burning dry grass and bushe, adding "there is no immediate danger" for the houses in the area. A large unit of 30 firemen were dispatched along with two water-dropping aircraft.

The politicians governing Greece today have taught their supporters that the tactic of using physical and verbal violence against their opponents is acceptable and will help them achieve their goals.

Greece's fire service says the bodies of two men missing since a downpour on Thursday have been found separately in a creek southeast of Athens.

The two men, 67 and 64 years old, along with the older man's wife, had set out from Keratea, a town about 45 kilometers (28 miles) southeast of Athens, in the pouring rain. The 64-year-old had volunteered to drive the couple to go shopping.

Seventy-one out of 323 beaches inspected by the Panhellenic Center for Ecological Research in the Greek capital's Attica region were found unfit for swimming, with low cleanliness scores going to popular spots like Loutsa, Oropos and Schinias.

The Cultural Park in Keratea, east of Athens, presents an educational outdoor exhibition on the dinosaurs and the Ice Age that was put together in cooperation with experts from Thessaloniki's Aristotle University. Running from June 16 to July 30, the exhibition comprises dinosaur models and guided tours (in Greek).

Three individuals - two men, aged 56 and 42 and a woman, 55 - were arrested on Monday for stealing copper and bronze objects from graveyards in various areas around Attica, police said, adding that they are looking for other suspects.

Twenty areas in Attica and other parts of the country have since last week been unable to complete any property transactions, such as sales, parental concessions etc, as a result of government neglect.