Keratea

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.

Authorities raised the alarm after radioactive waste was detected on a truck near Athens, the Environment Ministry said on Monday.

The ministry said it was informed on Sunday that a container transporting waste from the VIOPA industrial park in Keratea, eastern Attica, to the landfill at Fyli, west of Athens, was emitting radioactive iodine, picked up by sensors at the landfill.

 Kathimerini investigates the effects on Keratea residents of nearly four months of action

By Yiannis Papadopoulos

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday called on opposition parties, independent MPs, labor unions and environmental groups to create a united front to prevent the government from passing a revised version of its coastal bill through Parliament.

Former Athens bishop Panteleimon Bezenitis was found dead in Gefi, Keratea, northeastern Attica, on Wednesday.

Initial reports suggested the body was discovered by Greek coast guard officers on the beach and was subsequently transported by an EKAV emergency assistance ambulance to the Keratea Health Center. A post morten was expected to determine the cause of death.

A group of 25 firefighters operating 11 fire engines were battling a fire in the area of Ano Daskaleio in Keratea, southern Attica, on Wednesday.

According to the fire department while strong winds were blowing in the area the blaze did not threaten homes and businesses situated in the vicinity.

The state of Greece’s fleet of firefighting planes was described as “more or less borderline” by Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias on Wednesday as a wildfire broke out southeast of Athens.