Lavrio

The Peace and Friendship Stadium (SEF) in Piraeus, home court of the Olympiakos basketball team, was flooded on Thursday due to heavy rainfall in the Attica region.

Damages have been reported, including to the court, the jumbotron and the gym facilities. As a result, the scheduled game against Lavrio on Sunday for the basketball championship, may face postponement.

A violent episode occurred on Friday outside the 1st EPAL of Lavrio, where a confrontation between minors resulted in the stabbing of two individuals. According to initial reports from police sources, the altercation arose for unknown reasons between two groups of minors from Kera-tea and Lavrio, who are reportedly students of the vocational school.

The silver lamp of a miner who was trapped for four days and nights in 1892 in the Lavrio mines, east of Athens. Countless such votive offerings, which reflect the anxieties or express the gratitude of the Orthodox faithful, are displayed in the Church of Panagia Evangelistria on the island of Tinos.

The Board of Directors of TAIPED has proceeded with the pre-selection of the investment schemes that meet the criteria for participation in the second phase (submission of binding offers) of the tender for the development of the Lavrio Port Authority S.A., through the sale of a majority stake in the share capital of the Authority.

I always had a ready excuse for not visiting the island of Kea, also known as Tzia, which lies a convenient one-hour ferry ride away from the coast of Lavrio in southeastern Attica: "It's so close; we'll go another time." Well, the years went by and that "other time" only came one weekend earlier this summer.

Two large wildfires were blazing in Attica Sunday afternoon. The earliest, south of the town of Keratea, has already burned through homes and cars, but no casualties had been reported as of 5.20 p.m. local.

Strong winds are helping spread the fires. In Keratea, the blaze, which started at around 1 p.m. is headed south and could get close to the town of Lavrio,

The Fire in Keratea that broke out just before 12:00 noon in the Plaka area.

Information so far says that homes have been burned. So far, 52 rescues and dozens of evacuations of homes have been carried out.

Meanwhile, traffic regulations are currently in effect and according to the Traffic Police, the following diversions remain in effect in the area of Lavreotiki:

Over 30,000 excursionists are leaving Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio today

A big wildfire broke out southeast of the Greek capital near Keratea on Saturday evening, with residents in one settlement told to move to a safer area.

The flames were burning low grassland but there were scattered houses in the area which could be threatened. More than 100 firefighters with 30 vehicles and four units on foot have been deployed, the fire service said. The 

Police dismantled a criminal group operating in the eastern Attica districts of Lavrio, Keratea and Koropi, responsible for numerous burglaries.

The group, including two minors, was caught Monday afternoon in the Legrena settlement after fleeing a burglarized home.