Municipalities of Greece

Seven people were arrested in southern Athens on Monday in a large police operation to smash an organised crime syndicate involved in extortions and violence against business owners. 

Grivalia Hospitality's long-term planning includes three new big projects like the ones it is operating or developing during this time, Giorgos Chrysikos, its president and CEO, has told Kathimerini.

Luxury cruise guests seek out of secret gem destinations with unique human and sustainable experiences, last week's Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum heard.

"Going to homes of local people or spending time with a local chef are just a couple of examples," said Constantine Venetopoulos, director of communications and PR at Variety Cruises.

"What can I say, son? It looks like people just hate the soil," says Mrs Ourania as she sweeps the yard at what is one of the last surviving detached houses in the Athens suburb of Nea Smyrni.

Ferryboats leaving the capital's port of Piraeus for the islands of the Aegean reported occupancy rates of as high as 90% on Tuesday, in the runup to Easter, the biggest religious holiday on the Greek Orthodox calendar.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece on Monday afternoon.

At the meeting at Maximos Mansion, the two leaders discussed issues related to the development of the Greek Orthodox Church assets, particularly promoting the investment involving Church-owned land in Schisto, announced in September 2022.

A 15-year-old girl was hit by a speeding car in the southern Athenian suburb of Voula on Thursday morning, state-run broadcaster ERT reported.

According to the report, the girl was crossing the street at the junction between Vouliagmenis Avenue and Agiou Ioannou Street at 8.30 a.m. when the car struck her. ERT said the 59-year-old female driver appears to have run a red light. 

Holidu, a search engine for vacation rentals, has launched a campaign to sell winter accommodation packages in Mediterranean destinations to Northern Europeans, and drafted a list of the 150 ideal cities for winter.

Almost 90 of them are in Spain, with Greece following with 31 destinations.

The family of a 6-year-old boy who died of a heart attack on Friday are donating his organs, state-run broadcaster ERT reported. 

The ports of Turkey appear to be the best customers of the two largest Greek ports, Piraeus and Thessaloniki, according to the fourth edition of the sectoral study on the Greek Port Industry, GREPORT2022, edited by George K. Vangelas, Thanos A. Pallis and Evi Kladakis.