Piraeus

Piraeus continues to show the largest increase in the asking prices for sale and rent of houses in the second quarter of the year, according to the Spitogatos Property Index (SPI) of the online classifieds network Spitogatos.gr.

A 44-year-old British national was found dead at the old port of Spetses on Friday morning, state-run news agency AMNA reported. 

Authorities said he had sustained injuries on the left side of his head and an autopsy has been ordered to determine the cause of death. His body will be transferred to Piraeus this afternoon. 

Piraeus Port welcomed on Thursday the Explora I cruise liner on her maiden call marking the ship's debut in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The vessel is the first of a fleet of six for the luxury ocean travel brand of the MSC Group. The maritime tradition of a crest exchange to celebrate a ship's first visit to a destination took place during this maiden call.

Greek prosecutors have charged eight adult Kazakh passengers aboard a privately chartered yacht with complicity in arson for a fire on the Saronic island of Hydra last week. Two minors among them are not facing charges.

Greek authorities have sought assistance from Kazakhstan, as the yacht's renters left Greece without being questioned by authorities.

A man has confessed to killing a fellow 35-year-old inmate from Albania during a riot in the west wing of the Korydallos prison on Wednesday afternoon.

A fire broke out on Wednesday in a storage area in Moschato, Piraeus.

An inmate was reportedly killed and another injured in a violent brawl involving knives or some other similar weapon in the Greek capital's Korydallos Prison on Wednesday.

According to initial reports, the inmate who was killed has been identified as a 35-year-old Albanian national. The injured man is said to be from Kosovo and was rushed to hospital with a stab wound on the back. 

More than 6,000 passengers on the two cruise ships that “docked” today at the port of Thessaloniki -most of them Americans and Canadians, but also Britons and other Europeans. With “ally” the good weather, most of them poured into the sunny city, opting for the four-hour city tour, with visits to the most important sights, such as the White Tower, St.

The 13 crew members of the tourist yacht Persefoni I, arrested in connection with the fire on Hydra island on Friday night, allegedly started by fireworks launched from the yacht, appeared before a prosecutor at the Piraeus court shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday.

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