Saronikos

International hotel management chain Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts is taking its second step in Greece, at Petrothalassa in Ermioni in the eastern Peloponnese.

Police in Athens have apprehended and arrested a 35-year-old man who is wanted on charges of rape, revenge pornography, threats, insults, bodily harm and domestic violence.

The man was arrested on Monday morning in Aspropyrgos by detectives from Saronikos, in southeastern Attica.

Weather problems persist in central and southern Greece on Friday, as the strong winds are keeping ferries docked and snowfall has blocked a number of roads in various regions.

No ferries sail out of the Attica ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio due to gale-force winds, except for the large ferries to Aigina and Poros islands in the Saronikos Gulf.

Greece's leftist-led government said on Friday that it was moving ahead with plans to knock down scores of illegal buildings in the wider Athens region.

Ten months after the Agia Zoni II tanker sank in the Saronic Gulf, and following a widespread campaign to clean up tons of leaked fuel, local authorities say the sea and coastline have been depolluted.

The Municipality of Saronikos placed a special electronically-charged ramp for handicapped people at the beaches of Alykes Anavyssos and Galazia Akti at Lagonisi. A wooden pathway leading to the sea makes it easier for people with problems to make their way to the sea.