Patra

A good friend wrote to me on Tuesday: "Universities have been closed for two months. My children entered two very good departments in Athens and Patra, two departments that require hard work to finish and which have huge dropout rates. They both missed the winter semester exam. In other words, they lost a semester.

A team from the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) is scheduled to visit the University of Patra in western Greece on Thursday following the report of a third serious case of meningitis involving a student this year, which was reported on Wednesday.

The 20-year-old patient is currently receiving treatment in the intensive care unit of Patra University Hospital.

A 20-year-old has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the University Hospital of Patra in western Greece after contracting meningitis, according to reports on Wednesday. 

Police have launched an investigation the publication of a video showing the arrest of a child sexual abuser on media and social media.

The 43-year-old man from Patra was arrested into a sting operation by the girl's father and police on Sunday.

A young man is currently intubated at the Intensive Care Unit of the General University Hospital of Patra in western Greece after contracting meningococcal disease, public broadcaster ERT reported on Monday. 

According to the report, the man, a first-year student at the University of Patra, was discovered in critical condition at his residence.

Hundreds of people have been flocking to police stations around the country in order to renew their identification cards before new ones are "imposed."

Demand is intense, at least so far, at police stations in Athens and in provincial cities such as Larissa, Patra and Kozani (photo).

A second temporary detention warrant was issued by a court on Thursday against a 34-year-old woman for the deaths of her two younger children, Malena and Iris.

Roula Pispirigou, from the western port city of Patra, is accused of killing her three daughters in 2019 and 2021.

The 34-year-old is already in temporary custody for the death of her first-born, Georgina.

A ferryboat that had been carrying a possible coronavirus case docked at the port of Patra in western Greece on Friday evening after dropping off the patient at the port of Igoumenitsa further north.

A sweep of the Aghios Stefanos prison near Patra, western Greece, has turned up quantities of drugs as well as 11 makeshift knives and five cellphones, which are forbidden in penitentiaries.

The inspection began late on Tuesday night and was completed in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Dr Emanuele Grimaldi on Friday revealed his coastal shipping group's interest in new acquisitions not only in the Greek ferry market but also in the Greek ports system.