Patra

Some 538 passengers and 79 crew were safely evacuated after a fire broke out on the Olympic Champion passenger ferry on Saturday morning in the northwestern port of Igoumenitsa.

The coast guard said the fire broke out in the ferry's vehicle hold and was put out by the crew. Two passengers were hospitalized, the coast guard said, without providing details.

Thousands of anti-fascist demonstrators were on Wednesday expected to gather in the Piraeus suburb of Keratsini to march on the offices of Golden Dawn party to commemorate the death of rapper Pavlos Fyssas, who was murdered by self-professed GD member Giorgos Roupakias six years ago.
Similar rallies were planned in Thessaloniki, Volos, Patra, Trikala and Kalamatas.

A 28-year-old motorist was released on Monday from police detention in Patra, western Greece, after striking a 67-year-old pedestrian and her grandson, who was just a few months old, near the town of Aigio on Sunday afternoon, killing them both.

He was released after his case was deferred to a Piraeus military court, as the 28-year-old is serving in the navy as a sergeant.

A 28-year-old motorist was in police detention in Patra, western Greece, on Monday after striking a 67-year-old pedestrian and her grandson, who was just a few months old, near Aigio on Sunday afternoon and killing them both. 

The Municipal and Regional Theater of Patra presents "Prometheus Bound," Aeschylus' dramatic tragedy that tells the tale of Prometheus, a Titan punished by Zeus for providing fire to humanity.

The government is promoting a new model for the utilization of the 10 regional ports conceded to state asset privatization fund TAIPED, Shipping Minister Yiannis Plakiotakis announced on Wednesday.

Greece's public revenue authority, AADE, has been dispatching dozens of inspectors to popular tourism spots all over the country to check businesses for tax evasion and other violations.

"I'd wanted to come to Greece for years, but something always prevented it from happening. But when I got the phone call from Stavros Tsakiris asking me to play Prometheus, I was scared stiff. And then I thought of my parents, who are now gone, telling me: 'Are you kidding Katerina?

Authorities evacuated dozens of citizens from flooded homes in western Greece on Sunday, a few days after seven people were killed by a violent storm in the north of the country.

Such severe storms are unusual in Greece, where summers are usually hot and dry. 

The huge backlog of applications for residence permits for non-European Union citizens investing at least 250,000 euros in Greek properties has forced the state to decentralize the Decentralized Authorities' competences.