Attica

Scientists exploring the 1st century BC Antikythera shipwreck off Greece’s southern coast will be unveiling findings from the first part of an international mission in Piraeus on Wednesday.

The former president of a state-owned athletics center on Athens’s southern coast on Monday confessed to embezzling 800,000 euros from the organization’s coffers and was remanded in pre-trial custody by corruption prosecutor Constantinos Sargiotis.

Two employees of the Attica Regional Authority were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly accepting bribes.

The two men, responsible for hygiene checks on bars and eateries, were arrested after accepting marked banknotes from the owner of an establishment in Kapandriti, northern Attica.

Authorities did not give further details.

By Chryssa Liaggou

Athens is seeking an exit formula for oil giant Shell from the Attica Gas Corporation due to the multinational company’s intransigent attitude in negotiations for the liberalization of the natural gas retail market.

A London court is expected to decide in the coming weeks whether to approve the extradition of a Greek former judge, Antonia Ilia, amid concerns that conditions at Greek prisons fall short of European standards.

A parliamentary committee on Thursday voted in favor of lifting the immunity of Golden Dawn spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris so that he can stand trial for secretly recording a video of a conversation with former cabinet secretary Panayiotis Baltakos, a close aide to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras.

By Stathis Kousounis

Sunday’s Athens Authentic Marathon, in which up to 35,000 runners are expected to participate, is seen as a crucial boost for the capital’s hotels, although future marathons hold the potential for even greater benefits for tourism in the city, according to the president of the Attica, Athens and Argosaronic Hoteliers Association.

Greek authorities on Thursday issued a weather warning as heavy rain and storms were expected on Friday.

Bad weather was expected to hit western parts of the country during the day before spreading across Greece by late Friday.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Thursday ordered Deputy Education Minister Giorgos Stylios to resign over comments made in Parliament in a dispute with Greek Communist Party (KKE) deputy Liana Kanelli earlier in the day.

Supreme Court prosecutor Efterpi Koutzamani on Wednesday ordered a probe into claims by inmates at Attica’s Korydallos Prison that detention conditions are substandard and conducive to the spread of diseases.

Koutzamani asked Piraeus prosecutor Evangelos Zacharis to probe claims of an increasing number of cases of tuberculosis among inmates.