Attica

Heavy snowfall and ice prompted traffic police to close off a section of the road leading up to Mount Parnitha, north of Athens, on Tuesday afternoon.

Cars traveling on Parnitha Avenue will only be allowed as far as the cable car station, authorities said.

Passenger ferries will resume their schedules from Piraeus harbor after 5:30 p.m. as winds have moderated. The exception will be the flying dolphins plying the Saronic Gulf routes.

There will be no departures from Lavrio and Rafina, as weather conditions in the seas east of Attica are still unfavorable.

Half of the population of Greece lives in just 4.3% of the territory, which corresponds to 5,241,300 people, according to 2021 census data processed by the Demographic and Social Analysis Laboratory at the University of Thessaly.

A third suspect was apprehended on Tuesday over the death of a 29-year-old police officer during a car chase in Aspropyrgos, West Attica.

A 35-year-old man was arrested on charges of fatally stabbing his 62-year-old father in the early hours of Sunday in Peristeri, western Athens. 

The assailant allegedly attacked his father inside their home in the presence of his mother, causing injuries to the victim's body, chest, and leg. 

Transport and Infrastructure Minister Christos Staikouras emphasized the importance of a project to build a new branch of the Proastiakos suburban railway in West Attica, from Ano Liosia to Megara, in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.

A 29-year-old police officer from the DIAS motorcycle unit was killed during a car chase in Aspropyrgos, western Attica, in the early hours of Monday.

Athens' foreign visitors belong to many different "tribes," based on their different interests and not their nationalities, forming an interesting sum, which however expresses not only its satisfaction with their stay, but also some concerns.

Attica Group and ONEX Group signed on Friday a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) for the green transition of Attica Group's ferry fleet and potential contributions by ONEX's subsidiary companies at the Elefsina and Syros island shipyards, worth one billion euros.

The areas of the country where home sales prices have now exceeded - indeed far exceeded - the previous all-time high of the market, recorded during 2008, are increasing on a steady basis.