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Olympiakos football club added another Greek league title to their illustrious history, bringing their total to 43! The club, which has dominated Greek football for the past two decades, celebrated their title before their home crowd at Georgios Karaiskakis football ground in Piraeus with a 5-0 win against lowly placed Kaloni of Mytilene.

Four fighters were recorded flying low over Attica at 11:30 am on Wednesday confusing many citizens who rushed to their windows to see what was happening.

Passenger traffic at the Athens International Airport increased significantly in March by 17.1% – 1.29 million passengers – and setting a new record for the month, the airport said in a press release on Monday.

More than 5,350 refugees and immigrants are staying in the passenger terminals of Greece’s biggest port, Piraeus, creating a suffocating situation which after the recent violent incidents has been out of control. About 300 people have already been transferred in Ilia and Ioannina, but on Friday the refugees were reluctant to go to refugee centers outside Attica district.

Aegean flight A3620 departed from Athens International airport at 8:30 with final destination Brussels Airport will land at Dusseldorf airport at 10:30 AM (local time) instead, Aegean Airlines posted on Twitter.

The government has started transferring the refugees and immigrants who are stranded at the Greek islands to temporary reception centers at mainland, while the first Turkish police officers arrived in Greece on Sunday based on the recent deal signed between EU and Turkey on stemming the refugee flow. About 18 more are expected to arrive within the day.

Over 18,000 runners will take part in this year’s 5th annual Athens semi-marathon to take place on Sunday, March 20. Professionals, amateurs, locals and foreigners are expected to all take to the streets of Athens to test their endurance in long distance running. The race will kick off at the ‘Tomb of the Unknown Soldier’ on Amalias Avenue at 9 am on the morning Sunday, March 20.

New incident broke out between Syrian and Afghan refugees on Thursday afternoon at Piraeus port, where about 5,000 people are staying at the passenger terminals.

According to reports, shortly after 19.00 about 30 people started fighting while being lined up to get some food.

Passenger traffic in the Athens International Airport set a new records in February, reaching 1.07 million, up 18.2% compared with the same month last year.

Domestic passenger traffic went up 26.6%, while international passenger traffic rose 12.8%, with Greek passengers recording an increase of 17% and foreign passengers 21%.

Greek dock workers have started a two-day strike protesting against the privatization of country’s biggest ports.

About 300 dock workers gathered at the center of Athens and marched towards the Greek Parliament expressing their opposition to government’s plans.