Corinth

Sailors traveling between the gulfs of Corinth and the Saronic will not be able to cut across the Corinth Canal for a couple more days, the company that manages the strait said on Monday.

Corinth Canal SA said that a landslide which shut down the passage will take longer to repair than the original deadline of Tuesday, January 19.

A new system of toll charges based on kilometers traveled will come into effect on January 1.

Reductions in the toll rates on the Patras-Athens highway will range from 0.10 euros to 0.20 euros, on the Antirrio-Ioannina highway from 0.05 euros to 0.25 euros, and on the Corinth-Tripoli- Kalamata and Lefktro-Sparta highways frees will be reduced in certain categories of vehicles.

A short film by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens on its excavations at Corinth walked away from Spain's 20th International Archaeological Film Festival of the Bidasoa with Orona Foundation Award for best educational entry, the ASCSA has announced.

The moon rises above the castle of Acrocorinth, the acropolis of ancient Corinth, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) southwest of Athens on May 6, 2020. [Petros Giannakouris/AP]

The Corinth coast guard is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a Greek teenager who fell into the Corinth Canal on Thursday.

According to local news website KorinthosTV, the 14-year-old boy was walking with friends on Thursday evening when he fell from a height of 60 meters into the water.

The Coast Guard found the body of a man floating in the sea off the Corinth Canal on Thursday evening, the authority said on Friday.

The body of the 25-year-old Greek national was transferred to Corinth's General Hospital unconscious, where he was pronounced dead.

Viohalco group subsidiary Noval Properties is evolving into the second strongest player in the Greek real estate investment market, as it controls a portfolio of 41 properties with a total value of 300 million euros (in end-2019).

Members of the Rouvikonas anarchist group smashed the entrance to the headquarters of the Motor Oil company in northern Athens on Tuesday.

The incident occurred shortly after 12 noon in the suburb of Maroussi. Police arrived at the scene after the vandals had made off, leaving behind several sledgehammers they had used to damage the building's facade.

Members of the Rouvikonas anarchist group smashed the entrance to the headquarters of the Motor Oil company in northern Athens on Tuesday.

The incident occurred shortly after 12 noon in the suburb of Maroussi. Police arrived at the scene after the vandals had made off, leaving behind several sledgehammers they had used to damage the building's facade.

Investigators with the Hellenic Police's (ELAS) department for the protection of cultural heritage and antiquities seized what is believed to be a rare 6th century BC statue fragment during a raid in Corinth, according to an announcement on Tuesday.