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The 100 Memories research program of the National Hellenic Research Foundation marks the 100th anniversary of the largest refugee movement in Greek history with the arrival and settlement of some one million refugees from Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) to Greece. The project charts arrivals and departures to and from the country, focusing on four Greek cities-ports.

Scenic Eclipse will stop at the port of Piraeus and the Cyclades

The Citizens' Protection Ministry and the Hellenic Police (ELAS) are concerned over the development of the pandemic in the region of Attica, as well as a defiant decision by the Orthodox Church to open churches to the faithful Wednesday, despite a government ban.

The mammal washed up at Freattida beach in Piraeus

The body of a whale was found floating more than two nautical miles off the coast of Piraeus on Wednesday afternoon, the local port authority said.

The authority notified the competent service of the Municipality of Piraeus which towed the body to the beach of Freattida, a district in the southeastern part of Piraeus.

The carcass was then transported to a landfill for burial.

Greek authorities on Friday announced a ban on movement from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. and the suspension of click-and-collect services at retail stores in the region of Kozani, northern Greece, to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

The curfew in West Attica's Elefsina, Mandra and Aspropyrgos has been extended and will start at 6 p.m. instead of 10 p.m. as of Friday, Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias said on Thursday, announcing measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus in three of the area's five municipalities.

RINA, an international energy, marine, certification, transport & infrastructure and industry service company, on Tuesday announced the opening of its Fleet Operating Center in newly expanded offices in Piraeus.

The new center will allow the ship classification society to manage RINA-classed vessels even more accurately and efficiently all over the world.

The suburbs between Neo Faliro and Alimos on Athens' southern coast are expected to get their tram service back by the end of January.

Workers at a nursery in Marathon, eastern Attica, haul a sack of dead roses to a bonfire pit, on Thursday. With flower shops closed during the coronavirus lockdown, many Greek growers are having to destroy their crops. [Iannis Liakos/Intime News]