East Attica

An Afghan woman died at the Moria migrant camp on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Saturday, after reportedly being stabbed by another woman, according to state-run news agency ANA-MPA. 

Ten officers from the Greek Police's headquarters (GADA) in Athens and a police station in Oropos, east Attica, were placed in quarantine on Thursday after it was revealed that they had come into contact with an asylum seeker who tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Greek health teams conducted numerous tests in several retirement homes around the region of Attica in the past 48 hours after at least 12 residents in a home in Nea Makri, east Attica, tested positive for coronavirus, Deputy Minister of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias said on Monday's regular briefing.
The infected residents were transferred to Athens' Sotiris Hospital.

Three patients have died since the last government update on the course of the coronavirus epidemic in Greece on Thursday evening, bringing the total toll to 89.

Overnight, a 79-year-old man died at the AHEPA Hospital in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, and an 86-year-old woman succumbed to the virus at the capital's Attikon Hospital.

Firefighters on Friday found a burned body inside a car while trying to extinguish a small blaze in the suburban town of Kryoneri, east Attica.

The car was found inside a stream. No details were immediately available on the identity of the victim.

A unit of 16 firemen managed to put out the flames by Friday afternoon.
 

A large wildfire that broke out in a coastal town in east Attica continued to rage for a second day on Thursday, with more firemen sent to ensure no new fronts would ignite.
Some houses were evacuated as a precaution, according to fire service spokesman Vasilis Vathrakoyiannis.

Water-dropping aircraft aided efforts on the ground Tuesday afternoon to douse a fire that broke out in Rafina, eastern Attica. Another blaze that broke out in Varnavas, near Marathonas, also taxed firefighters.

Rescuers arriving at the scene of a house fire at the seaside resort town of Artemida in east Attica on Thursday found a burnt body, the fire service said in a press release.

The statement said it was not yet clear whether the victim was a man or a woman.
Fifteen firemen with six vehicles were sent at the corner of Pindou and Athens streets to put out the blaze.

The town of Nea Makri, which belongs in the same municipality as Marathon, is set to get the first marina in the region of northeast Attica.

A study commissioned by the Infrastructure Ministry commissioned for the broader area has found that while southern Attica has several marinas, northeastern Attica has none that are properly licensed.

"Greek Seas: A Photographic Journey in Time," showcases the inspiration Greek and foreign artists drew from the Greek seascape from the 19th century up until the 1970s. The exhibition is dedicated to the notion of the sea as an integral part of everyday life in a large portion of Greece.