Laurium

A 45-year-old diver lost his life while performing underwater works on a docked vessel at the port of Lavrio, east of Athens, Wednesday. 

Initial reports indicate that the diver became trapped in sea chests, which are portholes designed to draw in seawater for cooling the ship's engines and generators.

Athens has decided to proceed with the gradual closure of the Lavrio refugee camp, which has long been accused by Ankara of being a hideout for terrorists under the guise of being asylum-seekers, due to "the unsuitability of the site to continue hosting refugees."

Authorities arrested the skipper and owner of a Polish-flagged sailing vessel at a private marina in the port of Lavrio on the eastern coast of Attica on charges of facilitating the illegal entry of five foreign nationals into Greece from Cesme on the Turkish coast. 

The move by the new owner of large areas of the old mines on the Aegean island of Serifos to put up signs defining its borders has caused a local uproar.

The dispute started two months ago when signs were placed at various points on the island bearing the words Property Seriphos Mines and the name of the French-owned company Societe des Mines de Seriphos et de Spiliazeza au Laurium.

"Greece moved faster than other countries, creating a safe operating environment for cruises," Minister of Shipping and Island Policy Giannis Plakiotakis said, during his address at a Celestial Cruises event on the occasion of the launch of its cruise line.

Thermal cameras that can detect students' fever have been installed in kindergartens and primary schools at the Lavreotiki municipality, the local authority said on Friday.

These cameras were procured in the context of establishing an effective system of prevention measures against the coronavirus, the municipality added.

A plan for the restoration of the French Pier at the port of Lavrio, in southeast Attica Attica by the National Technical University of Athens has been unanimously approved by the Ministry of Culture's Central Council of Modern Monuments.

Athens buses, trolleys as well as the metro and tram services will come to a halt on Tuesday due to the 24-hour strike called by Greece's umbrella civil servants' union ADEDY against the government's social insurance bill.

A growing number of Athenians have been making their way to the ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio, as well as Athens International Airport since Greece's customary summer holiday season started at the beginning of August.

The summer holiday exodus picked up on Friday as thousands of city folk headed to their villages and the beach, inundating the Greek capital's ports, ahead of the August 15 national holiday that is considered the peak of the summer season.