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It is in the Peloponnese

Authorities in the seaside resort of Loutraki are investigating the circumstances that led to the deaths of four people who were found dead in a cave in the area of Ano Karbounari on Saturday.

Loutraki Casino is entering unchartered waters following the Council of State's decision that 13 percent of revenues the company had claimed from the state must be returned.

Irish group Comer has informed the local authorities about its ambitious plans for Loutraki casino, but has set the acquisition of the property on which the casino and hotel complex is located as a condition for its investment.

Beachgoers watch a firefighting helicopter scoop up water from the sea at the coastal resort of Loutraki, near Corinth, on Tuesday. A wildfire that started on Saturday on the area's Mount Geraneia and burned through hundreds of hectares of brush and trees over the weekend and on Monday, experienced fresh conflagrations Tuesday, which, however, were quickly doused.

Dozens of firefighters were sent to tackle a large fire that broke out on Saturday afternoon near the seaside resort town of Loutraki, 81 kilometers west of Athens.

Eye-witnesses told Kathimerini some of the smoke has reached the town and that the fire appears to be near the Monastery of Aghios Patapios, located on a mountain behind the town.

With the upcoming bidding for the new casino to be built at Elliniko and the sale of Club Hotel Loutraki, operator of the Loutraki casino west of Athens, competition between prospective operators is heating up.

The Elliniko development project, on the site of the former Athens airport, long stalled by the previous government, is finally being unblocked.

In its eighth year running, the Pozar Festival, held beside the natural springs of the same name on the outskirts of Loutraki in Pella, northern Greece, brings popular Greek music acts like Eleonora Zouganeli, Vassilis Papakonstantiou, Kostis Maraveyas, Nikos Portokaloglou and many more.

This year is seen as crucial for the casinos in Attica and in nearby Loutraki, as developments that are already under way are set to radically change the landscape, especially with the upcoming the license for the Elliniko casino coming up.

A bulldozer collects debris from a beach in the seaside resort of Loutraki, west of Athens, on Tuesday in the wake of a tropical-type storm dubbed Zorbas that wreaked widespread damage over the weekend.