Piraeus

Five nightclubs in Attica were ordered to close over the weekend after raids on Friday night conducted by units of the Hellenic Police and the Development Ministry's General Secretariat for Trade and Consumer Protection established that the businesses had violated hygiene protocols aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus, notably by permitting excessive overcrowding.

Greece's highest administrative court, the Council of State (CoE) opened the way for the Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) to build a shipyard in the shipbuilding and repair zone at Perama, west of Greece's main port, by annulling an earlier ministerial decision blocking it, it was announced on Wednesday.

Athanasios Liagos, the port project manager at state privatization fund TAIPED is to be appointed executive president at Thessaloniki Port Authority (OLTH), Kathimerini understands.
He will also have to leave the board of Piraeus Port Authority (OLP).

In the second sweep at the capital's high-security Korydallos Prison in as many weeks, guards seized a large number of makeshift weapons early on Tuesday.

In the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, the Greek government continues with unfaltering commitment to enhance cooperation with China, Greece's Minister of Development and Investments Adonis Georgiadis said on Thursday.

"We continue even faster and stronger than before to make our ties stronger," the minister said while addressing an online investment forum.

A search late on Wednesday night on a wing at the capital's high-security Korydallos Prison where financial crimes and terrorism convicts are serving time turned up several weapons, as well as cellphones and computer hard drives.

The world's two biggest economies are on a collision course that many describe as a new cold war, triggered by a multifaceted antagonism and rivalry.

Three more stations on Line 3 of the Athens metro, also known as the blue line, will open to passengers by early July, Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis said on Thursday.

Piraeus port handled a total of 5.65 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2019, becoming the top port in the Mediterranean, Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) has announced.

Passengers board a ferry at Piraeus on Monday when connections to Crete resumed as part of the continued easing of lockdown measures. Travel to other islands is expected to resume over the coming weeks. [Alexandros Beltes/ANA-MPA]