Porto Rafti

A 27-year-old man died when the car he was driving veered out of control and crashed on Porto Rafti Avenue, southeast of Athens, on Monday night, shortly after 11 p.m.

According to reports, the vehicle seems to have careened into a bus stop at high speed before slamming into a telephone and an electricity post, killing the driver and injuring his passenger.

Three people were killed and one person was injured in separate traffic accidents late on Thursday and early on Friday morning in Attica.

At around 8.30 p.m., a bus struck a 49-year-old cyclist, who was originally from India, on the Metamorfosi-Ano Patisia route in Nea Filadelfia. The cyclist was transferred to hospital, where he subsequently died.

Greek police say they have arrested a Golden Dawn member over an assault against five people at an anarchist hangout in Piraeus almost three years ago.

Two professionally equipped cannabis plantations were discovered by officers of the police narcotics squad in a forest area near the seaside resort town of Porto Rafti in Eastern Attica on Wednesday.
Two foreign nationals, aged 35 and 36, who were reportedly working at the plantations, were arrested.

Greece's leftist-led government said on Friday that it was moving ahead with plans to knock down scores of illegal buildings in the wider Athens region.

A catamaran was engulfed in flames on Friday in the sea off the coast of the eastern Attica resort town of Porto Rafti.

It was not clear what caused the fire but all nine people were safely evacuated with the help of a private speedboat. 

Relatives, friends and fans will bid a final farewell to Greek actress Zoe Laskari today, whose funeral services are scheduled to take place at the Cathedral of Saint Dionysius the Areopagite in Kolonaki at 1pm.

The Thessaloniki-based Theatro tou Vorra company is touring the country with its musical production of "Peter Pan," based on the little boy who wouldn't grow up and his adventures in Neverland.

Actress Zoe Laskari, best known for her stellar performances in Greek films of the late 1960s, has died at the age of 73. Crowned a beauty queen in 1959 at the age of just 15, she made her debut appearance in Greek cinema two years later in "Katiforo" (Downhill), a film by the prolific Greek producer Filopimin Finos.

Actress Zoe Laskari, best known for her stellar performances in Greek films of the late 1960s, has died at the age of 72.

According to early reports, Laskari, a former beauty queen, was found dead at her home at the coastal resort of Porto Rafti, east of Athens.

The cause of her death has not been released.