Syros

The 'Thunder' was sailing from the port of Heraklion to Santorini, Ios, Paros, Mykonos, Syros and Piraeus - At the request of the owner, the passengers were transferred to other ships to their destination

The island of Syros, graced with sunshine for some 300 days per year, experiences brief winters and expansive summers. Yet, the island's tourist seasonal window is narrow, prompting most businesses to temporarily shutter - some for an extended hiatus, others solely for the three winter months.

Three foreign nationals were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the fire that raged in an area of woodland on the Cycladic island of Paros on Monday.

Nine individuals have been apprehended, three of whom are hospitalized, in connection with Tuesday's fatal collapse of a two-story building along the Akti Moutsopoulou seafront road in Pasalimani, Piraeus.

A 31-year-old off-duty special guard of the Hellenic Police (ELAS), who was participating in the construction work, lost his life in the incident.

One man died and three more were injured when the room of an old building in a district of the port city of Piraeus collapsed on Tuesday morning, during renovation works.

Initial information indicated that the victim was a 31-year-old police officer who was trapped in a loading truck crushed by construction materials.

Greece's revitalized shipbuilding industry will be prominently represented during Posidonia 2024, signaling a strong recovery following decades of decline and disrepair.

Slowly but surely, ship numbers and the volume of ship repair work in Greece are increasing, creating expectations that the country can once again become the ship repair hub of the Eastern Mediterranean.

The development of this activity by Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) as well as ONEX Neorion Shipyards (Syros), and at the Elefsis and Skaramangas shipyards, is evident.

There are not enough doctors to treat patients at National Health System (ESY) units on the Greek islands and the situation is set to deteriorate further during the summer with the arrival of tourists. The relatively few medical staff that remain are struggling to keep up and are overworked.

In recent years he had health problems, mainly with his heart - He abandoned his beloved London and was spending long periods of his life in Syros

The appeals trial of Manchester United defender Harry Maguire over a nightclub brawl on the Greek island of Mykonos has been postponed for a year because of a lawyers' strike, court officials told The Associated Press.