Attica

The continuous rainfall and strong winds that started on Friday evening across Greece caused blackouts in areas in Attica due to damages in the Laurion power station. Other areas that were hit hard by the stormy weather were Crete, Peloponnese,...

An investigation was ordered by Greece’s Supreme Court Prosecutor Xeni Demetriou on Thursday to investigate an attack on refugees which took place recently in Attica and a situation which took place on Samos. The Samos incident involving refugees and migrants was not physical,...

The Athens prosecutor's office filed on Tuesday four misdemeanor charges against nine individuals for the deadly flash flood in Mandra, western Attica, in November 2017, which claimed the lives of 25 people. Attica Governor Rena Dourou was among the officials...

Local authorities from Greece’s largest prefecture of Attica revealed this week that they plan to promote wedding tourism in the region in the coming year. The announcement was made at the unveiling of Attica's strategic plan for tourism for 2019. Speaking with the...

Almost five months since the devastating fires in East Attica, a 73 year-old man died of his burns at the Evangelismos hospital in Athens. The latest fire victim brings the number of known total casualties to 100. The fires that began...

The "Global Earthquake Model", a new online resource created by the Global Science Forum of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), was released last week. Its digital, interactive online maps depict all currently-known global seismic hazards. The project's aim...

Well-known actors of Greek descent, Canadian Nia Vardalos and American John Stamos, have joined forces with The Hellenic Initiative to launch an online campaign for the rebuilding of the Lyreion Orphanage, destroyed during the 2018 summer wildfires in Eastern Attica. The Hellenic...

According to announcements issued by the regional governors of Attica, Rena Dourou, and Peloponnese, Petros Tatoulis, all of Attica's and Peloponnese's schools will remain closed on Friday due to the extreme weather conditions that are about to hit the...

Australian ABC's Foreign Correspondent featured the story of the disasterous fires on July 23 in Attica's Mati. As soon as firefighter Andreas Demetriou learned that the wildfires reached Mati, he rushed to find his family. What he saw was devastating. His...

A 26-year-old woman who was hospitalized in Athens' Evangelismos Hospital died earlier today, rising the number of victims from the worst wildfires in Greek history to 99.