Patras

Citing an inability to pay, a man swallowed a handful of pills inside the Public Power Corporation office in the city of Patras upon finding out the monthly installment amount he was due to pay for his overdue bill. According...

More than 600 migrants living in abandoned factories and warehouses around the western port of Patras have been removed by the Greek police on Tuesday. A police spokesperson said the operation launched early in the morning, went "smoothly" with "no...

Nearly four decades of Greek/Canadian friendship were celebrated recently in the Greek city of Patras. A huge turnout greeted the Greek-Canadian League of Patras' annual traditional Vasilopita-cutting event this week. The event, which was held at the Astir Hotel, was attended...

Thirty thousand people are getting ready for the final highlight of a huge carnival in the western Greek city of Patras as the lenten fast looms. Patras will see a riot of color as floats, fancy dress, music and food...

Events for this year's Patras Carnival in western Greece are coming to a climax this weekend, when the celebration season ends with the Grand Parade, the burning of the 'carnival king' and a fireworks display. Up to 30,000 people have...

  A poor Greek woman's dire need to marry and her humiliation by callous neighbors has created a carnival custom which has lasted for over a century and is celebrated to this day in Patras. Giannoula Koulourou got her nickname because...

The Patras Carnival has kicked off in the port city on Greece's western coast, with people turning out in droves to attend the first fun-filled events that launched the carnival season in the city's Georgiou Square. Patras Mayor Kostas...

Greek police arrested three Afghan nationals suspected for launching a brutal attack against co-patriots at an abandoned factory in Patras, western Greece, in the early hours of Friday. Three Afghans were injured in the attack and were transferred to local...

Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasised education during the closing address to the party's 2nd preconference in Patras on Saturday, saying that ND "does not divide Greeks into left and right, privileged and less privileged." Addressing the conference,...

The parents of a 7-month old toddler were arrested on Sunday for violent abuse of their child, hospitalized at the University Hospital of Rio, Patras. The couple took their baby to the hospital on Sunday evening to report that it...