Piraeus

On August 22, migrants and refugees were desperately trying to bypass the FYROM police and army forces, located at the neutral zone near the Greek-FYROM border. Several were injured as thousands of people were trying to forcibly enter the...

An undocumented migrant passed away, while another two are currently missing, after an incident on the Greek island of Lesvos. A rubber boat carrying 16 migrants capsized but the Greek Coast Guard were only able to save 13 of the...

Greek ship "Eleftherios Venizelos," carrying 2,440 refugees to Thessaloniki, changed course and arrived to Piraeus Port on Thursday morning. The ship was carrying Syrian refugees from Kos, Kalymnos, Leros and Mytilene to Thessaloniki Port in northern Greece. From there, they would be transferred by...

Passenger ship "Eleftherios Venizelos," which departed with 1,700 Syrian refugees from the Greek island of Kos on Wednesday morning, changed its final destination yet again. According to information provided by the Greek Coast Guard on Wednesday evening, the ship will eventually dock at...

A draft law envisaging a new concession contract between the Greek state and the Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) -still pending- will pave the way for the submission of binding offers in a tender to buy 51% in Piraeus' port by...

The University of Washington in Seattle has launched an original summer program in recent years, highlighting the beauty of Greece. The program was the idea of professor Stergios Fotopoulos who has been teaching statistics at the university since 1985. Every...

Maritime industry representatives, the officials who formulate maritime policy in Europe's ports, will arrive at the port of Piraeus from May 28 to 31, to celebrate the European Maritime Day 2015. The Municipality of Piraeus, the host city for this year’s European Maritime Day...

Olympiacos lost its chance to win a 4th European Basketball Championship, as Real Madrid​ beat the Greek team 78-59 and became the 2015 Euroleague Champion. With more than 2,000 Greeks on their side, the Piraeus team was able to sporadically stun the Spanish defense...

Many carnival events took place this weekend across Greece, despite the fact that everyone's attention is turned to Brussels for tomorrow's critical Eurogroup. People dressed in costumes filled the streets of cities and small towns, celebrating and making pranks. After...

Two siblings fighting over inheritance issues were involved in a crime that took place today in Korydallos, in Piraeus, Greece. The incident which occurred today, February 10 early in the morning resulted in the murder of two people. The tragic...