The Patras–Pyrgos motorway significantly enhances road safety and connectivity in Western Greece, providing a modern motorway that serves residents, businesses, and visitors.

A 16-year-old boy was hospitalised after being violently beaten by another teenager in the city of Patras, adding to a growing wave of youth violence reported across Greece.

Reports indicate that no residential areas are currently under immediate threat from the flames, which are largely burning in the forest.

A 70-year-old woman drove nearly one kilometer against traffic on the Olympia Odos motorway before colliding head-on with another car, leaving two people dead and one seriously injured

The tollway’s emergency responders later recovered the charred body of the victim from the wreckage

A 14-year-old has been arrested in Patras after a fire broke out near the suburban railway, briefly halting train services. Authorities are searching for two more suspects linked to the blaze, which residents spotted and reported early Tuesday

The pair were jailed, following a decision by a relevant prosecutor and investigating magistrate, pending a further investigation and the possible filing of charges for a wildfire that erupted on Aug. 13

The 21-year-old man had arrived at the Patras courthouse on Monday in order to give testimony in defense of the first suspect; reports cite 'contradictions' in his statements

Authorities in Patras begin assessing damage after a massive wildfire that devastated thousands of acres and dozens of homes. A 25-year-old man accused of arson is set to testify, while crews race to restore critical infrastructure

A 19-year-old and a 27-year-old have been jailed over fires in Patras that destroyed forest, farmland, homes, and businesses, after one of them reportedly confessed to starting the blaze.

Two men arrested on felony arson charges were led as suspects before an investigating magistrate on Sunday

The two suspects follow the arrest of a 25-year-old a day earlier, also on arson charges, with police saying the latter confessed to intentionally starting a fire in a semi-rural area

Authorities in western Greece have arrested three men, aged 19 to 27, in connection with separate attempted and suspected arson incidents as wildfires continue to burn in the Achaia region

Police detained a man accused of trying to ignite new fires in a rural area of Patras, as other wildfires burned nearby

Intense wildfires erupted around the greater Patras region, in western Greece, over the past two days

The Patras industrial park was particularly affected, as were highways leading into and out of the western Greece port city

Athens on Tuesday afternoon requested four water-dropping aircraft from the EU's civil defense mechanism as a total of 106 blazes of various intensity and scope were reported on the day

The long-awaited opening aims to bring an end to years of hazardous travel along the existing route, which has been plagued by accidents.

Car crashed after driver mistakenly accelerated from a parked position

The development comes in the wake of revelations regarding an explosive case involving the alleged murder of at least five infants and toddlers, dating back to 2013, by a local woman