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Traffic restrictions will be implemented on Panepistimiou Avenue, a major thoroughfare in downtown Athens Athens, starting Saturday and lasting for one month to accommodate roadwork, Greek police has announced. The restrictions, in effect from January 18 to February 18, 2025, will periodically block a 30-meter section of the road’s right-hand …

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A contactless payment system called “tap2ride” for the purchase of tickets available in all public transport means in Athens has been in effect as of Wednesday, January 15, the managing company Athens Urban Transport (OASA) announced today. “Tap2ride” is available in buses, trolley buses, metro and tram. The new system …

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Five Athens metro stations on Line 2 – Elliniko, Argyroupoli, ‘Alimos, Ilioupoli and ‘Agios Dimitrios – will be closed from 22:30 in the evening and until the end of the day’s schedule on Sunday and Monday, December 15-16. The stations are closing so that technical works for the installation of …

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Two earthquakes rattled Greek capital Athens within two hours early Wednesday evening causing concern among locals and visitors. The earthquakes were low on the Richter scale, however due to their shallow focal depth were felt across the 4-million residents city. One stroke with 2.6 Richer at 5:10 pm and the …

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A white marble statue depicting a nude male in the Hellenistic style of Hermes Ludovisi type was found in Athens at a short distance of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus during works for a natural gas network on Monday. According to a statement by the Culture Ministry, the headless statue …

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Athens Metro Employees’ Union (SELMA) announced a work stoppage on the Metro operation in the Greek capital on Friday, December 13, 2024. The work stoppage is scheduled from 21:00 until the end of the shift. In the announcement, the Metro workers  stated: “The SELMA workers’ union, due to protracted and …

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A 39-year-old man called Greek Police short after 6:30 on Thursday evening saying he had killed his wife and her body was in the attic of the apartment they were living in Ambelokipoi district of Athens. It is the 15th femicide in the country in 2024. Police officers rushed to …

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A prosecutor in Athens ordered the detention and the temporary hospitalization in a psychiatric hospital of the 47-year-old man who stabbed his 14-year-old dog who to death in Kypseli two days ago. Dog Ira was sick with cancer and had other health issues too due to her age. Prosecutor and …

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A 47-year-old Greek man was arrested early Tuesday morning after he was caught on video stabbing a dog next to a garbage bin on Kerkyra Street in Kypseli district of Athens. He is being currently further investigated whether he is also responsible for the beheading and poisoning of at least …

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The innovative electronic urban mobility improvement system “app Evelity” for Metro passengers with disabilities was presented on  at the “Acropolis” Metro station in downtown Athens on Monday, on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The ‘Evelity’ app, which has been installed at the Acropolis station on …

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The Christmas Tree in Greek capital Athens was lit in Syntagma Square early Thursday evening in the presence of hundreds of Athenians and visitors, Mayor Haris Doukas and a music program. The 20-meter fir came from Taxiarhis, Halkikidi in northern Greece and is adorned with 20,000 LED lights and decoration …

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Greek capital Athens was named “World’s Leading Cultural City Destination” during the Grand Final Gala Ceremony of the World Travel Awards (WTA) 2024 which took place in Madeira, Portugal on Nov. 24. Athens was awarded for its rich cultural heritage and the unique experiences it offers millions of travelers who …

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed the unwavering support for Ukraine and the need for even greater support from NATO in a meeting the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance, Mark Rutte, in Athens on Tuesday. In joint statements both Mitsotakis and Rutte refrained from commenting on the consequences …

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A birthday cake with sparklers set a well-known bar on fire when the sparkles  touched the ceiling decoration. Customers fled in panic breaking the window glasses with the help of the personnel. Six people were transferred to a nearby hospital. It was in a well-known bar in Pangrati district of …

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The Christmas Tree of the City of Athens will be lit in Syntagma Square at 18:00 on Thursday, November 28, and launch a series of festive events in the Greek capital. The 20-metre tree arrived in Athens last week, late on Thursday night, and its decoration began immediately. The tree …

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday that the government will repair damages in the residential building caused by the bomb inside an apartment in Ambelokipoi district of Athens on November 1. In a meeting with owners and tenants of the apartment building, the PM said that there is state …

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Greek police has found and seized an arsenal of firearms and explosives during a search of a storage unit in Pangrati neighborhood of central Athens late on Tuesday. The findings coincide timely with the bomb that exploded in an apartment of Ambelokipoi central Athens two weeks ago with one dead, …

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Property owners who want to register their real estates as shοrt-term rentals in downtown Athens and thus for the first time are under time pressure to do so by the end of the year 2024. A ban on new short-term rentals licenses in three municipal districts of Greek capital Athens …

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Thousands of people flocked to the Polytechnic campus in downtown Athens on Sunday to pay their tribute to the Students’ Uprising against the colonel’s junta on 17. November 1973. the 51th anniversary s being celebrated with events and the traditional long march to the US embassy. The gates of the …

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With a new decision, Greek Police said on Sunday that two metro station in downtown Athens will remain open on November 17, 2024. Metro Stations <Monastiraki> (Line 1 and 3) and <Omonia> (Line 1 and 2)  will remain open, while the following four stations will close at 14:00 due to …

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