July 12, 2022
environment
Air quality in Athens is only “moderate,” according to air pollution data published on Monday by the European Environment Agency (EEA). More than 340 European cities are included in the map based on data collected from measuring stations across the bloc. Athens ranks 227th in the list. Moderate is for …
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July 6, 2022
Eat-Drink, Uncategorized
Taste of Athens 2022, a major gastronomic event, kicks off on Thursday and for four days visitors can enjoy dishes prepared by ten star chefs in the country. A rich music and fun parallel program will add to the experience, while there is also a special program for kids. 4 …
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July 3, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Three suspects were killed, two police officers and one criminal were injured in an incident that unfolded suburbs of western Athens late on Saturday. Scenes from a wild Far West film unfolded in Athens when criminals of rival groups exchanged fire among themselves and with police later on. The incident …
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June 28, 2022
Society, Strikes
Workers union of blue buses and trolley buses staff in Athens will launch a 24-hour strike, tomorrow, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Workers union at OASA decided to launch the 24-hour strike in order to protest the extension of OASA with intercity buses KTEL for one more year. The amendment was …
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June 24, 2022
Arts, Culture
One person was slightly injured as 8 people found themselves in the water, when two speedboats collided during the shooting of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3.”and one of them capsized. The accident occurred around 10 o’ clock Friday morning, in the sea area off Palaia Fokia in south-east Attica. …
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June 24, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
One more femicide in Greece: A man stabbed his wife to death in their home in Koukaki district of Athens and called his son saying “I killed your mom,” in the early morning hours of Friday. The 53-year-old fled the crime scene and he was found later some 40 km …
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June 17, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
Striking hikes in taxi fares are underway, due to the explosive increase in fuel prices, the Taxi Union SATA announced on Friday, following a meeting with the leadership of the Transport Ministry. Τhe Union had sent a memorandum to the Ministry complaining that “taxi drivers are suffocating due to the …
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June 15, 2022
Greece, Politics
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA) has set in motion the revocation of an honorary doctorate presented to Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2001, the university’s rectorate said on Wednesday. EKPA said it has also informed the rectors of the European Civic University (CIVIS), a collaboration of 10 …
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June 15, 2022
Social, Society
A 14-year-old boy is being hospitalized in serious condition after a fire broke out at the refugee facility of Elaionas in Athens early on Wednesday. According to the Health Ministry, the minor is suffering from burns and respiratory problems and has been intubated at the Aghia Sophia Children Hospital. …
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June 4, 2022
environment, FEATURED
At least one house has been reportedly burnt , one firefighter was taken to hospital due to respiratory problems and residents of Panorama Voula, South Athens, and neighboring areas were urged to evacuate their homes due to the wildfire on Saturday afternoon. Two bed-ridden elderly have been reportedly taken to …
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June 3, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
Posidonia International Shipping Exhibition will be held at the Athens’ Metropolitan Exhibition Centre on June 6-10, organizers Posidonia Exhibitions SA said on Thursday. A total of 1,929 companies from 88 countries exhibit their products and services, while the expo will include 24 national pavilions from Europe, North America and Asia, …
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June 1, 2022
Tourism, Travel
After two years of Covid, a message of return to normalcy: express touristic bus line X80 linking toe port of Piraeus to Acropolis and Syntagma in downtown Athens is resuming its operation. The line addressed mainly cruise ship passengers. The itineraries started on Saturday, May 28, 2022. The line, which …
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May 31, 2022
environment, FEATURED
With an ambitious plan to bring a new era in the 182-year-old “National Garden” the mayor of Athens is pouring concrete on the natural paths throughout the historic park next to the Parliament in the center of the Greek capital. Obviously inspired by the concrete paths on the Acropolis, the …
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May 31, 2022
Social, Society
Police in Greece have arrested a 37-year-old man carrying a hunting rifle in front of the Parliament building and the Monument of Unknown Soldier in Athens early morning Tuesday. The half-naked man approached around short before 3 o’ clock in the morning, he was holding a rifle and a board …
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May 27, 2022
Archeology, Arts, Culture
Grammy Award-winning American composer and producer Desmond Child, Alice Cooper, Bonny Tyler , Sakis Rouvas and other musicians join forces in a concert with the aim of reunite the Parthenon Marbles. The concert with the title “Desmond Child Rocks the Parthenon” is scheduled to take place at the Odeon of …
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May 25, 2022
Social, Society
An Amber Alert for 6-year-old boy Rainer Jason Pedersen, has been issued late on Tuesday night, May 24, 2022. There are fears the boy may leave Greece illegally for Norway. The boy has been allegedly abducted from the family home in Kifissia suburb of northern Athens by a man wearing …
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May 22, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
The foreign national currently treated in an Athens hospital is not infected with the monkeypox virus but with chickenpox, first results of laboratory tests showed on Sunday night. The 29-year-old tourist was considered the first suspected case of monkeypox in Greece. In laboratory tests conducted at the Attikon hospital and …
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May 20, 2022
Archeology, Culture
Greece’s prominent Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) announced on Friday the cancellation of a 4-million-euro grant to the Culture Ministry aiming protect archaeological findings due to “constant and systematic delays” in the project. The SNF grant sought to help protect and showcase the archaeological findings in the Faliro Delta area which …
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May 17, 2022
Very Mix
The former mayor of Bucharest convicted of corruption has been arrested in Athens on an international warrant. Sorin Oprescu, 70, who served as mayor in the Romanian capital from 2008 and 2015, was found guilty by the Romanian courts of bribery, setting up a criminal organization and abuse of power. …
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May 16, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
The mysterious death of a 14-year-old boy in his family home on Friday night, just hours before participating in a competition sports game, has set authorities on alert and the prosecutor ordered an urgent investigation on Monday. The boy was found hanging from the ceiling of his room with a …
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