December 10, 2020
Very Mix
“This Christmas, we have the Omonia Square with the decoration it deserves,” Athens Mayor Costas Bakoyannis said on a social media post on Thursday. “For several years we did not have a square and there was a lack of light all over the area,” the Mayor wrote on his Facebook …
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December 10, 2020
weather
Athenians woke up on Thursday morning to witness a spectacular view: An orange-red sky. It was short after 7:15 a.m. when the sky turned …surreal and very dramatic. The phenomenon was due to strong south wind bringing billions of Sahara dust particles to the Greek capital. At the same time, …
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December 6, 2020
Greece, Politics
Greek police went out of control on Sunday and paralyzed the whole public transport network in downtown Athens and far beyond. The number of six metro and urban train ISAP stations closed to the public rose to 24 (!) Sunday noon, the tram operation has been halted some 5 km …
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December 5, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Greece, Politics
The Ministry for Citizen Protection has banned public gatherings with four and more persons across Greece with an order valid form 5:00 a.m. on December 6 until midnight Sunday. The decision is justified for reasons of public health and as a precaution measure to prohibit the spread of the coronavirus. …
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November 28, 2020
Very Mix
Greek Police is investigating the raiding of four deposit boxes at a bank branch in Psychiko suburb of northern Athens. The thieves stole jewelry, cash and other valuables items worth more than 5 million euros. The theft was noticed on November 13, when the owner of one of the boxes …
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November 25, 2020
FEATURED, Greece
Nine activists were detained in downtown Athens for raising banners on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The women stood at the stairs of Syntagma Square opposite the Parliament, wearing masks and keeping social distancing. they opened a banner reading: “They don’t silence us. The Quarantine …
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November 25, 2020
FEATURED, Strikes
Workers at Metro, Tram and Urban train ISAP have modified their mobilization actions on strike day Thursday, November 26, 2020. Late on Wednesday, thu unions of workers at STASY (metro, tram, train ISAP) announced the following: Metro: Lines 1, 2, 3 on 24-hour strike Tram: Work stoppage from 6 pm …
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November 24, 2020
Sports
Giannis Antetokounmpo distributed food packages to the needy in the neighborhood where he grew up in Athens. Together with his mother and brothers, the Greek Freak went to the church of Agios Meletios in Sepolia to help people in one of the degraded districts of the Greek capital. He gave …
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November 19, 2020
Refugees
A prosecutor in Athens charged a 27-year old man from Syria with membership in the terrorist organization ISIS /DA’ESH and direct complicity in manslaughter as a terrorist act after an incident at the migrant facility in Eleonas, an Athens neighborhood, led to his arrest on Thursday. Citing sources, state-run news …
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November 19, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s health authorities and TRAINOSE are proceeding with special modifications of a so-called “Covid-Train”, a train with six wagons in order to exclusively transfer Coivid-19 patients from Thessaloniki to hospitals in Greek capital Athens. According to the GRTimes, the train has already arrived in Thessaloniki and work is already underway …
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November 18, 2020
Greece
Alexia Evert, deputy mayor of Athens, member of conservative ruling party New Democracy and offspring of a well-known politicians’ family, called the members of Communist KKE “cockroaches and rodents.” Today, the mayor of Athens Costas Bakoyannis asked her resignation. Evert commented on social media under a picture of KKE members …
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November 18, 2020
Very Mix
The tram service from and to Syntagma Squarein downtown Athens will resume its operation on Friday, November 20, 2020, the management company STASY said in a statement. The service has been suspended since October 2018 due to deformation of the concrete covering the bed of Ilissos river The resumption of …
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November 17, 2020
Very Mix
Police fined a lone woman who went to the Polytechnic School to honor the Students’ Uprising of 17. November 1973. Holding a flower the woman approached the site when she was stopped by police. They fined her with 300 euros for “unnecessary movement.” Speaking to news247, the woman said that …
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November 17, 2020
Greece, Politics
Members of the Greek Communist Party KKE gathered outside the US Embassy on Tuesday morning to mark the Anniversary of the Polytechnic Student’s Uprising against the military dictatorship on 17. November 1973. The protesters were wearing masks and kept social distancing measures. The protest took place despite the ban by …
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November 16, 2020
Very Mix
Five metro station in central Athens will close as of noon on Tuesday, November 17, by order of the Greek Police (ELAS), as part of the security measures imposed on the anniversary of the 1973 Polytechnic Students Uprising and despite the ban on public gatherings due to the pandemic. The …
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November 15, 2020
Archeology, Culture
A crew of Athens municipality unearthed the head of a Hermes statue in downtown Athens on Friday. The crew was carrying out roadworks in Aiolou street in downtown Athens when it revealed the head, part of a Herma column. The Culture Ministry said in an announcement that the finding is …
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November 11, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, News
Archbishop of Albania Anastasios is to be transferred with a Greek military helicopter to a hospital in Athens after he has been tested positive to Covid-19. According to the media report, the 91-year-old archbishop only has mild symptoms. However, doctors opined that he be admitted to hospital due to his …
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November 9, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Sports
Police broke up a party that was being held in the roof garden of a hotel in blatant violation of the lockdown restrictions aiming to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The alleged party organizer was fined with 3,000 euros. Each of the participants was also fined with €300 unnecessary …
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November 3, 2020
FEATURED, Greece
The first ever official mosque in Greek capital Athens opened its gates on Monday, welcoming Muslims for prayers. The operation of the mosque comes with a delay of 16 years after the relevant draft bill was worked out and was approved by the Parliament. after a 14-year wait since procedures …
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October 29, 2020
Tourism
Condé Nast Traveller (CNT) has placed Athens among the 10 Friendliest Cities in Europe with the most smiling, welcoming people, based on the results of its Readers’ Choice Awards for 2020. “While Europe’s best cities are often judged on their ancient history, intricate architecture, unrivalled art scene or amazing restaurants, …
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