April 5, 2023
Society, Very Mix
A police officer fired three shots in the air in downtown Athens on Wednesday morning. He was arrested and later released. The officer fired three “warning” shots in the air during incidents that occurred outside the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) on one of busiest avenues in the …
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December 30, 2022
Lifestyle, Society
The City of Athens is getting ready for the New Year’s Eve with a countdown spectacle at Syntagma Square and parties in the neighborhood of Thiseio and the Varvakeio meat market. Meanwhile, a countdown party will be held in the neighborhood of Thiseio, at the foot of the Acropolis, featuring …
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November 16, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Greek Police has ordered the shut down of three metro station in downtown Athens on Thursday due to the marches on the anniversary of the Polytechnic school Students’ Uprising on 17. November 1973. According to a statement by the Urban Rail Transport (STASY) on Wednesday noon, the following metro stations …
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November 14, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Over 5,500 police officers are being deployed across Greek capital Athens for the events of November 17, when Greeks will honor the 49th anniversary Students’ Uprising against the military junta. The 3-day events start on Tuesday at the Athens Polytechnic School in downtown Athens next to the National Museum and …
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November 11, 2022
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
Salvage excavations at the Theater Square – Plateia Theatrou- in downtown Athens have revealed Late Roman antiquities, the Greek Ministry of Culture said on Thursday. Salvage work in the area started on October 7, 2022. In works ahead of the area’s makeover, which lies southwest of the Athens City Hall, …
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November 16, 2021
Society, Very Mix
Five metro stations in downtown Athens will close to the public on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, due to the traditional protest rally to commemorate the anniversary of the Polytechnic School Students’ Uprising in 1973. According to a statement issued by Greek Police on Tuesday evening, the following metro stations will …
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October 18, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The possibility to impose tolls for motorists to enter the center of Athens is under consideration, Transportation Minister Costas Karamanlis said on Monday. The option is seen as another measure to address the traffic problem in the downtown of the Greek capital that has dramatically increased in the last weeks. …
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October 9, 2021
FEATURED, Very Mix
The Traffic Ring – Daktylios – returns to central Athens after its suspension in the summer months. The traffic restrictions will go into effect again on October 25, Infrastructure & Transport Minister Costas Karamanlis announced on Friday. He added that electric cars will be exempted from the restrictions and will …
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May 22, 2020
Greece, Politics
The government shocked Athenians on Friday morning with a joint ministerial decision banning cars traffic in a large part of downtown Athens, including main avenues. Restrictions will be valid from mid-June and for a period of 3+3 months. Violators are threatened with a fine of 150 euros. Officially, reason for …
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September 9, 2019
Very Mix
In an unprecedented incident on the streets of Athens, the driver of a private car shot with a rifle at a touristic bus smashing its windows in the middle of the Greek capital early Monday evening. The incident took place at Vassileos Alexandrou Avenue in the area of Caravel Hotel. …
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May 10, 2018
Lifestyle
The bright side of royal life: Prince Charles and wife Camilla enjoyed relaxed moments among the commoners in downtown Athens on Thursday morning, the second day of the official visit to Greece. Traditional sesame ring ‘koulouri’, donuts, a flower bouquet and cold coffee without plastic straw. Wearing cuff links with …
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January 23, 2018
Very Mix
A mysterious suicide from the upper floor of a hotel in downtown Athens is puzzling the Greek police: the man, a foreign national, had with him a suitcase with four thousand euros. The 42-year-old man walked into a hotel close to Omonoia Square in Athens short before 10 o’ clock …
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September 24, 2012
Economy
It is raining ‘padlocks’ in the centre of Athens with one out of three shops to have disappeared from the map. According to a survey conducted by the National Confederation of Greek Commerce (ESEE) factors like the economic downturn, the reduction of purchasing power, the high rents as well as the explosion …
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May 13, 2011
Very Mix
Athens downtown will be closed for motorists on Sunday, May 15, 2011 as the 28th Running Race will be held. From 8 am until the end of the race the roads will be closed to traffic all along the three routes that will be used by thousands of runners. More …
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May 12, 2011
Society
“Will you go…?” The old, thin man is standing at the doorstep of my friend’s shop – two blocks away from the spot where Manolis Kantaris, 44, was stabbed to death by criminals, alledgedly immigrants while he was going to pick up his car and bring his pregnant wife to the hospital …
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