Kifissou Avenue, an essential artery of Athens’ daily life, shoulders the weight of nearly 200,000 vehicles each day, serving both commuters and a significant portion of national and international freight traffic.

The President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, along with other prominent figures, delivered eulogies during the funeral service of former Prime Minister Costas Simitis, held at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens.

Audiovisual creatives Telescopio will perform a space-inspired spectacle at the TV Control Center (91A Kiprou, Kypseli) on January 11.

Passenger traffic at the Eleftherios Venizelos Airport of Athens reached a historic high in 2024.

Thursday’s planned four-hour strike (from 11 am to 3 pm) by TRAINOSE unions was declared illegal by a court after Hellenic Train’s appeal.

The government plans to address the country’s housing crisis by introducing, in 2025, measures that provide incentives for property owners to list currently unavailable properties on the rental market.  

Fierce clashes between pro-Turkish and Kurdish forces are taking place in Syria on Thursday, resulting in at least 37 deaths, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).

The leaders of Greece, Egypt and Cyprus agreed to strengthen their strategic partnership and coordinate on pressing issues during a trilateral summit on Wednesday in Cairo addressing fast-changing dynamics in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East.

Traffic regulations are in full effect around the Metropolitan Cathedral in central Athens as preparations are underway for the funeral service of former Prime Minister Costas Simitis, scheduled to take place at 12 pm on Thursday. He died suddenly last Sunday, aged 88. 

Gagosian Gallery (22 Anapiron Polemou) presents Sarah Crowner’s new solo exhibition “Night for Day.”

Authorities have revealed that an Afghan man, Ali N., who was sentenced to life in imprisonment in December for the murder of a 31-year-old Albanian in Athens in May 2023, had organized a failed arson attack on a Jewish synagogue in the Monastiraki area in June 2024 while in custody.

Cloudy weather is expected on Thursday, with local rains in western Greece and the eastern Aegean.

A sophisticated phone scam, known as “caller ID spoofing,” has recently made its way to Greece, resulting in a staggering loss of €90,000 from a business owner in Volos.

SKY Express has carried out its first flight from Athens to Yerevan’s Zvartnots International Airport, with the welcoming team including airport officials and Greek Ambassador to Armenia Christos Sofianopoulos.

A major project aimed at utilizing artificial intelligence to upgrade public administration services on Wednesday entered the phase of an electronic open international tender.

Households may face a fixed fee of 170-250 euros annually for mixed waste disposal.

Applications for the new energy saving program, which has a budget of 434 million euros, can be submitted as of Wednesday.

Italian actor Stefano Fresi strides confidently through a protest scene as police detective Kostas Charitos in “Kostas,” a hit series on Italy’s Rai 1 network.

Greece ranks among the countries with the highest per capita expenditure – both public and private – on healthcare services.

Bank stock continued to grow at Athinon Avenue on Wednesday, but other stocks bogged the benchmark down.