Ermou Street

The Athens Open-Air Film Festival is launching its Xmas edition this year as part of the Christmas in Athens program coordinated by the Greek capital's municipal authority. On the last weekend of December, viewers are invited to snuggle up under blankets and watch classic family movies on a big screen in the open air with a view of the Acropolis in the background.

DJs, live music acts and grill masters from all around the country celebrate the burger at the Old OSY Depot in downtown Athens. Admission to the event, which runs from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Friday and 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. over the weekend, costs 5 euros and includes a complimentary beer. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.viva.gr.

Heavily-armed police officers are being stationed at key points of the capital, notably busy tourist spots, from Thursday in a bid to boost security.

The officers, whose ranks are to be boosted over the coming months, are being deployed in line with measures in European cities to avert possible crimes and terrorist attacks, Skai television reported.

The Athens Retro Festival is back for a fourth consecutive year and will be taking place at the old OSY bus depot from Thursday to Sunday. As the name suggests, the festival is a showcase of music, technology, fashion, games and toys, art, trends and more dating from the 1920s up to the 90s.

Hotels are mushrooming in downtown Athens as the summer season draws closer, confirming recent Bank of Greece estimates of at least 10 new units going into operation in 2019.

Dozens of students in Athens, Thessaloniki and other Greek cities on Friday gathered at central points to call for action against climate change, joining their voices to a global movement called #fridaysforfuture.

Shoppers stop to listen to one of several bands and one-man shows that entertained and amused the public on downtown Athens's Ermou Street off Syntagma Square on Saturday. Shops in many parts of Greece will stay open through the weekend - as they had done before Christmas - in response to the spike in business due to the holidays.

Police in Athens and Thessaloniki were looking for clues on Thursday with regards the identity and cause of death of two men whose bodies were discovered in unrelated circumstances.

In the capital, police on Thursday said they are investigating the death of a man who was found near the Thiseio ISAP railway station on central Ermou Street earlier in the day.

The 32nd Round of Athens gets under way from central Syntagma Square at 10 a.m. on Sunday.

The cycling event includes two 10-kilometer routes that will begin at the beginning of Ermou Street and a 5k route starting in front of the Parliament building on Amalias Avenue. All races end at Syntagma Square.

Short-term property leasing may be associated with furnished apartments and holiday homes through online platforms such as Airbnb and HomeAway, but the service is fast expanding into the office market as well, where needs are equally large and require flexible solutions.