Athens

Music, art and photographic events are scheduled as well as street art, theater and vaudeville at the 4th Little Paris of Athens that will take place from October 6 to October 16. The 4th Little Paris of Athens is a multi-aspect festival of artistic expression taking place on French named streets around the center of the capital.

Rain and even storms are expexted on Monday to dampen the summer days of September in Greece, though temperatures will remain high. Wind velocity will reach 7 on the Beaufort scale. Scattered clouds will turn to scattered rain and possibly storms in the northern parts of the country with temperatures ranging between 18C and 29C.

The issue of taxing the earnings of unofficial holiday accommodation such as homes and apartments in Greece is, along with the taxation of undeclared funds deposited abroad, a key matter in talks between the Finance Ministry and the representatives of the country's creditors.

A court in Athens is due on Monday to start hearing the case against a man accused of causing the death of three bank employees during a violent anti-austerity protest in the city center in May 2010.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras questioned the ND leader’s pledge to cut taxes saying that New Democracy didn’t implement this while it was in power.

Costas and Sofia are two Athenians who have created a welcoming shelter for the Greek capital's homeless on Evripidou Street in the heart of the city.

Following talks with the institutions in Athens last week, the Greek government will now turn its focus to completing the 15 milestones that are needed to unlock the next sub-tranche of bailout funding.

Leading personalities visited Greece last week for the Athens Democracy Forum. Many knew nothing about this country beyond what they'd read in the international press. Others are frequent visitors and love Greece and its people. They all asked the same question: "We don't understand why you are stuck in this black hole. You have a gorgeous country and a great way of living.

A group of 10 burglars broke into the offices of a cosmetics company in the northern Athens suburb of Metamorfosi in the early hours of Saturday and made off with two safes, according to police.

Footage from surveillance cameras showed masked burglars striking the security guard who had been on the duty at the time and then tying him up.

The Athens Flying Week 2016 will be held on September 17-18 at the airbase of Tanagra for two amazing days to offer a unique air show, and a series of individual events.
The best pilots of military and civil aviation will offer to the spectators a show of maneuvers and acrobatics.