Athens

More than 157,000 Greek citizens have registered to vote by mail in the June 9 European elections, according to official figures released Saturday. Of these, about 116,000 are residents of Greece, while nearly 41,100 live in 115 other countries.

Greece's premier beer festival, part of the This is Athens - City Festival, is set to take place at Technopolis (100 Pireos), offering a three-day celebration of responsible drinking. Attendees can purchase a 15-euro comprehensive three-day pass, which includes a special collector's tote filled with perks like a recycled beer mug and complimentary tasting tokens.

A much greater number of violations related to the placement of table seating in public spaces were recorded in the first quarter of this year in the Greek capital, City of Athens data have shown. 

The PAMEX Local Investment Finance Facility (PLIFF), together with the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Hellenic-Spanish Chamber of Commerce, successfully organized a side event at the Our Ocean Conference which took place in Athens last week, titled "Financing Ocean Economy and Political Mobilization within the Mediterranean Region."

It is a beautiful, yet little known part of the history of Athens

The iconic Rex Theater on Panepistimiou Street in central Athens is inextricably linked to the development of the capital's metropolitan identity as few buildings of the interwar era are. It will close for a while this year for restoration. It was inaugurated on January 23, 1937 with a musical film. The owners worked with Spyros Skouras, later president of 20th Century Fox, to introduce films.

The growth of tourism in Athens implies an increase of nuisances in the city and a further burden on its infrastructure. Any adjustment of visitor fees should be done through consensus, in consultation with the tourism industry and the municipal authority. 

One of the main suspects in the hooligan clashes that resulted in the death of a police officer in Athens in December was rushed to hospital on Saturday after what is thought to have been a suicide attempt.

A fire that broke out midday on Saturday in low-lying brushland near the highway linking the West Attica suburbs of Aegaleo and Aspropyrgos, had been partially contained before sundown, the Fire Service announced.

Traffic has also resumed as normal on the highway, where a section had to be closed for a few hours earlier on Saturday when the blaze got close.

The demand of the new mayor of Athens, Haris Doukas, for an increase in the fees imposed on accommodation in the capital's hotels in order to finance the increased needs for infrastructure and personnel created by the increase of tourists in the capital has triggered a confrontation with hoteliers.