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Athens International Airport (AIA) intends to tackle a spike in incoming traffic with the operation of a third terminal station by the end of this year. This is the terminal that until now operated only to cover the peak days of the summer season.

Greek airports are enjoying another year of growth in passenger traffic, which came to an impressive 10.3 percent in the first six months of 2017, according to official data. Athens airport has also recorded a notable rise, helped by the increase in flights.

The other night, I was noticing the crowds of foreign tourists in Athens. Areas between Monastiraki and Syntagma were packed, and I had to jostle through crowds on the sidewalk. The restaurants on Mitropoleos Street were packed.

The City of Athens and other municipal authorities around the country are keeping community centers and other air-conditioned facilities open all day to offer citizens protection from the heat wave, for as long as it lasts.

The Suzhou Kun Opera Theater of Jiangsu Province in China comes to Athens's Herod Atticus on the invitation of the Greek Festival and as part of a program of cultural exchanges between the two countries, with the opera "The Peony Pavilion." Written by Tang Xianzu, this tribute to the 16th century Chinese Kun Opera form is a tale of love and tragedy. The performance starts at 9 p.m.

The Athens municipal authority and Traffic Police will be closing off roads around the Panathenaic (Kallimarmaro) Stadium on Wednesday evening for a major concert.

Bosnian musician Goran Bregovic - famed internationally for his Emir Kusturica film scores - and his Wedding & Funeral Band, accompanied by Epirote clarinetist Petroloukas Halkias, will take concertgoers on a musical journey through the Balkans at several Greek stops: the Its Kale Acropolis in Ioannina on July 11, the Lazariston Monastery in Thessalniki on July 1, the Dion Ancient Theater i

Anne Carrere stars in the hit show on the life and songs of France's iconic Edith Piaf, created by Gil Marsala. The production is on a summer tour of Greece and will be stopping in Athens, for a performance at the open-air Petra Theater in Petroupoli on Wednesday, July 12, and another at the Veakeio in Piraeus the following day.

The fifth annual installment of the "It's all, oh so souvenir to me!" initiative brings together more than 40 graphic designers, architects, artists, etc, who have been invited to redefine the Greek souvenir and, by extension, Greece's tourism identity. Their work will be on display and sale starting on Tuesday, July 11 - with a big party, from 9 p.m.

The Greek National Meteorological Services (EMY) has issued an extraordinary bulletin for a new heatwave over the next days. The reports warns that the temperature will gradually rise, peaking at 40-41 on Thursday, July 12.