Administrative regions of Greece

A new playground created by the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation for the City of Athens stands out with its vivid colors in Avdi Square, in the downtown district of Metaxourgeio.

Students and pupils are expressing anger over the train collision in Tempe, northern Greece on February 28 with occupations and mobilizations at universities nationwide. 

In Athens, occupations are form around the emblematic university buildings in the city center by student groups.

The asking prices for a large portion of apartments in the center of Athens are now set at rates similar to those of the northern suburbs, or even higher.

The Athenian version of Open House, an event that first started in London in 1992 to promote appreciation of architecture by the general public, will see a selection of public and private buildings that represent distinct styles and trends spanning different centuries opening their doors to anyone who would like to look around inside.

After the years 2020 and 2021, which were greatly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, visitors returned to Athens in a positive mood, according to a survey conducted for Athens International Airport and the Athens-Attica & Argosaronic Hoel Association.

Greek airline Sky Express is offering free flights to students traveling between Athens and Thessaloniki.

The offer started on Friday and will run until March 31.

The initiative has been launched in collaboration with Texan Environmental Management SA in the wake of Greece's rail collision on February 28 which killed 57 people, including a large number of university students.

State asset utilization fund (TAIPED) on Thursday announced Aplekton Holdings Co Limited as the highest bidder in a tender for the long-term lease of part of the former Olympic Equestrian Center at Markopoulo, Attica, where the equestrian events were held during the 2004 Olympics.

SKY Express is offering free flights to students traveling between Athens and Thessaloniki.

The offer runs from Friday, March 10 until Friday, March 31. 

The initiative is launched in collaboration with Texan Environmental Management SA in the wake of Greece's train collision on February 28 which killed 57 people, including a large number of university students.

A 28-year-old Greek woman was arrested for lighting up a cigarette in the toilet of the aircraft during a flight from London to Thessaloniki on Wednesday morning.

She was arrested upon her arrival at the northern Greek city's airport by police on charges she violated the express orders of the airplane's captain.

The tourism season for Crete started officially on Wednesday with a flight from Bristol, UK, to the Nikos Kazantzakis Airport at Iraklio. According to the manager of Iraklio's airport, George Pliakas, that flight was the year's first scheduled flight from abroad, while the arrival of a large number of flights is expected on the two days of March 25 and 26, amounting to 30.