Agia Paraskevi

Turnstile installation closes down two Athens metro stations over the weekend

Two more stations of the Athens metro will remain closed this weekend as part of ongoing work to install turnstiles throughout the system.

The stations that will be closed to the public on Saturday and Sunday are Ilioupoli (Line 2) and Agia Paraskevi (Line 3). Trains will pass through them without stops.

European Values Revisited | Athens | November 11-12

The EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) Cluster Athens is organizing "European Values Revisited: The Role of Culture in Refugee Integration into Local Communities," a two-day conference taking place at Deree - The American College of Greece on Thursday, November 11, and Friday, November 12.

A theatrical play performed in Ancient Greek (vid)

A bilingual theatrical performance of Antigone, Sophocles was presented in Ancient Greek and in Greek sign language by Ecclesiastical Lyceum of the Rizarios School and the Junior and Senior High School of Agia Paraskevi for Speech-and-Hearing Impaired Students, under the auspices of the Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO.

Demokritos offers kids FREE robotics workshops

The Demokritos research center in Athens is planning a series of classes in robotics for school children aged from nine to 15 years, organized by the Software and Knowledge Engineering Laboratory at the center’s Informatics and Telecommunications Institute. The classes are being held for the first time at the Demokritos center’s facilities in Agia Paraskevi.

Demokritos Research Centre to organize robotics classes for children

The Demokritos Research Centre in Athens is planning a series of classes in robotics for school children aged 9 to 15.

The classes will take place at the Demokritos centre facilities in Agia Paraskevi and are organized by the Software and Knowledge Engineering Laboratory at the centre’s Informatics and Telecommunications Institute.

Police release photographs of terror suspect Petrakakos and accomplices

Acting on an order issued by a public prosecutor, the Greek police on Thursday released recent photographs and the details of 36-year-old terror suspect Giorgos Petrakakos, as well as his partner and one of his two accomplices from Agia Paraskevi in Athens.

Petrakos Georgios, born May 8, 1979

Heavy rain hampers traffic, power supplies

Heavy rainfall led to traffic being interrupted on Pireos Street between Petrou Ralli and Chamosternas Streets in central Athens on Thursday.

Stormy conditions also resulted in delays to the capital's scheduled metro services.

The weather also led to power cuts in the areas of Melissia, Vrilissia, Penteli and Aghia Paraskevi in the northern suburbs.

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