Athens

The mild weather and an abundance of food in the form of trash are driving up the number of wild boar roaming Attica and posing a serious driving hazard.

The first of two massive tunnel borers that will be put to work on the extension of the Athens metro is being assembled, the president of Attiko Metro SA announced on Tuesday.

In a post on social media, Nikos Tachiaos published photographs of the construction site on Katehaki Avenue in the Athens suburb of Ellinoroson where the assembly is taking place. 

A 24-hour strike called by workers at the Athens metro for Tuesday was called off after their union said that a "channel of communication" had been opened with the government to resolve long-standing issues.

Greece on March 24 welcomed the return of ancient artifacts from the Acropolis, furthering a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of sculptures taken from the ancient site in Athens more than 200 years ago.

The annual student parade commemorating the start of Greece's independence struggle from Ottoman rule took place in the center of Athens on Friday. Similar celebrations were held across the country. The armed forces will hold a parade on Saturday around Syntagma Square. It will be almost impossible to drive into the city center from 6 a.m.

A war has erupted between the southern Athens municipalities of Moschato-Tavros and Kallithea and the Attica Regional Authority over the redevelopment of Faliro Bay.

At least seven videos of pornographic content featuring a 14-year-old girl have been found on the mobile phones of two of three suspects arrested in connection with a pimping case involving the minor.

Responding to the new conditions and challenges that have been created in Attica and its peculiar ecosystems in recent years, the Environmental Association of Athens-Piraeus Municipalities has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the ANIMA animal care center for the more effective protection of wildlife.

Acropolis Museum Director Nikolaos Stampolidis points to a sculpture of a horse's head that is one of three fragments from the Parthenon frieze returned to Greece by the Vatican Museums in the form of a "donation" by Pope Francis to Archbishop Ieronymos.

Democrats Abroad Greece brings together trans-Atlantic travelers, students, long-settled Greek Americans and digital nomads who care about US democracy and each other. On Wednesday, March 22, connect with new friends and allies in Athens at the Dems Abroad Happy Hour, from 6-9 p.m. at Plakaki Cafe (Filomousou Eterias Square, Plaka).