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Public transport to clock out early on New Year’s Eve
Public transportation in Athens will clock out earlier than usual on New Year's Eve with most services ending by midnight, operators have said.
Trolley buses and regular buses will begin heading back to their depots after 10 p.m., meaning there will be no services after 11 p.m.
Second Corporate Affairs Forum in Greece set for April 25
AGORA, the 2nd Corporate Affairs Forum in Greece, will take place on April 25 at The Margi hotel in Athens, claiming that a new community of corporate affairs and communication professionals is being born in Greece.
The event is organized by Public Affairs and Networks. Visit agora-caforum.gr for details.
Ideal cinema goes out with a ‘Pulp Fiction’ bang
With a screening of Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction," the Ideal, one of Athens' oldest cinemas, will close for good on Friday after more than a century in business.
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New Athens mayor sworn into office, pledges ‘return to neighborhoods’
Incoming Athens mayor Haris Doukas signaled a grass-roots approach to his role by pledging a "return to the neighborhoods" of the Greek capital at the swearing-in of the new municipal council, held in a former public market in the downtown district of Kypseli on Thursday.
New Athens Municipal Council to be sworn in on Thursday
Athens mayor-elect Haris Doukas and the new city council are to be sworn into office at 11 a.m. on Thursday, in a ceremony at the Kypseli Municipal Market that will not be attended by the convicted far-right councillor Ilias Kasidiaris.
New suburban rail section in West Attica
Transport and Infrastructure Minister Christos Staikouras emphasized the importance of a project to build a new branch of the Proastiakos suburban railway in West Attica, from Ano Liosia to Megara, in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.
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Bakoyannis defends record as mayor, pledges constructive opposition
Outgoing Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis has defended his track record in local government, underscoring his commitment to serving the best interests of the Greek capital in his new role as the head of the municipal opposition.
Greece and the Red Sea crisis
Expert Nikolas Katsimpras joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the Red Sea crisis, look at why it's significant from Greece's perspective, and break down why is it important that Athens plays an active role in this effort.
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Jailed former Golden Dawn MP to attend municipal ceremony
Ilias Kasidiaris, the jailed former deputy leader of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn group, is slated to participate in the swearing-in ceremony of the new municipal authority next week. The ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Kypseli Municipal Market in central Athens on Thursday.
Big housing project at Psychiko
The largest residential development project that has ever been carried out in the Municipality of Filothei-Psychiko in northern Athens is designed by businessman Yiannis Papalekas. Having recently acquired a series of properties in the area, and installed the offices of his companies in a building in Neo Psychiko, he has succeeded in purchasing the last large free space in the area.
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