Athens

Several key streets in the center of the capital will be either fully or partially closed between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Sunday as some 15,000 runners participate in the 31st Athens Run.

The Benaki Toy Museum, housed in a fairy-tale edifice at Palaio Faliro on Athens's southern coast, is poised to open its doors to the public for the first time Sunday.

It is the latest addition to the Benaki group of museums and is based on a vast collection of vintage toys donated by Maria Argyriadi.

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits the eHealth Forum at the Technopolis complex in Gazi, central Athens, Friday. The exhibition, supported by the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) and dedicated to the digital revolution in healthcare, brings together industry leaders, scientists, innovators and patients, and ends Sunday. [Alexandros Vlachos/ANA-MPA]

Vassilis was born in Aghios Ioannis and is one of about 10 permanent residents who remain in the village. Aghios Ioannis is part of the Thermo municipality, in the Aitoloakarnania region of western Greece. The municipality has a total population of 9,299. Aghios Ioannis is 15 kilometers from Thermo, the area's main town.

The Benaki Museum is unveiling the latest addition to its already sizable family. The Toy Museum is housed in a late 19th century villa on Athens's southern coast that resembles a fairy-tale castle which was donated to the Benaki Museum by Vera Kouloura.

One thing that the majority of people in Greece - and particularly residents of Athens - know is that law and order are relative values. The people in this country feel increasingly vulnerable and defenseless in a society that lacks coordinates and a state that appears incapable of implementing the law.

The father of a 32-year-old tax worker who was murdered in an Athens cemetery on Wednesday has called on the Financial Crimes Unit to look into any suspicious cases his daughter may have worked on.

Almost 70 percent of the residence permits issued to date through the Golden Visa program have resulted from investments in the region of Attica, while foreign investment in the local property market is soaring.

An aerial view of the archaeological site in Athens where Plato established his Academy back in 387 BC reveals the outline of buildings that used to occupy the space. Then there is some greenery, followed by two apartment blocks, then there is greenery again, plus more of the archaeological site. It ends with rows and rows of more apartment buildings.

Best-selling Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo is coming to Athens on Tuesday, October 17, to speak at the Onassis Cultural Center on the 20th anniversary of the release of his first novel, "The Bat." Besides his interesting career, the former soccer player and stockbroker - who is also in a rock band - will talk about his latest novel, "The Thirst," as well as Michael Fassbender's film version o