Athens

Community Connect Athens meets on Wednesday, June 8, at St Paul's Garden, the Swedish Center, in Plaka. There will be coffee, cake and bingo, as well as a sale of books, DVDs, CDs, handmade greetings cards, quality used clothing, Swedish delicacies and homemade preserves. Proceeds benefit the Anglican Church in Athens and its nominated charities.

A group of motorcycle-riding assailants late on Monday threw rocks at the glass facade of the building housing the facilities of Skai TV on Athens's southern coast in the early hours of Tuesday.

Seventy-one percent of the Greek capital's homeless population has ended up on the streets in the last five years and 21.7 percent in the last year alone, a study by the City of Athens's Homeless Shelter (KYADA), funded by the Norwegian government and other European countries, has found.

Visitors at the annual Art Athina fair at the Faliro Sports Pavilion on Athens's southern coast, on Saturday. The capital's international contemporary art showcase, originally established in 1993, is a meeting place for local and foreign artists, gallery owners, collectors and art aficionados.

The French Institute in Athens presents a lecture by Islam and contemporary Arab world expert Gilles Kepel on the subject of "Jihad in Europe," on Monday, May 30. Kepel is a French political scientist and professor at Sciences Po in Paris. The event is organized by the Modern Greek Culture and General Education Studies Society founded by the Moraitis School in Athens. It starts at 6.30 p.m.

OTE Group, in cooperation with the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports, will offer free wireless broadband (Wi-Fi) services at 20 top archaeological sites and museums in Greece. The goal of this investment exceeding €2 million is to promote the Greek cultural heritage through technology and promote the public’s interaction and connection with the sites.

After standing empty for 18 years, the building that was previously used as a warehouse by tobacco company Keranis on Thivon Avenue at Rendi, close to Piraeus, will get a new tenant in the form of the Finance Ministry.

Confusion reigned on Thursday in Parliament over the government's plans for the new state privatization fund, as the list of assets to go under the hammer changes so frequently that few knew what was actually included.

Did you know that these beaches are located in Attica region about 1 hour drive from Athens center?

Enjoy an aerial video showing three secret beaches with crystal clear waters and wonderful landscape: Limanaki beach, Megalo Sesi and Mikro Sesi are waiting for you to discover them.

The bus route linking Piraeus port, the Acropolis and Syntagma in the city center is back in service as of Tuesday, according to the Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA).