Athens

City of Athens struggling to keep up with public works tearing up capital’s streets, sidewalks

The Athens Municipal Authority does not have the resources to keep up with more than 1,700 upgrades and repairs being carried out across its jurisdiction by public and private utility companies, which often leave a mess of broken streets and pavements behind, adding to residents' frustration with the noise, dust and lack of sidewalks and parking, according to a city official. 

What Charis Doukas says of the unpaid appointment of Andreas C. Papandreou to the National Garden: Not me... the entire city council

The announcement of the Municipality of Athens after the news concerning the son of the former Prime Minister - "No one should be judged, on the basis of his name or origin"

Police nab street racers aged 62 and 29

Police charged two men, aged 62 and 29, with reckless driving on Friday for excessive speeding along the Athens-Sounio national road.

According to police, the two drivers were identified via their own social media uploads, on which they had posted videos documenting their racing in Attica's Agia Marina area, where they reached speeds of up to 178 kilometers per hour.

Inhabiting Byzantine Athens | Athens | March 5 

Fotini Kondyli explores the lives and experiences of ordinary people in Byzantine Athens in her talk at the American School of Classical Studies (54 Soudias) on March 5. The "Inhabiting Byzantine Athens" project seeks to reconstruct the topography and spatial layout of the city, alongside the living conditions and activities of its inhabitants, spanning from the 9th to the 15th centuries AD.

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