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People enjoy a warm winter day in the seaside Athens suburb of Glyfada, on January 10. A study by the National Observatory of Athens on weather trends in the Greek capital since 1860 showed 2011-2020 as being the warmest decade on record with an average temperature of 19 Celsius.

Asking prices for property sales and rental rates in Athens and Thessaloniki continue to rise, in the main, with just a few exceptions, according to a January survey carried out by online property ads platform Spitogatos.

A horizontal section of the base of the famous Monument of Zalongo sculpture by George Zongolopoulos at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center commemorating the mass suicide of women and children from Souli, northwestern Greece, in 1803, who opted to die rather rather than submit to Ottoman troops.

The hybrid shopping models of click-and-collect and click-inside have started operating in major cities such as Athens, Piraeus, Patra and Halkida due to the new Covid-19 restrictions, with many problems reported and some major enterprises leaving it very late before deciding whether they would employ them or stay closed.

The restoration of the former royal estate at Tatoi, north of Athens, is proceeding at a fast clip now that it has been decided what sort of activities will be included in its future use. A proposal to include a golf course was finally abandoned, as was the construction of housing units.

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Crowds gathered on central Ermou Street in Athens on Friday shortly before tighter were restrictions were announced to stem rising infection rates in Attica. [John Liakos/Intime News]

Athinon Avenue gave up 7.36% over the month of January after another day of losses on Friday for the benchmark and the majority of stocks. The prospect of tighter restrictions and concerns over when the economy will start to recover continued to put pressure on prices.

The downtown Athens metro stations of Panepistimio, Monastiraki and Evangelismos will be closed at 4 p.m. on Friday on the orders of the Greek police.

The station closure was ordered to take place ahead of a 5 p.m. protest rally planned outside Athens University on Panepistimiou Street in support of jailed November 17 terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas.

Students and teachers take part in a rally against education reforms promoted by the conservative government - which, among other things, foresee the presence of police on university campuses - in Athens Thursday. About 4,000 people marched to Syntagma Square, while a smaller gathering took place in the northern port city of Thessaloniki.