Attica

Athens Mayor, Yiorgos Kaminis appeared very confident on the general assembly of hoteliers of Attica and the Argo-Saronic Gulf last week.

The Mayor stated that stability, normality and loss of all old ideologies is required for said climate to remain positive in the future.

The Athens International Airport had over a million people pass through its corridors in March, showing a 24.5% increase in passenger traffic since 2010. The figure, released by airport authorities, shows that international flight passengers have increased by 20% and domestic flight passengers by 33.2%.

Spanish airline Volotea started flights to and from Athens International Airport on Friday with a flight from Athens to Venice that will run until October.

The Barcelona-based airline has operational bases in Venice, Nantes, Bordeaux and Palermo and specializes in connecting medium and small European cities. This year it will link Venice, Santorini, Palermo, Pisa/Tuscany and Bari.

Unlicensed settlements created without the required paperwork from the town planning departments are commonplace in Greece and a gordian knot for the state to handle. Urban planning is has been chaotic as unlicensed buildings spurt over the countryside without even a proper unified land registry.

Choreographers Sophie Bulbuyan and Apostolia Papadamaki join a global dance team to create an underwater dance-visual performance titled "Drops of Breath". The 14 performers from France, Greece and Cyprus will present their underwater choreography at Cape Sounion beach, the sea region at the foot of the cliff where the Greek temple of Poseidon is located.

The Council of State, Greece’s highest administrative court, on Friday rejected a series of motions filed by the west Athens municipality of Nea Philadelphia-Halkidona against the construction of a new football stadium by AEK Athens, an iconic team that for decades was based in the district.

Counterterrorism officers investigating the apparent links between November 17 convict Christodoulos Xeros and jailed members of Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire believe a plot of land in Neo Peramo, close to Elefsina, served as a bomb-testing area for members of guerrilla groups.

After weeks of denial the Manpower Employment Agency (OAED), the state agency responsible for paying out unemployment benefits and managing a variety of employment subsidy programs in Greece, finally agreed to hand over 120 million euros of its reserves to the Bank of Greece.

The military parade marking the anniversary of March 25, the Greek Independence Day, started today at 11.00 am in downtown Athens.

Traffic will be disrupted in downtown Athens on Tuesday and Wednesday to make way for celebrations marking the March 25, 1821 anniversary of Greek independence from Turkish rule.

Students all over the country will be holding their parades on Tuesday, followed by a parade of the armed forces on Wednesday at Syntagma Square.