Ermou Street

Police have arrested a man on suspicion of stabbing a woman on Athens' main shopping street.

The 32-year-old Iranian national was arrested shortly after the attack, which took place at the corner of Ermou and Fokionos streets.

The woman, a 22-year-old Greek national, received a severe knife wound in her left shoulder when she was stabbed from behind.

After the first concert arranged for April 20 sold out, Jameson Connects has booked the Essex band Nothing but Thieves for a second date on April 19 at the Old OSY Depot (Pireos & Ermou). The rising stars of the British music scene are making their Athens debut at the peak of their career. Their recent album "Dead Club City," released this past summer, soared to No 1 on the UK charts.

More than 150 new store lease agreements are have been recorded in 2023 in the most popular spots of the country, both in Attica and in other cities, such as Thessaloniki or Patra.

The prolonged heatwave has led to a big drop in shopping in Athens, even in the middle of a sales period.

Flooded streets, power outages and disruptions in public transportation were but some of the problems caused by strong showers and hail in the Greek capital on Thursday.

Around a hundred young men gathered in central Athens on Sunday night to express their support for a controversial social media personality who has been arrested in Romania on charges of human trafficking and rape.

The architectural study for the renovation of Vasilissis Olga Avenue was approved yesterday by the Central Council of Architecture of the Ministry of Environment and Energy.

Four hotels belonging to the family of George Tsakiris, former president of the hotel chamber of Greece, joined the umbrella of the Brown hotels Hotel chain.

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]

A large-scale operation by cleaning crews of the Athens municipality to remove smudges and graffiti from building walls, shop shutters, planters, marble columns and phone booths was completed on Tuesday on Ermou, the capital's commercial high street.