Moschato

A group of masked assailants Thursday smashed the windows of an office building in the southern Athens neighborhood of Kallithea.

The office is being used by a company that expressed interest in taking part in the electronic auction of homes foreclosed upon due to their original residents being unable to make payments.

Officers of the Greek Police's special forces were dispatched to the headquarters of conservative New Democracy in Moschato, south of Athens, Monday after an anonymous caller telephoned in a bomb threat.

A 39-year-old Paralympic athlete was set to face an investigating magistrate on Monday after fatally shooting a 47-year-old man who worked for him at an OPAP betting store managed by the accused in Moschato, southern Athens, on Friday.

The athlete claimed he was acting in self-defense, saying the victim threatened him and his family.

Kathimerini visited the new headquarters of conservative New Democracy opposition party on Pireos Street in Moschato, southern Athens. These images by photographer Meneloas Myrillas offer a sneak peak into ND chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis's new office, his meetings with party officials and local residents, as well as ongoing work in the still-unfinished parts of the building.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (Esplanada Footbridge, Moschato construction area) has a number of children’s art events aimed at fostering creativity in children aged up to 12 years.

One man was arrested but another two escaped after they fired at police in Moschato, southern Athens, on Sunday night.

Officers said that the car the three men were travelling in failed to stop for a police check. A chase ensued, leading to the men abandoning the vehicle and opening fire. Nobody was injured.

Authorities on Friday were investigating a predawn attack against the Greek-Arab Educational and Cultural Center in the southern Athens suburb of Moschato.

Unknown individuals sprayed anti-Islamic slogans and placed a pig’s head in front of the building’s entrance. They also sprayed a red Christian cross on the door and threw blue paint on the brick walls of the center.

A radical overhaul of the southern Athens coast at Faliro Bay will be put to tender in December, Infrastructure Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis said Friday at a meeting with officials from the municipalities affected by the scheme.

 Environment Ministry approves parameters, tender to be launched this year

The revamping of a 60-hectare stretch of Athens’s southern coast moved a step closer Thursday as Environment Minister Yiannis Maniatis approved the environmental parameters for the 230-million-euro project, paving the way for a tender to be launched.

By Lina Giannarou