Palaio

Celebrated Irish-American Lord of the Dance choreographer Michael Flatley will be making a stop at the Faliro Indoor Arena in Athens on Wednesday, June 19, with the production "Dangerous Games." The Lord of the Dance ensemble made its first appearance in 1996 and has since performed to more than 80 million people in 100 countries.

Norwegian alternative rock act Madrugada, a favorite in Greece, comes to Thessaloniki and Athens as part of its Industrial Silence European tour. The group behind great songs such as "Honey Bee," "Black Mambo" and "Quite Emotional" will perform at the PAOK sports arena in the northern port city on April 5 (instead of the smaller Helexpo Center venue as originally planned).

China's award-winning Dalian acrobatic troupe, known for its white-knuckle yet beautifully graceful shows, is coming to Athens for five performances at the Faliro Indoor Arena on Friday (starting at 7.30 p.m.), Saturday (4 and 7.30 p.m.) and Sunday (noon and 4 p.m.). Tickets (available at www.viva.gr and by calling 11876) cost 12-38 euros.

Around 10 self-professed members of the Rouvikonas anarchist group targeted the Iranian Embassy in Athens in the early hours of Monday, throwing paint at the building's facade and smashing the windows on the guard's booth, after instructing the security guard to step away.

A 45-year-old man was gunned down in the southern Athenian suburb of Palaio Faliro on Wednesday morning in an execution-style attack police are treating as a turf war between rival criminal organizations.

Internet users in Palaio Faliro and Vyronas in Athens, and in Kalamata in the southern Peloponnse will be the first to enjoy state-subsidized fiber-to-the-home services (FTTH), with Moschato in Athens, Kalamaria in Thessaloniki and Larissa in Thessaly set to follow in September.

Australian rock legend Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds are headlining this year's Ejekt Fetsival at Plateia Nerou (Water Square) in Palaio Faliro on Athens's southern coast, in a lineup that also includes English rockers Editors and Wolf Alice, and American act Protomartyr in its first appearance in Greece. Doors open at 5 p.m.

Police said on Thursday that the car of Dimitris Kammenos, an MP and senior official of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks, has been stolen.

The car, which is the property of the Greek Parliament, had been parked in the garage of his home in Palaio Faliro, southern Athens, before it was stolen on Monday.

Police in the capital on Wednesday were seeking the perpetrators behind two armed robberies, one in the southern suburb of Palaio Faliro and the other in Petroupoli, northwestern Athens, both on Tuesday night.

In the first incident, a lone assailant forced employees to hand over cash from the register at a gas station before fleeing on foot.

The X80 express bus connecting the cruise ship terminal at Piraeus port with the Acropolis in Athens and Syntagma Square resumes daily services on Thursday.

The service will be available every 35-40 minutes, starting from the Akti Xaveriou terminal at Piraeus port at 7 a.m.