Palaio

One of the best-selling Belgian artists of all time, with more than 20 million record sales worldwide, lyric soprano Lara Fabian comes to Athens on May 19 and, due to brisk ticket sales, on May 20 as well, for two much-anticipated shows at the Faliro Indoor Arena.

Police have unraveled a criminal gang that had been peddling large quantities of drugs and arrested five people.

According to reports, the five suspects - Albanian nationals aged between 29 and 48 - are charged, among other felonies, with running a criminal gang, drugs distribution and illegal gun possession.

A group of Chinese Buddhist monks who helped inaugurate the 2008 Beijing Olympics with their jaw-dropping combination of martial arts, theater and dance, are coming to Athens's Faliro Indoor Arena for two shows on Saturday, March 31, at 4 and 8.30 p.m., and two more on Sunday, April 1, at 12.30 and 5.30 p.m.

One of the best-selling Belgian artists of all time, with more than 20 million record sales worldwide, lyric soprano Lara Fabian comes to Athens on May 19 for a much-anticipated show at the Faliro Indoor Arena. It is part of the singer's world tour to promote "Camouflage," her latest album, in the English language, and will also include older work.

A band that has been regarded as the leading pioneer of the electronic music scene since its inception in the late 1960s, Germany's Kraftwerk is coming to Athens for a single show on Saturday, March 3, at the Faliro Indoor Arena on the capital's southern coast.

Police were investigating a hand grenade attack on a precinct in Kaisariani which occurred in the early hours of Monday but which the authorities only discovered later after the perpetrators posted a message on an anarchist website.

A group of Chinese Buddhist monks who helped inaugurate the 2008 Beijing Olympics with their jaw-dropping combination of martial arts, theater and dance, are coming to Athens's Faliro Indoor Arena for two shows on Saturday, March 31. Requiring dexterity, endurance and discipline, the show relates the history of the 1,500-year-old temple where the Shaolin hail from.

A gang that distributed drugs across Attica was smashed on Monday after a police sweep in the suburbs of Zografou, Keratea, Neos Cosmos, Palaio Faliro and Kato Patissia.

Five Greeks, five Albanian nationals and one Romanian woman were arrested.

The suspects are aged between 29 and 63.

Greek-Italian artist Angelo Plessas first spotted Maria Zamanou-Mickelson in the neighborhood of Palaio Faliro a few years ago. Approaching 90, she was stoic but impressive with a fabulous wardrobe straight out of the 50s and accompanied by her dogs. She stood out and was something of a mystery to most of her neighbors.

The Greek Culture Ministry has condemned the destruction of a statue at a public square on Athens's southern coast that religious zealots said symbolized Satan.