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The Chamber of Greek Artists on Thursday issued a statement reacting to the destruction of a statue at a public square on Athens's southern coast that religious zealots said symbolized Satan.

Holding banners and chanting hymns, some 100 parishioners marched from their church of Panaghia Myrtidiotissa in Palaio Faliro in southern Athens to a public sculpture where a priest sprinkled holy water on the art work to "exorcize its demons."

The Russian Circus on Ice will be in Athens for the first time this Christmas season, with its spectacular production of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Snow Queen." A cast of 40 dancers and acrobats will be performing in the show at the Faliro Olympic Indoor Arena, which combines breathtaking stunts, special effects and stunning costumes and sets with narration in Greek by Alexis Kos

Police on Thursday announced the arrest of two men suspected of having carried out at least 16 burglaries, including at the residence of the Moroccan ambassador in the northern Athens suburb of Palaio Psychico last week. 

The Benaki Toy Museum, housed in a fairy-tale edifice at Palaio Faliro on Athens's southern coast, is poised to open its doors to the public for the first time Sunday.

It is the latest addition to the Benaki group of museums and is based on a vast collection of vintage toys donated by Maria Argyriadi.

The Benaki Museum is unveiling the latest addition to its already sizable family. The Toy Museum is housed in a late 19th century villa on Athens's southern coast that resembles a fairy-tale castle which was donated to the Benaki Museum by Vera Kouloura.

A man sits in the sun at Freattyda beach on Thursday, close to Piraeus port, as Deputy Shipping Minister Nektarios Santorinios and Piraeus Mayor Yiannis Moralis inspect the wider area after it was cleaned up by a private company and made available to the public.

Two would-be robbers wielding assault rifles were thwarted by the owner of a convenience store in Palaio Faliro and his employee when they tried to hold up the business in the early hours of on Tuesday morning.

When the owner refused to hand over his takings, one of the assailants fired his gun into the air as a warning.

Police in Athens were on Monday seeking the intruders who broke into the home of the Moroccan ambassador to Greece in Palaio Psychico in the early hours of the morning.

The perpetrators, who have not been identified, stole cash and valuables from the house before fleeing in the ambassador's diplomatic car which had been parked outside.

The 70-member Miskolc Symphony Orchestra from Budapest will be performing magical music from Disney movies at the Tae Kwon Do Stadium in Palaio Faliro, southern Athens, in three concerts from Friday October 6, through Sunday, October 8.