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The outcry following an armed robbery attempt by four released convicts on the home of an elderly woman in Athens's southern suburbs earlier this week has prompted the Justice Ministry to re-examine a law introduced by the previous minister aimed at decongesting Greek prisons.

The fourth robber involved in a break-in on the apartment of an elderly woman on Athens's southern coast on Monday morning was found hiding in one of her closets nearly 14 hours after police were called to the scene, but managed to run off nevertheless.

Four men, three from Georgia and one from Armenia, invaded an apartment of an old couple on the 8th floor in Palaio Falyro, Athens. The couple, however, managed to notify the police which responded immediately.

Police on Monday arrested two of four armed burglars fleeing the scene of a break-in by leaping from balcony to balcony of an apartment block at the intersection of Mouson and Thiseos streets in Palaio Faliro, southern Athens.

The four had entered an eighth-floor apartment at around 10 a.m. and tied up an elderly woman and her maid.

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) invites the public to a special event marking the handover of the private foundation's spectacular new facilities and park on Athens's southern coast to the Greek state. The event starts at 6 p.m. and includes music, dancing and many other festive activities.

"The Longest Road" is one of four films awarded at the international "Beyond the Borders" documentary festival organized by the Hellenic History Foundation (IDISME) on the island of Kastelorizo last summer.

Six footbridges will be constructed over dangerous road crossings in Athens, the Infrastructure Ministry announced on Friday.

Minister Christos Spirtzis signed off on the 13-million-euro project and announced a tender.

The Russian Ice Stars will be performing ice-skating production "Peter Pan on Ice" at the Tae Kwon Do Stadium in Palaio Faliro, southern Athens, on December 14 to 18 and January 6 to 8. Tickets range from 6 to 26 euros. For more information on the performance schedule and tickets, visit www.viva.gr.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras confirmed his undisputed leadership of ruling SYRIZA on Sunday after he was re-elected, unopposed, as its president at the end of the party's 2nd Congress in Palaio Faliro, Athens.

A teenager was found dead at the outdoor parking lot of her apartment building on Wednesday at Palaio Faliro after jumping from the fifth floor.