Panathenaic Stadium

Schoolchildren jump up in the air during a flashmob at the Panathenaic Stadium, host of the first modern Olympics, in Athens on Thursday. The show was part of a French Embassy event with sports and games promoting the Paris Games this summer.

A Swiss entrepreneur recently made one of the most expensive real estate purchases in Athens in recent years, acquiring a penthouse in the Anaktora area near the Presidential Palace for 18 million euros, which equates to approximately 56,000 euros per square meter.

Wildly influential and popular Greek rocker Vassilis Papakonstantinou is celebrating 50 years on the country's music stages with a big, career-spanning concert at the Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro) on June 14.

The return of foreign buyers, redevelopment projects and expectations due to metro extensions are seen as the main driving forces behind the rise in asking prices in 2022 for real estate in central, northern and southern Athens.

Another factor is the effort of many Greeks to get ahead of the curve in buying property before interest rates rise to a prohibitive level. 

“I owed it to the people and I thank them all. Both along the way and in Kallimarmaro, they really motivated me to do what I did”

Greek gymnast Lefteris Petrounias, Olympic gold medalist and world champion, carries the Olympic torch during the flame handover ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens on Thursday. The ceremony took place without spectators as a precaution amid the continuing spread of the coronavirus.

Greek Olympic shooting champion Anna Korakaki will be the first-ever woman to be the first to carry the Olympic Flame, the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) announced on Thursday.

Skai TV's annual concert in aid of the Oloi Mazi Boroume (Together We Can) social campaign, which provides help and support to the people worst affected by Greece's economic crisis, returns to the Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro) on Monday, with a tribute to the 72-year-old Greek composer and bouzouki master Christos Nikolopoulos.

Some 200 musicians and singers will be joining forces for a tribute to the celebrated Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis on Monday, June 24, in aid of the Elpida charity for children with cancer. The event at the Panathenaic (Kallimarmaro) Stadium features the Mikis Theodorakis Orchestra, along with guest singers and soloists, in an evening of the composer's greatest hits.

Renowned artist Pavlos Samios will present his ideas on how the Parthenon Marbles were painted by the ancients in a lecture titled "Re-envisioned: The Color and Design of the Parthenon Frieze." Hosted by the College Year in Athens at 7.30 p.m.