Phalerum

The more than 60-year saga of the Faliro Bay redevelopment appears set for more delays.

This is because the Region of Attica, which has been granted the land, is discussing the possibility of the remaining works of the redevelopment to be included in the "New European Bauhaus" initiative as one of its emblematic projects.

Police said on Wednesday they had dismantled a gang of minors accused of systematically stealing from shops in areas of Attica.

The gang has been linked to 26 cases of theft from shops in Omonia, Kypseli, Galatsi, Ambelokipi, Palaio Faliro, Peristeri, Aegaleo and Nikaia and one house. A 16-year-old Greek and two Albanian nationals, aged 15 and 17, were arrested on Tuesday.

Trams are scheduled to start running again on the section of track connecting the southern Athens coastal districts of Palaio Faliro and Neo Faliro on Monday after it was temporarily closed due to construction work for the renovation of the Faliro Bay area in March 2020.

The suburbs between Neo Faliro and Alimos on Athens' southern coast are expected to get their tram service back by the end of January.

The caustic substance that was splashed over a 34-year-old woman during an assault in southern Athens last week was identified at the State General Laboratory as sulphuric acid (vitriol), police sources told state-run news agency ANA-MPA on Monday.

A 34-year-old woman in Athens suffered severe burns to her face when a woman sneaked up on her as she was heading to work in the district of Kallithea on Wednesday morning and splashed her with a caustic substance, police sources cited by state-run news agency ANA-MPA said Monday.

The suspect, who was wearing a face mask, fled after the attack.

An armed robber targeted a branch of the National Bank of Greece on Monday in the southern Athens coastal suburb of Palaio Faliro.
According to reports, the hooded assailant entered the bank and held up the staff by brandishing a gun, before making off with an undisclosed sum of money.

Attica Regional Governor Giorgos Patoulis has called for traffic police to take action against people who put up illegal posters in the city because of the threat they pose to citizens. 

Patoulis said the uncontrolled phenomenon of flyposting is a safety concern that could put people's lives at risk. 

The Athens tram service from the port of Piraeus to downtown Syntagma Square is looking at further delays after the project for repositioning the tramlines in Neo Faliro as part of an ongoing overhaul of Faliro Bay on Athens' southern coast was bumped to March from an original start date of February 17.

Hailing from the northern region of Epirus, Villagers of Ioannina City, also known as VIC, will be presenting a special audiovisual show at the Faliro Olympic Indoor Hall on the southern coast of Athens on Saturday, February 15.