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The focus of this year's Street Food & Tunes festival, which takes place at the Napolitivo bar-restaurant at Flisvos Marina in Palaio Faliro on Tuesday, July 2, is the culinary stylings of Italy. Visitors will be able to tuck into pizza, pasta, ice cream and beer, with musical accompaniment provided by world traveler and DJ extraordinaire Miss Catalina on the decks. Admission is free.

Following the improvement seen in Greece's residential property market, plots of land have also started enjoying a price recovery, according to a survey by Geoaxis Property & Valuation Services.

Irish singer/songwriter Hozier will be in Athens on Sunday, June 23 where he will be headlining the Release Athens Festival on the night.

Cypress Hill headlines Day 6 of the Release Festival at Plateia Nerou (Water Square) on the southern coast of Athens at Palaio Faliro on Friday, June 21, before heading north to Thessaloniki for a show at the Fix Factory of Sound the following day, when doors open at 6 p.m. with other acts.

Things heat up at the Release Festival at Plateia Nerou (Water Square) in Palaio Faliro on Athens's southern coast on Wednesday, June 19, as American metal act Clutch, known for its high-energy shows, makes its first appearance at a big open-air venue in Greece.

The troupe of celebrated Irish-American Lord of the Dance choreographer Michael Flatley will be stopping in Athens with "Dangerous Games," for a single show at the Faliro Indoor Arena on Wednesday, June 19. The Lord of the Dance ensemble made its first appearance in 1996 and has since performed to more than 80 million people in 100 countries.

Cars and buses were backed up for several kilometers on the northbound section of Syngrou Avenue, linking the Athens city center to the capital's southern coast, as a result of roadworks on Tuesday.

According to an announcement by the Attica Regional Authority, work to repave parts of the thoroughfare will continue for about two weeks, during which motorists should expect delays.

Visitors wait in line to board an exact replica of an ancient Greek warship built in the mid-1980s by naval architect John F. Coates that is docked at the Palaio Faliro marina, on Athens' southern coast.

The 13th Athens Tattoo Convention brings together famous artists from Japan, the US, the UK, Russia, Germany, Austria, Italy, France - and, of course, Greece - among many other countries, as well as emerging new talent. Apart from artists' stalls, the event at the Faliro Indoor Arena (between the Titzifies and Aghia Skepi tram stops) includes competitions, body painting, concerts and more.

Greek police on Friday was investigating the death of a 53-year-old woman who died in hospital after being stabbed with a sharp object.
The victim, who resided in the southern Athenian district of Palio Faliro, was transferred to hospital on Thursday night.