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Celebrated Irish-American Lord of the Dance choreographer Michael Flatley will be making a stop at the Faliro Indoor Arena in Athens on Wednesday, June 19, with the production "Dangerous Games." 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.

The regeneration of the so-called Athens Riviera, as the coastal strip stretching from Mikrolimano in Piraeus to Sounio at the southern tip of Attica is known, is in full swing, with the property market in the capital's southern suburbs already bearing fruit thanks to the interventions implemented or planned.

China's award-winning Dalian acrobatic troupe, known for its white-knuckle yet beautifully graceful shows, is coming to Athens for five performances at the Faliro Indoor Arena on Friday (starting at 7.30 p.m.), Saturday (4 and 7.30 p.m.) and Sunday (noon and 4 p.m.). Tickets (available at www.viva.gr and by calling 11876) cost 12-38 euros.

After years of procrastination, plans to move the section of the electric railway (ISAP) between Neo Faliro and Piraeus underground appear ready to move forward, Kathimerini understands.

A 45-year-old man was gunned down in the southern Athenian suburb of Palaio Faliro on Wednesday morning in an execution-style attack police are treating as a turf war between rival criminal organizations.

Internet users in Palaio Faliro and Vyronas in Athens, and in Kalamata in the southern Peloponnse will be the first to enjoy state-subsidized fiber-to-the-home services (FTTH), with Moschato in Athens, Kalamaria in Thessaloniki and Larissa in Thessaly set to follow in September.

Australian rock legend Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds are headlining this year's Ejekt Fetsival at Plateia Nerou (Water Square) in Palaio Faliro on Athens's southern coast, in a lineup that also includes English rockers Editors and Wolf Alice, and American act Protomartyr in its first appearance in Greece. Doors open at 5 p.m.

Sailboats are seen off the Bay of Faliro Friday taking part in the 9th Posidonia Cup, a race that is held ahead of the biennial Posidonia International Shipping Exhibition. This year a total of 500 yachtsmen, including sailing champions and major names in international shipping, are participating in the race with 58 vessels.

Police said on Thursday that the car of Dimitris Kammenos, an MP and senior official of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks, has been stolen.

The car, which is the property of the Greek Parliament, had been parked in the garage of his home in Palaio Faliro, southern Athens, before it was stolen on Monday.

Police in the capital on Wednesday were seeking the perpetrators behind two armed robberies, one in the southern suburb of Palaio Faliro and the other in Petroupoli, northwestern Athens, both on Tuesday night.

In the first incident, a lone assailant forced employees to hand over cash from the register at a gas station before fleeing on foot.