Piraeus

Three new Athens metro stations on Line 3 will open to the public in June this year, the head of Greece's state-owned subway operator, Attiko Metro, told the semi-official news agency ANA-MPA.
Yiannis Mylopoulos said Aghia Varvara and Platia Eleftherias in Korydallos, and Aghios Nikolaos in Nikea will serve thousands of passengers in the western districts of Piraeus daily.

Athens tram services on the section of the line between Batis and the Peace and Friendship Stadium will be suspended from Sunday through next Wednesday for maintenance work. 
Meanwhile, workers on the Piraeus-Kifissia electric railway, or ISAP, are set to walk off the job from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Thursday.

Amidst feverish preparations for the Piraeus mayor election in May, Mayor Yannis Moralis outlined the major public works in the Piraeus city centre that have been completed during his term in a post on his personal Facebook account wall.

Workers on the Piraeus-Kifissia electric railway, or ISAP, are set to walk off the job from 11 a.m. and until 2 p.m. on Thursday.

Last-minute profit taking during Tuesday's closing auctions at the Athens Exchange (ATHEX) inflicted minor losses on the benchmark after wiping out all of its earlier gains. However, the blue chip and banks indexes remained in positive territory, primarily thanks to Piraeus Bank's gains on the day.

The year is 2021. Athens is a changed city. It is already acknowledged as a hip European destination. Neighborhoods that were considered no-go zones have become a magnet for alternative tourists - but not the kind who want to hurl petrol bombs in what they consider a Balkan playground. The Athens coast is transformed, overtaking Barcelona in popularity.

The trial of two alleged members of a criminal racket implicated in the October 2017 murder of Athens lawyer Michalis Zafeiropoulos began under tight security on Friday at a court in Athens.

Greek shipowner Alexandros Agoudimos appeared before a Piraeus prosecutor on Friday following his arrest for debts to the state the previous day.

Agoudimos was detained during a random check by the police's motorcycle DIAS unit on Akti Posidonos in Piraeus on Thursday night, during which officers discovered he had been convicted for unpaid arrears.

The University of Piraeus Department of European and International Studies, the Transatlantic Leadership Network and Tsomokos SA are partnering to launch the first Annual Energy Leadership Summit in Athens this summer.

Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou is expected to appoint an investigating magistrate in the coming days to probe a criminal racket believed to be operating in Athens's maximum-security Korydallos Prison.