Piraeus

Workers at the Athens metro, the Piraeus-Kifissia electric railway (ISAP) and the tram will hold a work stoppage Friday from 12 noon to 3 p.m. to protest new legislation that will allow the Athens Public Transport Organization (OASA) to make commercial use of stations and areas belonging to STASY, the operator of the capital's fixed-track public transport system.

Workers at the Athens metro, the Piraeus-Kifissia electric railway (ISAP) and the tram will hold a work stoppage Friday from 12 noon to 3 p.m. to protest new legislation that will allow the Athens Public Transport Organization (OASA) to make commercial use of stations and areas belonging to STASY, the operator of the capital's fixed-track public transport system.

The 2016 “Chef’s Golden Hat” gala dinner and awards ceremony on 13th February was a star-studded event attended by 280 guests – famous artists, businessmen and politicians, among others. It was a night of excitement and glamour hosted at “Grande Bretagne Hotel” Ballroom, in the centre of Athens.

Unknown vandals have damaged the newly-installed ticket turnstiles at ISAP electric railway station in Neo Faliro, south of Athens.

The attack, which comes in the wake of various similar incidents across the capital, took place around 1.10 a.m. on Wednesday. 

The official request by global luxury brand Gucci to hold a fashion show at the Parthenon in Athens on June 1 has caused some uproar in Greece. According to newspaper Eleftheros Typos, the company has also asked to record the fashion event, but the chances of the Greek authorities accepting its request are slim.

A criminal appeals court in Athens on Wednesday rejected a fourth appeal for early release by former defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, who is serving a 20-year sentence for money laundering at Attica's high-security Korydallos Prison.

Former Socialist defense minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, who is serving a 20-year sentence for money laundering at Attica's high-security Korydallos Prison, was transferred to the Attikon Hospital on Tuesday following a thrombosis relapse.

The hospital director, Constantinos Dragonas, said later in the day that Tsochatzopoulos was in a stable condition.

The Hellenic Parliament Foundation and the Municipality of Piraeus present two exhibitions at the port city's Municipal Gallery comparing past and present migration crises. The first, "Attica Welcomes the Refugees of '22," comprises photographs documenting the arrival of thousands of Greeks from Asia Minor, who went on to settle in and around Piraeus, as well as other parts of Attica.

A Turkish seaman is facing charges of spying following his arrest at the port of Elefsina, western Attica, the Hellenic Coast Guard said on Friday.

The Turkish Embassy in Athens has been briefed on the incident and has asked for a translator and lawyer, sources said.

The rectors of six of Greece's biggest universities on Wednesday sent a letter to the Education Ministry requesting that the number of new students enrolled at their institutions be reduced.