Plateia

With a lineup including some of the greatest names on the DJ scene, Primer (primermusicfestival.gr) returns for a fourth end-of-summer party by the sea, at Plateia Nerou (Water Square) in Faliro on Athens' southern coast. Headliners include the likes of David Guetta, Steve Angello, Lost Frequencies, James Hype, Acraze, MistaJam, Korolova & Regard and more.

Στην πλατεία Συντάγματος.

Athens' downtown Omonia Square will open to the public on Thursday after months of renovations that were part of an ambitious revamp of one of the capital's busiest areas.

Work on the square was completed a while back but due to the coronavirus lockdown it had remained closed.

Progress on an ambitious revamp of Athens' downtown Omonia Square is seen in a photograph released on Saturday. The Athens municipal authority is reinstalling a fountain at the center of the square in a nod to the iconic landmark that graced it from its redesign in the late 1950s to the early 1990s.

Seattle-based grunge legends Alice in Chains headline the Release Athens Festival on Monday, June 24, where the setlist will include numbers that helped shape what was an exciting new genre in the 1990s as well as songs from their latest album, the critically acclaimed "Rainier Fog." The two other acts set to take the stage on the night both specialise in stoner rock: California's Fu Manchu and

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.

A legend of post-punk and new wave, Britain's The Cure returns to Greece as the headline act of the Ejekt Festival on Athens' southern coast, with a single show on June 17 that is part of the band's 2019 world tour.

A legend of post-punk and new wave, Britain's The Cure returns to Greece as the headline act of the Ejekt Festival on Athens's southern coast, with a single show on June 17 that is part of the band's 2019 world tour.

The charred remains of two elderly people were recovered from a basement apartment in the Athens neighborhood of Plateia Attikis in the early hours of Monday.

Fire service workers were dispatched to the scene and pulled out the bodies at 2.30 a.m.

According to reports, the victims are two elderly men who lit a fire in a bid to warm the apartment.