Syntagma

Greek farmers honked their tractor horns in front of parliament on Wednesday after spending the night in central Athens as their protest against rising fuel and production costs stretched into a second day.

At least 8,000 farmers, beekeepers and livestock breeders joined the protest on Syntagma Square on Tuesday, echoing grievances at similar demonstrations across Europe.

Police will implement emergency traffic measures as thousands of farmers from different parts of the country descend on the Greek capital in their tractors on Tuesday.

Students and teachers were gathering in the center of Athens on Thursday ahead of a protest against a government bill establishing private universities.

Hundreds of people have gathered at Propylaea and are expected to march to Parliament, prompting the police to impose traffic restrictions.

A suspicious envelope was discovered at the Russian embassy in the northern Athens suburb of Palaio Psychiko on Friday morning.

Upon its discovery, embassy staff promptly alerted authorities. Soon after, members of the EMAK disaster response team and bomb disposal experts from the Greek Police (ELAS) arrived at the scene.

Participants in the "Ride of Love" initiative take a photo in front of the Christmas tree on downtown Athens' Syntagma Square on Thursday night.

Greece welcomed the new year with fireworks and street parties at Athens' downtown Syntagma Square and other parts of the country on Sunday night, though global challenges were not far from people's minds, as the messages from the country's president and prime minister underscored.

A couple takes a selfie in front of a Christmas decorated electronic store at Syntagma square in Athens, Tuesday. [Thanassis Stavrakis/AP]

The last party of the year will be the biggest and will take place at the Athens Central Food Market (Varvakeio). The party starts at 11 p.m. and will last until the early hours of 2024, so you can either ring in the New Year there or watch the countdown and fireworks at Syntagma Square and show up fashionably late.

Three metro stations in central Athens that had been closed while visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's motorcade was travelling through the capital were reopened on Thursday afternoon.

Police said the Evangelismos, Megaro Moussikis and Katechaki stations were open to the public.

Police have ordered the closure of downtown Athens' Syntagma metro station as part of security measures surrounding the ongoing visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Athens.

Trains will pass through the station, but will not make stops until further notice from the police.