Syntagma

Service between Syntagma and the Acropolis station on the Athens metro has resumed as bomb disposal experts gave the all clear after examining a "suspicious" suitcase.

The abandoned suitcase was spotted at the Acropolis metro station earlier in the day, prompting metro authorities to close the station and call in bomb experts to assess the situation.

Authorities suspended Athens metro services on the section between Acropolis and Syntagma stations on Tuesday due to a suitcase at the former station that was deemed to be suspicious.

Officers of the Greek Police's bomb disposal unit were dispatched to the scene.

Services were suspended shortly before 3 p.m.
 

A leading member of Rouvikonas (Greek for Rubicon) was detained Monday after he warned on Facebook that the anti-establishment group planned to target popular tourist spots with their protest stunts.
Reports identified the man as Giorgos Kalaitzidis.

Athens' so-called "commercial triangle," an area between Syntagma, Monastiraki and Omonia squares, is arguably one of the most happening parts of the Greek capital right now. Every one of its narrow streets, every building, is a monument to a piece of the city's social and economic history. It's a mosaic in a constant state of transformation yet fundamentally unchanged.

Stores, businesses and houses around the Greek capital's main Syntagma square and Athens' Cathedral were left without electricity on Monday morning due to a breakdown at a public power utility's (PPC) substation.
Greece's power distribution agency DEDDIE said it was working to restore electricity which is expected at about 11:30 a.m.

Modern office lease contracts in Athens have seen rental hikes of up to 11 percent in the last 12 months as a result of the steadily high demand by corporations and mainly the considerable shortage in new developments, forcing businesses to seek spaces in the existing stock of commercial properties.

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Artens, a new cultural venue in downtown Athens, invites the public to get acquainted with the space with a free screening of Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 classic, "Rear Window." Starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly, the suspenseful thriller is about a photographer who is stuck at home recuperating from a broken leg and, while entertaining himself by "spying" on his neighbors, is witness to a murd

Police in Athens on Tuesday were questioning two Iraqi nationals in connection with the knifing of a kiosk worker on Monday night near Syntagma Square.
One of the two men is alleged to have stabbed the employee while robbing the kiosk on Vasilissis Amalias Avenue.
A customer at the kiosk also sustained minor injuries during the incident.

A woman sits at a bus station as a man walks in front of an election kiosk of the main opposition New Democracy party during pre-election preparations in central Syntagma square, in Athens, Saturday. Greece will hold local elections at the same time as European Parliament polls on May 26, followed by a national vote expected in October. [EPA]