Syntagma

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]

Motorists in downtown Athens are advised to avoid Syntagma Square on Sunday and Monday evening, due to works that will be carried on the power supply network.

Network operator DEDDIE will be closing the stretch of Karagiorgis Servias Street from Syntagma Square to Voulis, which will also be closed between Mitropoleos to Karageorgis Servias.

New York Times best-selling US author Kristin Hannah will be meeting fans and signing books at Public's central Athens store at 12 noon on Thursday, May 9. Hannah, who gave up a career in law for writing, is author of more than 20 books, including "Winter Garden," "The Nightingale" and "Great Alone," which have been translated into Greek.

Hotels are mushrooming in downtown Athens as the summer season draws closer, confirming recent Bank of Greece estimates of at least 10 new units going into operation in 2019.

Wednesday, May 1, is International Workers' Day. And that means a series of rallies and limited transport options due to strikes.

By George Gilson

Nearly three decades after it was finished by Yannis Pappas, one of the greatest Greek sculptors of the 20th century, a bronze equestrian statue of Alexander the Great has finally been installed in central Athens near the Zappeion, very near Syntagma Square and even closer to the columns of the Temple of Olympian Zeus.

The OLME union representing Greek public school teachers has organized a rally at noon on Friday in downtown Athens, which is expected to cause traffic jams in the city center.

Teachers, who walked off the job on Friday, will be gathering at Syntagma Square to protest an Education Ministry bill changing the university entrance exam system.

Crews from Greece's electricity distribution agency DEDDIE were called in to restore power to the area around Athens's Syntagma Square on Monday afternoon after a medium-voltage power line stopped working due to bad weather, the state-run Athens-Macedonian News Agency reported.

Members of the public hospital workers' union march past the Hilton hotel in Athens on Thursday, in a rally that started at Mavili Square and ended at the Labor Ministry on central Stadiou Street, causing a traffic jam on Vassilissis Sofias Avenue.

Greek police on Thursday announced it will temporarily shut off some streets in central Athens on Sunday (March 10) due to a movie filming in the area.
Residents will not be allowed to stop, park or drive through Syntagma square, Vasileos Georgiou avenue for its full length, and Stadiou street in the section between Amerikis street and Syntagma square between 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.