Vasilissis Amalias Avenue

Due to the May 1 union rallies, large parts of central Athens city center will be closed to traffic Monday and public transport services will be limited.

All three Metro lines and tram services will be shut down all day, as employees stage a 24-hour stoppage.

The ambitious project to create an extensive network for pedestrians and bicycles in the center of Athens begins on Thursday with Vasilissis Olgas Avenue and Irodou Attikou Street.
This means the imposition of restrictions on cars, with the exception of certain categories.

Despite the ongoing lockdown, public school teachers, pupils and parents staged a protest rally outside the Greek Parliament building in Athens on Friday, expressing their opposition to a reform bill that was put up for consultation by the Education Ministry.

A parade by school children to mark Greece's defiance of the Axis powers and its entry into World War II on October 28, 1941, will close down much of the city center on the anniversary of the event on Monday.

Traffic restrictions will take effect Saturday and Sunday in central Athens due to the "Race for the Cure" run and walk.
The event is part of a global initiative to support women who have dealt with breast cancer.

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.

The plan to erect a statue of the ancient Greek warrior-king Alexander the Great in central Athens appeared to be on track on Tuesday after its base was placed on the corner of Amalias and Vasilissis Olgas avenues.
The statue is a work by prominent 20th century sculptor Yiannis Pappas (1913-2005).

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.

The 32nd Round of Athens gets under way from central Syntagma Square at 10 a.m. on Sunday.

The cycling event includes two 10-kilometer routes that will begin at the beginning of Ermou Street and a 5k route starting in front of the Parliament building on Amalias Avenue. All races end at Syntagma Square.

Former conservative minister Giorgos Voulgarakis was in the intensive care unit of the Central Clinic of Athens on Wednesday after undergoing several hours of surgery on Tuesday to address the serious orthopedic wound he sustained in a road accident.