Athens council

City of Athens approves plan to construct crematorium in Elaionas

After a marathon session Thursday, the City of Athens council approved a plan for the construction of Greece's first ever crematorium on a plot of land (also known as bloc 17)  belonging to the municipality in the western, post-industrial suburb of Elaionas.

Only Golden Dawn councilors voted against the decision, and there was one abstention.
 

Athens road ring to take effect from Monday (the roads)

The traffic ring road will take effect as of Monday, October 30 in Athens, according to the decision published in the government gazette. The restrictions for the centre of Athens will be applied from 7 am to 8 pm from Monday to Thursday and from 7 am to 3 pm on Friday. According to the decision, the measures will end on July 20, 2018. The areas in

Greek court overturns extradition decision against two more Turkish coup-plotting soldiers 

A Greek appeals court rejected on Dec. 8 a decision to extradite the last two of eight Turkish soldiers who fled to the country after the failed coup of July 15, meaning only three soldiers will be extradited to Turkey. 

On Dec. 6, the court had decided to extradite three of the soldiers, a day after refusing to extradite three others.

Greek court rules to extradite three of eight Turkish servicemen

A Greek court has agreed to the extradition of three of Turkish servicemen from a group of eight who fled to Greece after a failed July 15 military coup, a day after rejecting Turkey's extradition request for three others.

All eight helicopter crewmen deny participating in the coup and a plot to assassinate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.