Katerina Sakellaropoulou

President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has called for zero tolerance for gender-based violence, following the murder of a 28-year-old woman in an Athens suburb by her former partner.

"The murder of the 28-year-old woman … another case of femicide, has shocked and angered us," the president said.

The annual parade of the Armed Forces for Greece's March 25th Independence Day concluded on Monday after passing the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of Parliament at Syntagma Square, where President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and political and military officials were gathered.

The parade also drew a crowd of thousands of onlookers waving Greek flags and cheering the troops on.

Students will be taking part in parades all over Greece on Monday to mark the 203rd anniversary of the 1821 revolution against Ottoman rule.

"Give the sidewalks back to pedestrians" is the slogan of a Facebook group set up by three pensioners around three years ago to raise awareness about the issue.

The group, which has about 700 members, posts photos of blocked and trap-infested sidewalks and asks citizens to do the same, with the aim of mobilizing the authorities.

President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has condemned the deadly terrorist attack that took place in the Russian capital on Friday that killed at least 143 people.

"I express my horror and unequivocal condemnation of the deadly terrorist attack on civilians in Moscow," she said, in a statement.

The declaration of the revolution against Ottoman rule on March 25, 1821, remains "glorious milestone in the long history of our nation," President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has said in her message to the Greek diaspora on the occasion of Greek Independence Day.

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has been banished - along with the prime minister - from the customary Easter celebrations by the Church of Greece, which has chosen this method of payback for the ratification of the same-sex marriage law.

Despite the achievements and progress that woman have achieved, "gender stereotypes, discrimination, inequalities and confinement in power relationships still remain strong," President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has said in a social media post marking International Women's Day.

On Friday night, we waited in the packed Christos Lambrakis Hall for conductor Karina Canellakis to take the stage to conduct the London Philharmonic in a much-anticipated concert. The president of Greece, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, was also present in the main box.

Greece's Independence Day on March 25 and Greek Orthodox Easter on May 3 will serve as a barometer of the Church's response to legislation passed by Parliament institutionalizing same sex marriage.