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Legislation establishing Greece's first state-run university-level school for the performing arts will be presented at a cabinet meeting on Thursday before being put to public consultation and then heading to Parliament for ratification.

US Ambassador to Greece George Tsunis highlighted, on Wednesday, the importance of American investments in Greece, underscoring the United States' commitment to supporting and expanding its economic footprint in the country.

The European Commission has approved €370 million for Athens' Faliro Bay Metropolitan Park, a part of the New European Bauhaus initiative and long delayed since initial planning in 2016. The decision, signed by Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira, greenlights a 54.1-hectares park designed to revive and preserve green spaces across Athens.

Heavy traffic was reported on the Athens-Lamia highway as travelers returned from the long weekend and public holiday of "Ochi Day" on Monday, October 28.

Athens' central Syntagma metro station reopened on Monday after a temporary closure for a school parade commemorating the October 28 national holiday, known as "Ochi Day," train operator STASY announced.

The station had been closed in the morning by police order, with trains bypassing it to ensure crowd safety during the national celebration.

Walking through the bustling streets of central Athens, whether as a resident or a visitor, or taking in the view of the sprawling, densely built capital from a balcony on one of its nearby hills, it’s nearly impossible to grasp that less than two centuries ago, this city was merely a tiny dot on the map.

Metro and tram services in Athens and Piraeus have been modified on Monday to facilitate the parades in the two cities to mark the October 28 national holiday of "Ochi Day."

Traffic restrictions will be imposed on metro and tram services tomorrow Monday by order of the Hellenic Police, due to the parades to celebrate the National Anniversary of October 28th 1940.

According to an update from STASY:

As Greece celebrates Ochi Day on October 28 - marking the anniversary of the decision by Athens in 1940 to reject an ultimatum from Italian dictator Benito Mussolini to submit to Axis forces or face war - the Ministry of Culture offers free admission to all public archaeological sites, monuments and museums in honor of the national holiday. 

The Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Sustainability in the Blue Economy was held with great success, in the framework of the project “Blue Innovators of Piraeus”, an initiative of the Municipality of Piraeus to highlight the innovative action of blue economy businesses.