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The General Secretary of the Hellenic Tourism Organization-EOT Dimitris Fragakis is holding a meeting on tourism in Evia today, Monday, January 23.

Air pollution due to smoke from fireplaces in Athens was significantly higher over the festive period, especially from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. 

Despite unseasonably high temperatures, many fireplaces in the capital were used, sounding the alarm as to what could happen in the event of a harsh winter. 

Mayors from 44 Balkan cities have arrived in Athens to attend the second gathering of the B40 Balkan Cities Network on Monday and Tuesday.

During Monday's session, the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, who hosted the network's inaugural meeting on November 29-30 1921, will deliver a report on the year of the presidency and transfer the presidency to Athens mayor Kostas Bakoyannis.

Residents enjoy a sunny day in Voutie Park in the hip central Athens district of Ano Petralona, on Thursday, after it was treated to a facelift. The City of Athens planted more trees and shrubs in the roughly 5,000 sq.m. park, installed new benches and improved the paths and lighting, as part of a bigger scheme to spruce up the capital's parks, many of which have fallen into neglect.

Police officers rushed to a private school in northern Athens after receiving reports on Thursday afternoon that one or more individuals had entered the school's premises holding sharp objects.

The developing incident is taking place inside the campus of Athens College, a co-educational private school in the suburb of Psychiko.

The operational plan of the Hellenic Police (ELAS) was finalized at the weekend for the security measures on Monday, the day of the funeral of the former king Constantine. 

Police officers of all specialties were already on duty on Sunday in the center of the capital as the first representatives of royal families arrived in Athens to attend the Monday service. 

Α global survey by Britain's CIA Landlord Insurance has found that the lowest sale prices available for residential property are in Athens.

In a relative comparative analysis of the cost of acquiring an apartment in the center of various countries' capitals, it emerged that Athens is the cheapest option, and indeed by a significant margin from the second.

Two people stormed an OPAP Play gaming hall in western Thessaloniki on Tuesday night and took 1,000 euros in cash, police said Thursday.

The perpetrators, who appeared around 9.45 p.m., had covered their faces and were holding guns. 

After the robbery they fled on foot.

The Greek Culture Ministry's International Evaluation Committee has unanimously selected a proposal by the architectural firms of David Chipperfield and Alexandros N. Tombazis for an ambitious expansion of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

A low-pressure front in the Adriatic Sea that is moving slowly to the east and later to the southwest will affect Greece from Monday afternoon until the morning of Thursday 12 January, the Athens National Observatory's meteorological service, warned on Monday.