Elaionas

The Greek Police (ELAS) was carrying out an operation on the apparent request of the Migration Ministry to clear unauthorized guests and residents from a refugee camp in Athens' Elaionas district on Tuesday.

Some 40 refugees, including several children, who were evicted from a squat in the downtown Athens neighborhood of Exarchia have been camping in front of Parliament since Friday morning.

The leader of centrist Potami, Stavros Theodorakis, said on Tuesday Greece needs to speed up the establishment of cremation sites so that people will stop sending their dead to Bulgaria where the procedure is allowed.

The Education Ministry's committee for the new mosque in Athens (NPID) announced on Monday that Muslims who legally reside in Attica can apply to become an imam.

The committee said that interested parties can submit their applications from December 20 until January 18 at the Education Ministry building in Maroussi, northern Athens.

Francois Hollande (r), the former President of France, poses for a picture next to a refugee, during his visit at the refugee camp of Elaionas in Athens, Thursday. Others are not identified. Hollande called on Turkey to honor a deal with the European Union to curb human smuggling and said he believed "no further austerity measures" should be imposed on Greece.

European lawmakers Michaela Sojdrova and Julie Girling from the European People's Party are set to visit Athens and the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos this week to inspect conditions at facilities housing unaccompanied migrant and refugee children.

Only four of the 40 metro stations will be close their gates gradually in an effort to put the new electronic ticket to the test. OASA opted to adopt a pilot run for the new ticket system to avoid any major disturbances and inconvenience to the public.