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Temporary traffic restrictions will be in place on Vouliagmenis Avenue, a key route from central Athens to the southern seaside suburbs, starting Saturday and continuing until November 22 due to ongoing roadwork.

The measures, which will affect traffic 24 hours a day, will be implemented in stages. 

A 15-year-old riding a scooter was hit by a tram Wednesday afternoon in Nea Smyrni, Athens, on Eleftheriou Venizelou Street.

He suffered minor head injuries and was taken to a children's hospital.

Tram service between Athens and Faliro has been suspended. Authorities are investigating the incident.

A 23-year-old motorcyclist died Sunday night in a crash in Menidi, East Attica.

The accident occurred around 9:40 p.m. at Parnithas and Eleftheriou Venizelou intersection. The rider lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a parked car.

An armed man held up a medical diagnostic center in Kallithea in Athens on Tuesday, located on Eleftheriou Venizelou Street. 

According to police, a man with his facial features covered entered the center shortly before 5 p.m. and while threatening them with a gun immobilized the employees, removed an unknown amount of money from the cash registers and fled. 

Residents of Piraeus on Tuesday welcomed the re-opening of the port city's public library after it was closed down for a revamp that lasted several months. 

Explosive devices were detonated early Saturday at two restaurants with the same name in Maroussi and Nea Ionia in northern Athens, police said.

An explosive device detonated shortly after 4.30 a.m. at a souvlaki restaurant located at the junction of Aigaiou and Vyronos streets in Maroussi. The explosion broke the glass of the shop and damaged the tables and chairs.

«Poisoned, time lies in wait
to find you in the narrow paths of the underworld…
The birds and peacocks of the nether regions
Embroider your suit with light and dark night
People gnash and sharpen their jaws
Jumping and running to meet you half-way…»

Kostas Eleftheriou called out Apple earlier this year for negligence with regard to policing iOS scams and copycat apps

Kostas Eleftheriou called out Apple earlier this year for negligence with regard to policing iOS scams and copycat apps