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Metro: Hours extended from today for every Friday and Saturday
The metro will operate until 02:00 from today Friday 1 November and every Friday and Saturday.
STASY is implementing extended operating hours on Metro Lines 2 and 3, giving passengers the opportunity to travel until the early hours of the morning.
The Guardian: Endangered Greek dialect is “living bridge” to ancient world, researchers say
Romeyka descended from ancient Greek but may die out as it has no written form and is spoken by only a few thousand people
Unstable primary school teacher locks students inside classroom, starts throwing books at them
An primary school teacher in Alexandroupolis, reportedly locked up students in his classroom on Thursday and started hurling books at them while turning desks upside down. As Athens News Agency reports, the school’s headmistress reported the incident to the Alexandroupolis police precinct, which proceeded to file a lawsuit against the teacher.
Streets in downtown Athens to close Sunday morning for race
A running event to be held in downtown Athens on Sunday will result in traffic restrictions in the city center from 6 a.m. to noon.
Vehicles will not be allowed on Alexandras Avenue, the stretch of Patission Street between Aghiou Meletiou Street and Omonia Square, or on Tsocha Street for the duration of the Runners' Avenue race, organized by the Panathinaikos soccer club.
What to do in a terrorist attack: Be prepared – and don’t play dead!
The UK counter-terror officials have issued new official guidance for citizens to follow in the case of a Paris-style gun and bomb attack. The document outlines what to do in “response to a fast-moving incident such as a firearms or weapons attack” and also advises businesses to develop procedures for a “dynamic lockdown”.