Galatsi

People fill in documents to register their assets at the new land registry offices in the northern Athens suburb of Galatsi, Friday. Officials hope that the new center, originally built to host gymnastics events during the 2004 Olympics, will help speed up the process to compile a nationwide database by 2021. [Reuters]

Seven successful magicians travel all the way from the stages of Las Vegas to Athens's Christmas Theater at the Olympic Hall for an extravaganza dedicated to the art of illusion and sleight of hand. Shows take place at 8 p.m. on Friday, at 4 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, and at 12, 4 and 8 p.m. on Sunday.

Tchaikovsky's Christmas classic, "The Nutcracker," has an obligatory place on the holiday program of the Christmas Theater initiative at the Olympic Hall in the Athens suburb of Galatsi, in a production by the St Petersburg Ballet Theater. Shows take place through December 30, starting at 8 p.m. on weekdays, at 4 and 8 p.m. on Saturdays and December 26, and at 12.30 and 5.30 p.m. on Sundays.

The decline on the Greek bourse that began last Friday continued on Wednesday while turnover remained low. Athinon Avenue appears to be heading in a whole other direction to the rest of the eurozone, which saw markets recover after the agreement between Brussels and Rome on the Italian budget.

The Olympic Hall's Christmas Theater holiday program kicks off the new year with the Franz Lehar Orchestra of Vienna and dancers from the Vienna Opera performing a selection of waltzes. Shows start at 8 p.m. and tickets (from www.viva.gr and tel 11876) cost 18-60 euros.

Greek stocks slipped on Monday for the fifth session in a row, suggesting that the previous Monday's major gains were a mere blip. Turnover was particularly low, pointing to the unlikelihood of a year-end rally, given that there are only 12 sessions left to go in 2018.

Acclaimed American jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux, hailed as a modern-day Billie Holiday, is coming to Greece for a single show at the Olympic Hall in Galatsi on Thursday, December 6. Part of a global tour, the show presents her latest studio achievement, "Anthem," made up mostly of original material, along with a few covers.

Tchaikovsky's Christmas classic, "The Nutcracker," has an obligatory place on the holiday program of the Christmas Theater initiative at the Olympic Hall in the Athens suburb of Galatsi, in a production by the St Petersburg Ballet Theater. Shows take place December 19-30, starting at 8 p.m. on weekdays, at 4 and 8 p.m. on Saturdays and December 26, and at 12.30 and 5.30 p.m. on Sundays.

The Black Light Theater of Prague is coming to Athens with a grand production titled "Anthology," composed of excerpts from enduring and popular fairy tales including "Alice in Wonderland" and "Peter Pan," from December 7 to 9.

Turnover on the Greek stock market was particularly low on Thursday owing to the Thanksgiving holiday in the US. The benchmark, the blue chip index and banks registered marginal losses although the majority of stocks headed higher.