Monastiraki

Activists Atenistas, a group of volunteers aiming at beautifying Athens, placed signs through the historic center of Athens to make it easier for residents and travelers to find their way around.

A 3D-walk around Acropolis of Athens ancient city, across Dionysou Aeropagitou street and through Thission and Monastiraki area.

Production: Experience Greece
Production manager: Yannis Ntrenoyannis
Post Production- Editing-Graphics: Panagiotis Patsiaouras
Camera opreator: Theodosis Tzavaras
Music: Sofia Tamvakopoulou

The 12-night Mediterranean and Greek Isles Cruise invites visitors to embark on a grand journey that takes voyagers from Barcelona to some of the most incredible ports of call in the mediterranean with stops in Italy and Greece. 

The cruise includes visits to Barcelona, Villefranche, la Spezia, Civitavecchia, Piraeus, Mykonos, Kusadasi and Valleta.

Shopping

By Dimitra Manifava

Fewer commercial stores shut down in the center of Athens and other popular shopping districts around the city in 2014 than in 2013, but about three in every 10 remain without a tenant, while this rate is even higher in certain central streets.

Seven people were detained in central Athens early Saturday after an attack on an Olympiakos supporters’ club in Monastiraki.

The windows at the club were smashed in the raid but nobody was injured.

 Old book discovered in flea market held letters from World War II

By Gelli Vourvouli

A 19-year-old Australian tourist who was injured during a shootout between police and fugitive terrorist Nikos Maziotis in central Athens in July is suing the Greek state for failing to provide him with proper medical treatment.

Nikos Maziotis, the leader of the Revolutionary Struggle urban guerrilla group who was arrested earlier this year, was planning another bomb attack when officers seized him after shots were fired in the busy Monastiraki area of Athens, police sources have told Kathimerini.

Police in Greece on alert after terrorist's capture

By Dimitris Rigopoulos

As architect Nikos Kazeros was walking through Monastiraki Square in central Athens recently, he noticed a group of workers repositioning the colored tiles that pave the western side of the square. “In what order are you repositioning the tiles?” he asked. “It's all random,” the men replied. Their answer came as no surprise.