Palaio

Relatives, friends, fans and more are saying their last goodbye today to journalist Kosta Hardavella, with his funeral scheduled for 13:30 in Panagitsa Palaio Faliro. His body is on display early for a popular pilgrimage at the church.

AthensCon, Greece's largest comic and pop culture convention, returns to the Tae Kwon Do Stadium in Palaio Faliro. The three-day event brings fans face-to-face with global icons like actress Aimee Garcia, writer Larry Hama and illustrator Stephanie Hans, alongside artist signings, workshops and gaming tournaments.

Greek and international investors and buyers are continuously seeking opportunities in the Greek real estate market, now in its seventh year of growth. Interest in residential properties in Athens neighborhoods and vacation homes is revealing surprising areas in terms of yields and sale prices.

Two teenagers were injured in a violent attack at a schoolyard in Palaio Faliro, a southern suburb of Athens, on Sunday evening.

Around 8.30 p.m., three individuals wearing hooded garments and wielding clubs entered the area where a group of minors was gathered. The attackers assaulted the group, causing injuries to the heads, faces and arms of two 15-year-olds.

An 87-year-old man was arrested on Sunday morning in Palaio Faliro, south of Athens, on charges of attempting to kill his wife.

The suspect, a British national, is accused of trying to suffocate his 89-year-old wife with a pillow.

The victim was transported to Tzaneio General Hospital in Piraeus, where she is currently receiving treatment.

Water Plaza (Plateia Nerou, 2,616 Posidonos) in Palaio Faliro will host an epic heavy metal concert featuring Judas Priest, Bruce Dickinson and Accept as part of the Release Athens festival on July 21. Judas Priest, spawned out of Birmingham in 1969 and known for classics like "British Steel" and "Painkiller," will deliver a powerful set including new songs.

High-volume noise from music concerts has residents of two seaside Athens suburbs up in arms.

Plateia Nerou (Water Square), an open space next to the arena used for the tae kwon do competition in the 2004 Athens Olympics, has often been used for concerts, prompting residents of the suburbs of Kallithea and Palaio Faliro to shut their windows to spare themselves the aural blast.

A house fire in northern Athens' Palaio Psychiko suburb saw firefighters recover one deceased elderly man from the blaze.

According to the fire service, the fire broke out on Pygasou Street and prompted the response of nine firefighters and three vehicles.

Police on Wednesday arrested three drivers engaged in street racing at speeds exceeding 140km/h on coastal Poseidonos Avenue in Athens' southern Palaio Faliro district.

Traffic officers impounded the vehicles of the drivers, aged 19, 31 and 34, who had exceeded the speed limit by over 80km/h.

A suspicious envelope was discovered at the Russian embassy in the northern Athens suburb of Palaio Psychiko on Friday morning.

Upon its discovery, embassy staff promptly alerted authorities. Soon after, members of the EMAK disaster response team and bomb disposal experts from the Greek Police (ELAS) arrived at the scene.