Panormou metro station

The City of Athens, among other municipalities in many parts of Greece, will be opening eight air-conditioned community centers in different parts of the capital to the general public in response to a heat wave warning.

The Danaos cinema will be holding two special screenings of Marianna Economou's new documentary "When Tomatoes Met Wagner" with English subtitles at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, and at 10 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16.

Marking 20 years since its launch, the annual Francophone Film Festival celebrates the cinema of the French-speaking world with a rich program of screenings and parallel events at three Athens venues: the French Institute and the Astor and Danos movie theaters.

A man who fell on the train tracks of the Ampelokipi metro station on Saturday was pulled out alive by firemen, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.
It is unclear how the man ended up on the tracks.
Services on the section between Megaro Moussikis and Katehaki on Metro Line 3 have been temporarily suspended, while the stations Ampelokipi and Panormou are closed. 

In its 24th outing, the annual Opening Nights Athens International Film Festival boasts more than 100 new feature films from around the world, along with workshops and masterclasses, presentations and appearances by acclaimed filmmakers and other artists, as well as myriad parallel events.

The annual Francophone Film Festival is back to celebrate the French language on screen, with the theme of this year's event being fashion and luxury. Around 50 films from French-speaking countries around the world will be screened at the Danaos (109 Kifissias & Panormou) and Astor (28 Stadiou, Stoa Korai) cinemas, as well as at the French Institute (31 Sina, Kolonaki).

The Canadian Embassy in Athens and the Boroume (We Can) social solidarity campaign present two screenings at Athens's Danaos cinema on Saturdayand Sunday of "Theater of Life." The 2016 Canadian documentary by Peter Svatek tells the story of the Refettorio Ambrosiano, an extraordinary soup kitchen conceived by renowned chef Massimo Bottura, who invited 60 of the world's best chefs to join him to

Experience the benefits of sound therapy, using gongs and crystal bowls. Learn about the powers of sound waves and tone on the human body down to your every last cell, and how the powers of sound can be used for healing. Sound therapy with Vasiliki Kousouni and Anastasio Matzouka takes place Saturday, May 6, from 6 to 7.30 p.m. at the Athens Yoga Center in Panormou.

"Paper Planes," an award-winning family drama from Australia, will be making its Greek debut at the first Athens Children's Film Festival, on Sunday, February 19, at 4 p.m. The film tells the tale of 12-year-old Dylan who dreams of a life of flight that will take him out of his rural hometown after winning a paper-plane contest at school.

The Panormou and Syngrou/Fix metro stations in Athens will be closed at the weekend due to work to install turnstiles at entry points.

Trains running through will not stop at the stations.

As part of the effort to crack down on fare dodgers, the Athens transport authority, OASA, is moving ahead with its installation of turnstiles at metro and ISAP stations.