Patission Street

Beyond her broad smile, it is a delight to listen to Teti Hadjinicolaou narrate stories about the forgotten human side of Athens - the city where she was born, raised and still resides in the same neighborhood. Her home is at 63 Patission Street, next to Maria Callas' former residence, which at the time was a dance school.

A man of Turkish descent was fatally shot Tuesday in Athens' Kypseli district.

The altercation took place at the intersection of Lesvou and Patission streets. Police recovered nine shell casings from the scene.

A passerby was reportedly treated for shock following the incident.

I recently had the opportunity to take a walk around downtown Athens in the company of some foreign friends. Philhellenes to the core, they come with open hearts and open minds, full of curiosity and fascination for all the things that compose Greek reality.

From Tositsa Street in central Athens, the imposing building of the old aristocratic art nouveau hotel Acropol Palace can be seen in all its splendor. However, a closer inspection of the building's base on Patission Street and from the side streets of Marni and Averoff reveals its fall from grace is obvious.

One person died in a bloody incident around 1:00 p.m. Sunday on Lemessou Street in Patissia, Athens.

Gradual road closures will come into effect ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising, to be commemorated with a big rally across the city centre on Friday.

An open public tender was announced Thursday for the restoration of the building in Athens that will house the Maria Callas Academy of Lyrical Art.

Due to the May 1 union rallies, large parts of central Athens city center will be closed to traffic Monday and public transport services will be limited.

All three Metro lines and tram services will be shut down all day, as employees stage a 24-hour stoppage.

There is a problem with the incident of the police officer who unnecessarily fired his weapon outside the Athens University of Economics and Business in central Athens. The videos that have circulated on social media do not show the gun-toting officer being surrounded by numerous thugs, which would justify his action as legitimate defense.

Fresh tension erupted outside the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) on central Patission Street on Thursday, as a group of approximately 35 individuals emerged from the premises and created makeshift barricades using trash bins that were set on fire, according to reports.

The police reportedly responded by using tear gas.