Poseidonos Avenue

The incident occurred on Poseidonos avenue

The operation of Athens' tram between Zephyros and Mousson stations in the southern part of the city will stop for about five hours on June 6 due to works for the installation of a pedestrian bridge, it was announced Thursday.

Hailing from the northern region of Epirus, Villagers of Ioannina City, also known as VIC, will be presenting a special audiovisual show at the Faliro Olympic Indoor Hall on the southern coast of Athens on Saturday, February 15.

The Piraeus-bound section of coastal Poseidonos Avenue between the Faliro Delta and the port, on which roadworks have been under way in recent months, is to close from 10 p.m. on Saturday as authorities prepare to open a new road.

Cars and buses were backed up for several kilometers on the northbound section of Syngrou Avenue, linking the Athens city center to the capital's southern coast, as a result of roadworks on Tuesday.

According to an announcement by the Attica Regional Authority, work to repave parts of the thoroughfare will continue for about two weeks, during which motorists should expect delays.

Known for its remixes of Greek songs from the 1940s, 50s and 50s, local act Imam Baildi joins forces with Greek-Ugandan singer Idra Kayne, for a high-energy show at the Bolivar Beach Bar on Friday, September 7. The show starts at 9 p.m. and tickets cost 10 euros in advance at www.viva.gr or 13 euros at the door on the night.

Manchester-based electronic pioneers Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, aka the Chemical Brothers, come to Greece on September 8 with what they describe as a "mind-bending" new show.

The parents of a 14-year-old victim of a hit and run on southern Athens's busy Poseidonos Avenue appealed to the public for information on Sunday.

The boy, whose full name has no been made public, was hit by an oncoming car on the Glyfada-bound side of the coastal highway early on Friday evening after leaving the Kalamaki Nautical Club.

Attica is bracing for work to start on road tunnel projects and other similar interventions currently planned for the next few years and budgeted at half a billion euros.

The aim is to improve quality of life and reduce traffic jams, while in some cases - such as at Elliniko - the projects are linked to major development and urban revamp plans.

Urban works for the gentrification of the Faliton inlet are scheduled to start soon and are expected be completed in 2 years. The plans involve taking down the elevated road and the construction of a new route on the shore side.