Stadiou Street

Civil servants will be walking off the job and holding a protest rally in downtown Athens on Thursday, after their union, ADEDY, on Monday called for a general strike.

The union is mainly protesting planned reforms to labor laws and the operation of the civil service.

The centre of Athens will be in complete lock-down for celebrations of the 43rd anniversary of the 1973 November 17 student uprising anniversary. 7,000 police officers have been deployed all around Athens to prevent riots and ensure safety and order during the marches towards the US Embassy, which are scheduled to start as the day progresses.

A man walks past the fire-scarred building that used to host the historic Attikon and Apollon cinemas on Stadiou Street, downtown Athens, on Saturday. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation recently announced plans to subsidize the restoration of the building that was damaged by firebombs thrown by protesters during a violent riot in 2012. The interiors of the two theaters survived mostly unscathed.

An Athens court was expected to start hearing a case against a man facing charges for causing the death of three bank employees during a violent anti-austerity rally in central Athens on May 2010.

There are some things that make you realize that what we're experiencing in Greece right now is not a crisis; it's complete decadence. The filthiness of the city and the way it just seems to keep spreading is one of those things.

People lay flowers Thursday at the site of an arson attack in central Athens that left three bank employees, including one pregnant woman, dead six years ago. The fire broke out after arsonists attacked the brunch of Marfin Bank on Stadiou Avenue during an anti-austerity rally on May 5 in 2010. No one has been convicted of causing the fire.

A homeless man on Stadiou Street went viral after he decided to decorate his little corner of the public street with a Christmas tree. His sleeping quarters are just that little bit cheery giving his take on the holiday.

Greece is gripped by 24-hour strike action on Thursday called by the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) and the Greek Workers Association (ADEDY) in reaction to the Greek budget reforms and the demolition of Greek workers rights.

One of the oldest and most respected cinemas in Athens has opened its doors once more. “Astor”, opened in 1947, right after the Nazi occupation and was running until 2005. Now Stadiou Street will once more have its flagship cinema. The location used to host Athens’ possibly earliest cinema screen since 1908, called “Pallas”.

The military parade marking the anniversary of March 25, the Greek Independence Day, started today at 11.00 am in downtown Athens.