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Stories from the Dromokaiteio come alive at the Bageion

We climbed the stairs, filled with curiosity, leading to the once-grand meeting hall on the first floor of the Bageion, a former neoclassical hotel now serving as a multicultural venue, to attend the performance "Iera Odos 343: Testimonies from the Dromokaiteio," based on Maria Fafaliou's book of the same name.

Fire damages pedestrian walkway near Piraeus port

A fire erupted on the escalators of the pedestrian walkway located outside the terminal station of the ISAP electric railway and metro in Piraeus in the early hours of Wednesday.

As reported by state broadcaster ERT, firefighting teams promptly arrived at the scene and extinguished the fire, with no injuries reported.

Rome Escalator Accident Reportedly Injures 20, mostly Russian Football Fans (Video)

An accident at an escalator in Rome that was caught on video Tuesday sent passengers speeding downwards and reportedly injured some 20 people, most of whom were football fans.

Seven people were reported to have been seriously injured, according to the Italian media, citing firefighters. None of the injuries were reported to be life-threatening.

Physically impaired Turkish man to sue school administration after being forced to climb stairs on hands to vote

A physically impaired man who climbed up the stairs on his hands to vote in the referendum due to an elevator malfunction at a school used as a polling station has said he will file complaints against the school administration. 

Doctors guardedly optimistic about intern's recovery from stairwell fall

Doctors at the Greek capital's Gennimatas Hospital on Thursday said they are seeing some signs of improvement in the intern who fell off the stairs of the Elpis Hospital on Tuesday after a bannister gave way.

The 26-year-old doctor sustained serious head and brain injuries after tumbling several stories down the hospital's stairwell when a railing he had leaned against subsided.

Notary fined for demanding 'stair fee' from Turkish Paralympic athlete

A notary who forced a Turkish Paralympic athlete to pay an extra fee because the notary descended 25 steps to bring documents to the woman, who was unable to climb the stairs because she is confined to a wheelchair, has been fined 15,000 Turkish Liras as part of an administrative sanction, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 
  

Colorful stairs of Gezi to be demolished in Istanbul's Karaköy neighborhood

The colorful stairs of Istanbul?s central Karaköy neighborhood, which stood as lively remnants of the anti-government Gezi Park protests, are being demolished by the Beyo?lu Municipality at the request of the district?s residents. 

Hüseyin Çetinel, who originally painted the stairs its rainbow colors, stressed the move was in response to the demands of the neighborhood?s residents.