Street

Sometimes it takes a minor accident for many Athenians to understand just how lucky they are to be fully mobile and able-bodied.

Residents of the metropolitan area "Vazrazhdane" protest against the new "green zone" there. People insist that it should not include the spaces between the resident buildings, where most of them are parking their cars.

They are also dissatisfied because the streets need to be repaired, there are no parking spaces.

"We are removing waste containers from the streets in zones 2 and 4, where repairs are underway. Trash goes underground. " This was announced by Yordanka Fandakova, the mayor of Sofia, who checked the repair of the street "Salonska" in Sofia.

TORONTO — The killing began on a busy lunchtime thoroughfare in Toronto on Monday when a white rental Ryder van ran over a pedestrian crossing the street — then mounted a sidewalk and began plowing into people indiscriminately.

"One by one, one by one," said a witness who identified himself as Ali. "Holy God, I've never seen such a sight before. I feel sick."

Athens's bohemian neighborhood of Exarchia, the stamping ground of artists, anarchists and addicts, is being plagued by late-night revelers relieving themselves in the street, locals have complained to Kathimerini.

The Mayor of the Municipality of Teteven, Dr Madlena Boyadjieva, signed three contracts for providing a grant amounting to more than BGN 10 million with the State Fund "Agriculture".

We spotted him walking along the side of Athinon Avenue in the western suburbs of Athens on a Saturday afternoon. He did not appear to be in any hurry, nor bothered by the rush of cars whizzing past him on this major thoroughfare which eventually turns into the Athens-Corinth national highway.

Athens municipal authorities have announced that two more streets in the city center - Avramiotou and Karori - will be turned over to pedestrians as part of an effort to spruce up the old commercial part of the capital.

The new streets will be closed to motor traffic as of Wednesday.

A man who appeared intoxicated drove his car the wrong way up a Times Square street on May 18 and plowed into pedestrians on the sidewalk, killing one and injuring about 20 others, authorities and witnesses said. The driver was taken into custody and being tested for alcohol.

A photo that has gone viral on social media nowadays is one that is comparing the current state of Istanbul's İstiklal Street and how it used to look 10 years ago. A decade ago, the street was paved with cobble stones; there were trees on both sides of the street, shops were full, the tram was functioning; it was crowded and fun. Its situation today is dreadful.