Tecnópolis

This autumn at the buzzing Technopolis (100 Pireos) complex, the Meet Market kicks off the biggest celebration of creativity and local talent. With over 160 local Greek brands showcasing handmade products, you'll discover familiar favorites and exciting first-time entries from talented makers, designers and artists.

In honor of International Women's Day, the City of Athens presents a three-day program titled "By the Fearsome Sharpness of Your Sword," which seeks to tackle gender equality issues and confront gender-based violence.

The Technopolis cultural complex in the downtown Gazi district is celebrating its 20th birthday with a big party, aptly called "It's 1999 Again," featuring local acts that helped establish the venue as one of the capital's most popular performing songs from that era.

The seven-member band Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra (BGKO) will appear at Athens' Technopolis cultural center for one show on Monday, September 2. Composed of French, Spanish, Ukrainian, Italian, Serbian, Catalan and Greek musicians and celebrating their musical origins, the bans has already gained a strong fanbase in Greece, performing in countless venues from Athens to Thessaloniki.

Gathering Greece's best breakthrough hip-hop artists, the first-ever Drop Festival will feature a lineup aimed at underground music aficionados. Lyrical creativity and satisfying rhymes are sure to pump up audiences as rappers like Phi Beta Sigma and PaiFan take to the stage. The Drop Festival is the latest in many new rap festivals, celebrating Greece's young creatives.

More than 100 activities, some 140 presenters, workshops, lectures, exhibitions, screenings and more make up the Athens Re-Science Festival 2019, taking place at the municipal Technopolis cultural complex from April 3 to 7.

Classical music meets street dance in "Breakin' Mozart," a show created by German conductor, pianist and opera director Christoph Hagel and two-time Breakdance World Champions DDC, which had 100 sold-out shows in Berlin before going on tour.

Think back to a time when during cab journeys you could hear the meter ticking away in the front even though you were sat in the back. The disco was always packed and the drink of choice was shots of peach schnapps. KLIK magazine (which bore some resemblance to The Face and i-D in the UK) went on sale at the kiosks. The socialist PASOK party was at its zenith.

Technopolis City of Athens proposes two bike rides and invites you to see Athens in a different way, using one of the 10 Athens Bikes.

The first pilot bike sharing system of Athens is installed in the Industrial Gas Museum at Technopolis City of Athens and the objective is to offer Athenians and Athens’ visitors the opportunity to discover the city riding a bike!

Videolux Holding was given on Thursday go-aheadto pursue with the acquisition of German DIY chain Praktiker in Bulgaria.

The deal, which had been pending approval by Bulgaria's Competition Protection Commission since February 27, was added into the watchdog's registry, the website Money.bg reported.