Vrilissia

The continuation of large deviations in the taxable property rates (known as objective values) in relation to the actual prices in the market makes the objective value review process that has already started in several municipalities more difficult.

A man was shot dead by unknown assailants in the northern suburb of Vrilissia on Wednesday afternoon, according to media reports.

The shooting happened shortly after 3.30 p.m. at the district's Imittou Street.

Insecticide spraying to curb the capital's mosquito populations is due to start in Athens's northern suburbs this week.

Burglars fled empty-handed when an attempt to use a homemade bomb to break into an ATM outside a supermarket in Vrilissia, northern Athens, failed on Wednesday.

The unknown perpetrators are believed to have channeled flammable gas into the machine before igniting it to cause the 3.15 a.m. explosion. They however failed to retrieve any money, police said.

Authorities have announced the next areas for mosquito spraying in the wider Athens area.

Spraying will be conducted from August 13-20 in 12 municipalities in northern Attica: Halandri, Aghia Paraskevi, Holargos/Papagou, Nea Ionia, Pendeli, Maroussi, Vrilissia, Kifissia, Pefki/Lykovrissi, Psychico/Filothei, Iraklio and Metamorphosi.

Greek health authorities are calling for blood donations of blood and blood components to help burn victims from the deadly east Attica fire.

"In difficult times like these, we should all contribute as we can," the National Blood Center said in an announcement on Tuesday, stressing that supplies are currently short because of the summer holidays.

Popular singer Alkistis Protopsalti will perform songs by a number of both renowned and lesser-known Greek composers that have marked her lengthy stage career at the Aliki Vougiouklaki Theater on Sunday, July 22.

The concert, which is titled "Under the Stars" and forms part of her tour around Greece this summer, starts at 9 p.m. and admission costs 10 euros.

Municipal authorities across Greece have until the end of the year to come up with a plan to halve the amount of solid waste that ends up at landfills, Alternate Environment Minister Sokratis Famellos told an event in Thessaloniki over the weekend.

"Admit it, we all have this one! I can't imagine it's not in all our kitchens," says one of the ladies as I stare down at my phone, abashed, as though to see if it's still recording. The discussion continued as I became lost in thought, wondering why I didn't have that kitchen utensil. What was I doing wrong? When am I going to become a proper homemaker?

Authorities were investigating on Wednesday after a hand grenade was found outside the residence of a well-known publisher in the northern Athens suburb of Vrilissia.

It did not explode and its safety pin had not been removed.

Police removed the grenade as evidence and for further examination of possible fingerprints and other clues.