Petroupoli

The Jazzet Festival, the 1st Hellenic International Jazz Festival, debuts this Friday at the Petra Theater in Petroupoli. The three-day event aims to become an annual celebration featuring Greek and international jazz artists, who this year will include Arild Andersen, Paul Wertico and Lefteris Christofis.

Discover the charm of Athens by climbing its hills for coffee, brunch, desserts, ice cream, or simply to wander endlessly in this vast city.

A 37-year-old woman who had absconded from a conviction of 18 years in prison for migrant trafficking was arrested in the western Athens suburb of Petroupoli on Monday, the state-run Athens-Macedonian News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Police in Athens are investigating a series of attacks in which male youths were mugged and had their mobile phones stolen.

In the most recent incident, a 17-year-old was hospitalized after he was beaten and wounded with a knife near the Iraklio metro station, in the city's north, at 2 a.m. on Thursday.

Police in Attica have launched data-driven, area-specific patrols in a pilot program designed to combat a rise in thefts, robberies and burglaries.

Known for its fusion of Greek and Caribbean sounds, six-man band Locomondo is bringing its special blend of reggae, ska, rock and Latin to the Petra Theater, a quarry-turned-outdoor venue in Petroupoli, northwestern Athens, on Monday, July 1.

New Democracy is seeking to bolster its popularity in the populous western department of Athens' second constituency, which was among one of the few where the center-right opposition lagged incumbent SYRIZA in European elections last month, with 25.3 percent against the leftists' 27.5 percent.

The Church of Ilion, Acharnon and Petroupoli has denied reports that bogus priests conducted dozens of fake weddings on its premises, saying that the alleged ceremonies occurred before the church's foundation in 2010.

Police in the capital on Wednesday were seeking the perpetrators behind two armed robberies, one in the southern suburb of Palaio Faliro and the other in Petroupoli, northwestern Athens, both on Tuesday night.

In the first incident, a lone assailant forced employees to hand over cash from the register at a gas station before fleeing on foot.

A 19-year-old and her 54-year-old mother were arrested on Monday for the murder of a baby that was found in a street dumpster in the Athens district of Petroupoli in February.

The two women have reportedly confessed to the crime, while the 19-year-old mother of the infant said it was an unwanted pregnancy.