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Shocking Incident of School Violence in Greece Caught on Video

A video of school violence has shocked public opinion in Greece and sparked new calls for the tightening of legislation concerning violence between minors. The video from an Athens high school shows a group of female students beating their classmate....

Record Breaking 5-Ton Vasilopita Cake Made in Greece

A record-breaking five-ton vasilopita was created at Peristeri, the western suburb of Athens, and was distributed to all inhabitants of the city. The vasilopita consisting of fifty thousand pieces and containing two hundred lucky coins was set up on the...

Record Breaking 2,500 kilo Vasilopita Made in Greece (video)

Greek bakers gave Greece their well wishes for 2018 by making and offering a record-breaking 2,500 kilo Vasilopita (Greek New Year’s cake) to locals for free. The 70-metre-long and 3-metre-wide Vasilopita was cut in 15,000 slices in Athens’ suburban municipality...

Robbers in Athens Shoot Parents in the Head, Stab Son

Two men with their faces covered entered in an apartment in the Peristeri neighborhood in Athens on Thursday, shot a couple in the head and stabbed their son in the jaw. According to police, the perpetrators entered the home of...

New Democracy to Form Alliances With Pro-European Forces Even After a Clear Victory

Greek Prime Minister and New Democracy President Antonis Samaras, during his yesterday's campaign meeting in Peristeri, Athens, said that, on January 25, Greeks are not called to decide which party they want to rule the country but which Greece...

Greek PM Samaras Visits Peristeri Town Hall, Reasserts Commitment to European Alliances

Elections are "not about which party people want but about what kind of country we and our children want to live in," Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Thursday afternoon at the town hall of Peristeri, northwest of...

Protests Over Teen's Bus Ticket Death

A trolley bus line in the western Athens neighborhood of Peristeri was shut down on Aug. 16 as protests were carried out in the aftermath of the death of a 19-year-old man who police said accidentally fell out of...

Greek Prison Escapee Nabbed After Robbery

Greek police on May 3 caught an escapee from the Trikala prison who was later involved in a shoot-out in which a 25-year-old woman died. Authorities said Ermal Lita was apprehended after robbing a grocery store in the western...

Two New Metro Stations Open In Athens

More than 50, 000 passengers daily are expected to use the two new metro stations in the western suburbs of Athens, the neighborhoods of Peristeri and Anthoupoli, making it easier to get into downtown in under 13 minutes from...