Panepistimiou Street
Diaspora
The Uniquely Greek Kiosks Soon to Become History
The renowned Greek kiosks that used to be found in every street corner selling newspapers, cigarettes, candy, soft drinks and other goods, are soon to become history as their licenses will not be renewed.
The new omnibus bill about to...
Greece
Athens' Most Peculiar Kiosks
As anyone who has ever visited Greece will know, a kiosk, or the locals like to call it, “periptero,” can be found on every street corner of any island, small village or big city. They are an essential part...
Environment
Downtown Athens Redevelopment Project's 'Plan B'
Following the approval of the final plans for the redevelopment project of downtown Athens, including the extension of the existing tram line and related traffic measures, as well as turning Panepistimiou and Amalias Street into roads that give priority...
Diaspora
Renovated Athens Eye Clinic Inaugurated
The renovated building housing the Athens Eye Clinic was inaugurated on Friday by the Greek minister of health Adonis Georgiadis.
The building, which is located on the corner of Panepistimiou and Sina Streets in the center of Athens, Greece, was...
Greece
Protests in the Center of Athens
Employees of the mining and metallurgical company LARKO and the administrative staff of the Universities held simultaneous rallies and protests against the government plans concerning the closure of Greece’s defense industries LARKO, EAS and ELVO and against the plans...
Greece
New Panepistimiou Street Completed by 2016
By the end of 2016 the project on the creation of a new city center around Panepistimiou Street is to be completed.
It is an ambitious project which is to be funded with 90 million euros from the regional development...