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Athens bomb targets McDonald'sA homemade bomb exploded outside a McDonald's restaurant in Athens, shattering windows but causing no injuries, police said. The two kg dynamite bomb smashed windows of the fast-food restaurant, which was the target of the attack and not an adjacent government tax office building as initially thought. The bombing was the latest in a string of attacks against domestic and foreign businesses in Greece since widespread rioting in December last year, sparked by the police killing of a teenager and fuelled by discontent at economic slowdown. more from daily news »
Computer reveals stone tablet 'handwriting'
You might call it "CSI Ancient Greece". A computer technique can tell the difference between ancient inscriptions created by different artisans, a feat that ordinarily consumes years of human scholarship. more from daily news »
ARTogether Festival in Gazi
Painters, photographers, actors, theatre companies, directors, performers, bands, authors, composers, graphic designers, script writers, comic artists, animators, visual artists, poets, dancers, song writers, artistic groups, they all join this 3-day festival with lots of activities and endless parties. more from lifestyle »
Visit to Samos migrant centre
European Commission Vice-president Jacques Barrot, responsible for justice, freedom and security, on Monday paid a visit to reception facilities for illegal immigrants on the eastern Aegean island of Samos, accompanied by Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos. In statements afterwards, he acknowledged that Greek authorities faced a difficult task but also stressed Greece's obligation to provide a refuge for immigrants arriving on its shores. more from current affairs »

Greek-language and history learning programme for migrants
“City of Athens presents Greek-language and history learning programme for migrant mothers”. The City of Athens Migrant Services Department's Intercultural Centre, in collaboration with the City of Athens Development Agency, the Hellenic Migration Policy Institute and the Education Ministry's Institute of Adult Continuing Education, today presented a Greek-language and history learning programme for migrant mothers, during a press conference at Athens City Hall. more from education »
New 'tourist ticket' for Athens
The Athens public transport organisation OASA on Monday unveiled a new three-day ticket costing 15 euros that will be valid for travel on all means of public transport in and around the city, that will begin to be offered from Wednesday. more from travel »
Greece bids to stamp out smoking in public
Greece, Europe's heaviest-smoking nation, introduces a tobacco ban in public places on July 1, its third attempt in a decade to stamp out the country's love affair with cigarettes. But critics fear loopholes in the legislation and its unpopularity mean it could suffer the same fate as previous anti-smoking bids, which proved ineffective. more from lifestyle »

 
• What's On - daily events including music, bars, museums, galleries, markets etc.
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• 1-5 July - 23rd World Congress on Dance Research
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• 2-4 Jul: Last Touch First at Pireos 260
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• 7 Jul: Michael Bolton live at Petra Theatre
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• 9 Jul: Charity concert for Greek Society for the Protection of Equines
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• to 4 Oct: Take a trip to “Heaven” at the 2nd Athens Biennale at Taw Kwon Do Stadium
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• to 24 Jul: “Saint Ghetto” exhibition (ReMap 2) at Kerameikos
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• to 24 Jul: Lotte Reiniger tribute at Goethe Institute
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• to 31 Jul: Festival in the Shadow of the Rocks
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• to 15 Jul: Yiannis Bournias’s exhibition “Still(s),” at 260 Pireos gallery
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• 11-25 Jul: Two-week alternative holiday for children on Aegina
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• 17-26 Jul: International Aegean Sailing Rally
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• 6 Aug: Night of the Full Moon at Acropolis
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