The appointment of a new head of the Greek Parliament’s budget office sparked political controversy on Monday. The former general secretary for Fiscal Policy, Frangiskos Koutentakis, was chosen to replace outgoing Panagiotis Liargovas.

Scuffles and fisticuffs occurred around Marni Street in downtown Athens when taxi drivers on strike, reacting to multinational platforms over the Internet, encountered Uber drivers.

Inhabitants near the Acropolis and the area of ​​Philopappou live in fear, because of a gang attacking passers-by with knives.