Two years after the Mati fire tragedy that claimed the lives of 102 people, shocking audio revelations have come to light, as they seem to describe an attempt to cover up what happened.

One of the first major opinion polls for the upcoming regional government election in the greater Athens area has the outgoing mayor of the municipality of Maroussi, Giorgos Patoulis, leading the incumbent, Rena Dourou, by a substantial margin.

Aiming to give rundown and abandoned buildings in the center of Athens a new lease on life, the Athens Traders Association in collaboration with the Attica Region and the Municipality of Athens announced plans to revamp and use these to house small and medium-sized retailers for a token rent.