A new initiative by local street magazine “Schedia” aims to heighten awareness about homelessness and increase the integration of those sleeping on the street, by having homeless citizens leading tours of Athens.
The first design of the axonometric projection of the funerary monument by Ministry of Culture architect M. Lefantzis, has been completed showing the two intermediate walls the first of which bears the Sphinxes, and the second the Caryatids. Maintenance and stabilization works continue.
The Church of Greece's Holy Synod last week objected to the creation of crematoria at parish cemeteries in a potential setback to efforts by local authorities in Athens and Thessaloniki to facilitate the practice in Greece.