This week’s highlights on one page: where there are power cuts, what’s starting on Monday, who’s playing, and what deadlines are coming up in Artemida and Spata.
Power cuts
HEDNO has scheduled four power cuts for work on the grid:
- Saturday 31 October, 08:00–17:00, Spata: Paiania plain, Spata–Koropi Avenue towards the airport, on the border with Paiania and Koropi, and unnamed rural roads.
- Tuesday 3 November, 08:00–13:00, Spata: Petres area, Spata–Pikermi Avenue, Eleftherias Street and unnamed rural roads.
- Wednesday 4 November, 08:00–17:00, Loutsa: Kosmas Aitolou, Andros, Kefalonia, Filia, Ierapetra, Kourou, Anastaseos, Koumpoura, Agios Ioannis Avenue, Serifou, Eleion, Eptanisa, Euphrosyne, Zakynthos, Messinia, Mykonos, Aitoliko, Hydra, Kynouria, Gavdos, Paros, Naxos, Anafi, Dodecanese, Mytilene, Daphne, Samos, Syros, Thessaloniki, Pindus, Chrysostomos, Iordanou, Lefkada, Polytechnio, Karystos, Agioi Pantes, Agios Ioannis, Dexameni, Agios Antonios, Athina, Limni, Agios Dionysios, Smyrna, Leros, Agios Athanasios, Gianna, Stylidos, Agios Dimitrios, Kythira, Nafpaktos, Agathonisi, Vathi, Tegea, unnamed streets and cul-de-sacs.
- Monday 9 November, 08:00–17:00, Loutsa (Neapoli): Neapoleos, Skoufa, Chasion, Trikala, Meteora, Karaiskaki, Nikolitsa, Eirinis, Agrafon, Agios Nikolaos, Kritis, Chios, Ermou, Ant. Missinaki, Evros, unnamed streets and cul-de-sacs.
HEDNO may reschedule a power cut if weather conditions make it necessary. For further information, HEDNO’s fault reporting line is 11500.
Monday 2 November
The orthopaedic surgeon and psychiatrist at the local clinics are returning to work. We reported on when the other specialists would start work on Thursday. On the same day, the 19 unemployed people aged 55 and over taking part in the DYPA community service programme will start work for the local authority for a period of one year (details). And the 40-lept discount on heating oil is not coming to an end: the government has extended it until 15 November.
Artemida Community Council, Thursday 5 November
The Artemida Municipal Community Council will meet on Thursday 5 November at 8.00 pm via videoconference, with a single item on the agenda: the extension of music playing hours at the establishment of public health interest ‘O PROEDROS’. Information regarding the meeting is available from the council secretariat on 213 2007391.
Football, EPSANA First Division
Following the 0–0 draw in the Artemis–Aittitos derby on 24 October:
- Saturday 31 October, 15:00: Anoixi v AO Artemis, Anoixi’s ‘G. Kyriakis’ ground.
- Sunday 1 November, 15:00: Aittitos Spata v AE Geraka, Spata ‘Dimitris Dimitriou’ ground.
- Saturday 7 November, 15:00: AO Artemis v AE Geraka, Artemida Stadium.
Marathon, Sunday 8 November
The 43rd Authentic Athens Marathon takes place on Sunday 8 November on Marathon Avenue, which is closed to traffic every year during the race. Pallini Municipality has already announced changes to its municipal bus timetables for 6, 7 and 8 November. The traffic arrangements from the Traffic Police have not yet been released; we will publish them as soon as they are announced. For the children’s 1,000-metre race, see here.
Fake ‘electricity company employees’: four arrests
The Nea Filadelfia–Nea Chalkidona Crime Investigation and Prosecution Department has dismantled a gang which, since at least September, had been telephoning members of the public in various areas of Attica from a house in West Attica, posing as employees of an electricity company. Under the pretext of an ‘electricity leak’, they persuaded the victims to gather cash and jewellery in one place, go into another room and leave the front door open; accomplices would enter and take the items. Four people, aged between 20 and 39, were arrested. One robbery and 15 thefts were solved, with the total value of the stolen goods exceeding 227,000 euros. The victims’ neighbourhoods have not been named.
The trick is the same as in the case we we wrote about on 15 October. No utility provider, nor HEDNO, will ever ask you to hand over money or jewellery. If you receive such a call, hang up and dial 100, and tell your elderly neighbours.
Deadlines
- ASEP, 16 permanent posts at the Municipality: applications by 16 November (details).
- West Nile virus: the Municipality is calling for mosquito control measures to continue throughout November.
Source: HEDNO, scheduled power cuts (30/10/2026); Municipality of Spata–Artemida, Notice No. 11/2026 from the Artemida Municipal Community Council (30/10/2026); EPSANA, First Division fixture list; Municipality of Pallini, announcement of 30 October 2026; Hellenic Police, as reported by Naftemporiki, 30 October 2026.
