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To send a message to the world about the importance of saving the planet, people all over the world turned off the lights at "Earth Hour."

The lights of the Acropolis Hill and the Parthenon, as well as of other Greek landmarks went out on Saturday night to mark ''Earth Hour'' 2019. Monuments and public buildings around the world switched their lights off during the established...

The lights on Parthenon on the Acropolis Hill, the Greek Parliament and other Greek landmarks went out on Saturday night in observance of Earth Hour 2018. Emblematic monuments and buildings around the world went out on Saturday during the established...

Photographer Alexandros Maragos is well-known for capturing stunning still shots and videos of the natural beauties of Greece. This time, he has created a video called "Acropolis Esper Analysis" (Time-lapse), where he captures the imagery of the Acropolis during Earth Day...

Athens city hall, Lycabettus Ηill and two more buildings housing municipality services will turn off their lights for an hour on Saturday night, as part of the city’s participation in “Earth Hour.” In its message, the city of Athens encourages...

Greece participated in the worldwide Earth Hour movement with an hour of darkness at landmark sites across the country on Saturday evening in a move to raise public awareness on climate change. From the Sacred Rock of the Acropolis hill in downtown Athens to...

Athens International Airport is going to participate in this year’s Earth Hour on Saturday, March 28, turning off its lights and shutting down one of is two corridors from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Moreover, during Earth Hour 2015, the establishment...

The city of Athens is calling on citizens to participate in the global "Earth Hour" initiative by switching off their lights on Saturday, March 29, from 20:30 to 21.30. Earth Hour is an awareness-raising effort concerning climate change and energy...

The Greek Parliament, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, other buildings, and even the Acropolis were plunged into darkness, as part of WWF’s Earth hour. Between 20.30 and 21.30 in Athens, like many other major cities of the world, switched...

Greek archaeologists have unearthed part of the ancient theater of Thouria near  Kalamata city in the Peloponnese, the Culture Ministry announced on Thursday. The first remains of the ancient city theater, which dates back to the 4th century BC, came...

An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale occurred two minutes after midnight on Wednesday in the sea area southwest of Cephalonia island; another 4.4 eartquake hit Lesvos at 1:26 am. According to the Institute of Geodynamics of the National...

A second earthquake has occurred off the Greek island of Crete, 348 km south-west of Athens, in the space of 24 hours. It measured 4.1 degrees and was recorded at 2:38am local time. Reports were from the Geodynamics Institute...

A private island available to rent in Greece, named Pegassus Island, is one of the most luxurious holiday getaways in the world. 

The ancient Greek city of Thouria, located in the southern Peloponnese, Greece, thrived throughout antiquity, but was only discovered in 2007.

In a heart-warming act of compassion and solidarity, Nikos Nikolaidis, a Greek artist from Thessaloniki, and Mikail Akar, an eight-year-old art prodigy of Turkish descent, have collaborated on a large-scale painting in the wake of the disastrous earthquake that...