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Speaking at the first day of the INSP Global Street Paper Summit in Athens on Tuesday, the charismatic and controversial former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis "diagnosed" the country as suffering from "an economic and psychological depression" from which...

What do the Antikythera Mechanism, Nestor's golden cup and the marble statue of an athlete from Delos all have in common? The answer is that they are all found in the collections of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens...

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker will visit Athens on June 21. Juncker will meet with Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, European Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said in a press briefing on Friday. More details on Juncker's visit...

Athens Mayor George Kaminis announced his decision to move statues from central areas where vandalism is rife.The services of the Municipality of Athens on Thursday announced that they have already pinpointed 49 statues that are safe and are examining...

Catch a movie under the stars while in Greece at one of the magical open-air cinemas of Greece. The smell of jasmine, a soft summer breeze and a cool beer at hand is the stuff Greek summer nights are...

"The contemporary capital for street art in Europe," is the title of the photo exhibition of photojournalist Rachel Harpaz, which is hosted in Plaka. The exhibition presents photos that depict the best graffiti in the center of Athens and is about...

"City break" also known as "city tourism" is the latest trend for those who know how to travel and avoid the experience of a "superficial" trip in the popular city destinations. Athens is becoming more and more a city break...

The conclusion of the review of Greece's program will end the great recessionary cycle of recent years and open up a new chapter for the country, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Monday, at the inauguration of the Posidonia...

Staff on the Athens fixed rail transport networks - metro, electric railway and tram lines - have announced a succession of warning work stoppages over the next two weeks, protesting over the decision to give public transport companies to...

Atenistas, in collaboration with the Urban Rail Transport SA, is organizing a unique photo contest, which will be followed by a photo exhibition in the center of Athens, called "Athens Through the Photos of its People." The aim of...