Athens

The 38th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), scheduled to be held from September 5 to 15, is hosting a special program named City to City, dedicated this year to Greece’s capital, Athens. A total of 366 films from...

European Central Bank board member Jorg Asmussen, in Athens to assess progress on delayed reforms needed for release of more rescue loans, said has said that Greece must step up its pace and that the banking system will...

European Central Bank (ECB) Executive Board member Joerg Asmussen will visit Athens today for bilateral meetings with Greek policy makers and representatives of society and the business community to discuss the Greek adjustment programme and wider euro area developments,...

A trolley bus line in the western Athens neighborhood of Peristeri was shut down on Aug. 16 as protests were carried out in the aftermath of the death of a 19-year-old man who police said accidentally fell out of...

Two years after their triumphant appearance in Greece, the Parisian band Nouvelle Vague, is coming back to Athens on September 13 at Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens and promise another unforgettable night. The explosive Liset Alea will be with...

Anyone who's driven or walked through Athens or other Greek cities or towns can tell you that traffic lights seem to be advisory given how drivers run red lights, and that if you can't find a parking place on...

Actress and television personality Debbie Matenopoulos headed to Greece to take in the country's beauty and food in preparation for her upcoming cookbook, It’s All Greek to Me: Transform Your Health the Mediterranean Way with My Family’s Century-Old Recipes,...

Riot police were dispatched on Aug. 10 to put down a riot at Greece’s main migrant detention camp where detainees hurled stones at officers and set fire to their living quarters, authorities said. Authorities said 10 of the prisoners, eight...

It's been an anxious week for Greeks with earthquakes, including an aftershock of 4.9 on Aug. 8, only two days after the area around Athens was hit with 5.1 magnitude tremor. The strongest aftershock took place at 2:49 p.m. near the...

With a record tourist season in swing in Greece comes the good news that Athens is the sixth-cheapest European capital concerning the average price of a hotel room, according to the online hotel search engine Trivago. The figures show that...