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Two Weeks for Athens Region to Clean Up Garbage After Strike

Garbage collectors may take as long as two weeks to collect 120,000 tonnes of trash in the Attica region, which includes Athens, after a three-week strike by city workers, Ta Nea said, without citing anyone. Garbage collectors are expected to...

Destination Nowhere Part III: Athens

Athens has become a kind of purgatory for migrants entering Europe – a cramped, violent and sweltering waiting room that one may never get to leave.

1st Turkish Food Festival in Athens

The Westin Athens hotel introduces the matrimony of the Turkish and Greek cuisines.  Under the aegis of the Turkish Embassy and Turkish Airlines, the Westin Athens will host the First Annual Turkish Food Festival. Two Turkish chefs from the Sheraton Maslak...

‘Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey’ Travels Around Athens

Joanna Lumley has been the subject of a fair bit of attention in Britain lately because of her documentary film titled 'Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey'. Many British viewers and 30,000,000 viewers worldwide became familiar with obscure pictures from Greece through...

Army to Help Clear Trash from Streets of Athens

Greece's army was to assist Monday with the huge task of clearing away thousands of tons of garbage which has been festering on the streets of Athens for weeks due to a garbage collectors strike. Some 170 army drivers were...

Kalashnikov Gang Sentenced to Detention

After the unanimous decision of Athens Attorney General and Public Investigator, 5 of the 6 members of the Kalashnikov gang active in Athens for the past few months have been sentenced to detention until their day of trial has...

Public Transport, Taxi Strike Disrupts Athens for Second Day

Buses, metro trains, trams and taxis are staying out of circulation in the Greek capital, snarling traffic around Athens as public transport workers strike for a second day against austerity measures. Taxi drivers on Friday joined the 48-hour strike, while...

One Murder and Three Armed Robberies in Athens

An 83-year-old man was found murdered at his appartment in the area of Keratea, Athens. The old man was lying on the floor having an injury on his head, caused possibly by a firearm. According to a police report, it...

Free Information Seminars About Study, Employment, and Visas to Australia

 Roula Tsiolas, the Chief Executive Officer of AISI (Australian Industrial Systems Institute) will be conducting a series of free seminars in Athens on the 8th and 9th of October to provide information about training and study opportunities in Australia...

Remap "Re-defines" in Athens

In spite of the problems that the historical center of Athens has faced, art still triumphs. The international art programme Remap intends to be hosted at Keramikos-Metaksourgio in Athens. 25 international and domestic galleries are going to present not only...