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Greek acting legend and former politician Maro Kontou turns 90 years old today. Her special occasion was announced on social media by Finos Films, which has worked with her in the past. "Today we send colorful wishes to the wonderful...

Syntagma Square is the most historic in Athens and the central point for visitors for sightseeing in the Greek capital

The historic Grande Bretagne Hotel was built less than fifty years after Greece won its independence and the modern Greek State was beginning to take form. It was built across the King's Palace and now stands across the Greek Parliament...

Greek MPs and the Greek Jewish community have stressed the importance of keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive by holding moments of silence and underlining responsibility. Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Saturday, January 27th, the Central...

A bill that will make it easier for Greeks abroad to vote in national elections passed through the relevant committee of the Greek Parliament by a wide majority vote on Friday. It will be debated in plenary this coming week...

On Thursday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined his government's "road for the next four years. He stressed the need to boost wages and pensions, cut taxes, and repay bailout debts earlier than expected. The Greek prime minister also pledged...

The members of the Greek Parliament elected in the general elections of June 25 were sworn in on Monday, in a celebratory opening session in the presence of President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou. The 300 members of parliament...

On January 19, 1953, Eleni Skoura was the first woman elected to the Greek parliament, in a historic moment for the all-male institution. After many decades of struggle, Greek women finally won the right to be elected to Parliament on...

A long Athenian tradition is being reborn. The inauguration of the restored historic flower shops outside Parliament took place on Wednesday. The historic flower shops of Syntagma are being revived as part of a joint initiative of the Hellenic...

Syntagma Square has literally been the very heart of Athens ever since the city became the capital of the modern Greek state.