A powerful explosion shook Athens’ historic Plaka district early Friday, partially collapsing a building and injuring three people. Authorities are also searching for six people who were reportedly staying in the building at the time of the explosion.
An elderly...
Nearly 2,400 years after Athens surrendered to Sparta at the end of the Peloponnesian War, the modern cities staged an extraordinary act of reconciliation: their mayors signed a symbolic peace declaration formally putting the ancient conflict behind them.
The ceremony...
Time Out has named Athens’ Neos Kosmos the third coolest neighborhood in the world for 2026.
The Athens district ranks behind Jongno 3-ga in Seoul and L’Ocean District in Rabat. It is also the highest-ranked European neighborhood on this year’s...
Greece continues to be a steady pole of attraction for international television productions, reinforcing its tourism profile in neighboring Italy. At the center of this interest is the implementation of an extensive television mission on behalf of the popular...
A magnificent marble bust of Helios, the ancient Greek sun god, that was unearthed at the ancient Agora of Athens in 1970 is one of the most spectacular exhibits of the Ancient Agora Museum.
Helios was said to drive his...
A previously unknown air-raid shelter has been discovered in Piraeus, Greece on a plot of land between Grigoriou Lambraki, Distomou, and Androutsou streets. The complex network of corridors came to light during construction work for an 11-story apartment building...
A funny thing about Athens that only geography, history, and linguistic buffs would notice is that its very name holds a clue to its origins.
Most of us think of Athens as a single, sprawling, and wonderfully chaotic city with...
There is something wonderfully old-fashioned about wandering among books. You do not always know exactly what you are looking for. You walk past one stand, then another. A title catches your eye. You pick up a book, read the...
