Athens

A white Christmas came late for residents of Athens who woke up Tuesday morning to a snow blanketed city. Although the cold and snowy weather made commuting difficult and dangerous throughout much of Athens and the surrounding islands as overnight...

Early Tuesday morning shots were fired outside of a political office in Athens, injuring a police officer. Sources at the AP report that the gunman opened fire at a police bus which was stationed outside of the Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)...

As Greece braces for another cold snap over the weekend, authorities have announced that three metro locations in central Athens will stay open over the weekend in order to provide shelter for the city's homeless population. The three metro stations...

Corruption prosecutors raided the offices of Swiss drug maker Novartis in Athens a few days ago as part of an ongoing investigation over bribery allegations, sources told Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) on Tuesday. According to the same sources, the prosecutors...

A book titled "The Citizens of Athens 1900-1960" by Athens University Professor Eugenia Bournova describes the wedding customs and demographics of Athenians in the first 60 years of the 20th century, before the city became the modern capital it...

Five metro stations in Athens will remain open during the night and for the next five days to protect the homeless from freezing temperatures expected in the coming days, the ministry of infrastructure said on Friday. Greece has been gripped...

The issues that remain open in the ongoing Cyprus talks between the two communities on the island were discussed in a meeting between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Cyprus’ AKEL general secretary Andros Kyprianou in Athens on Thursday,...

The snowfall in the center of Athens early on Thursday morning is one of the few cases in recent decades when Athenians had to sweep the snow from their cars or sidewalks. In the past three decades, usually snowfall has been...

Thursday Greeks in Athens woke up to the surrounding Parnitha and Ymmitos mountains covered with snow from top to bottom -- something that is a rare sight in the Mediterranean capital city. The forecast for the remainder of the day in...

The city of Athens will hail in the New Year in January with the “reveille” played by the Armed Forces and Security Forces and the firing of shots from the gun emplacement on Lycabettus Hill at 7:41a.m. This will be...