Athens

Weather conditions will deteriorate starting from Wednesday with heavy snowfall expected even in lowland areas. Northerly winds will reach 8 to 9 in the Beaufort scale in the Aegean and the temperatures will post significant drop. On Wednesday snow...

For the second time this week, Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis has called for the resignation of Nikos Toskas, the Citizens' Protection Minister, in light of the vandalism and acts of violence that have taken place throughout the city in recent...

In the late hours of Monday, three trolley buses were set on fire in downtown Athens, police have reported. Initial reports reveal that the trolley buses were set ablaze by unknown assailants near the Polytechnic building and that there were no...

The Central Council of Contemporary Monuments approved on Saturday an architectural study and preliminary static report for the restoration of the former summer palace of Tatoi, located 27 km from the city centre of Athens, on the mountain of...

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis announced the Athens Tourism Partnership (ATP), an initiative for tourism promotion in Athens. The City of Athens, AEGEAN and the Athens International Airport (AIA) unite for the first time their forces having a common objective:...

Just five hours north of Athens archaeologists have discovered a lost ancient Greek city dating back some 2,500 years. The discovery of ancient ruins on the hillside where the city sits is nothing new to archaeologists, who had dismissed them...

hAthens City Haltl was lit with the colors of the Turkish flag on Monday evening in memory of the victims of the terror attack in Istanbul on Sunday and in support of the Turkish people, as the mayor of...

There was an explosive device found and later detonated outside of the Labor Ministry in Athens early Monday morning by the Greek police. Sources report that there has been no claim to planting the bomb and authorities became aware of...

Members of the riot police unit have filed a lawsuit against the officers in command of an operation. Riot police were sent to quell a riot on Alexandras Avenue next to police headquarters in Athens on October 31. A court trial...

Fugitive Theofilos Lazarakis opened fire on police shooting one officer in the shoulder before taking his life on Saturday. According to reports, Athens police DIAS motorcycle unit were in pursuit of 38-year-old Lazarakis after he refused to undergo a routine...