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Athens' Most Peculiar Kiosks

As anyone who has ever visited Greece will know, a kiosk, or the locals like to call it, “periptero,” can be found on every street corner of any island, small village or big city. They are an essential part...

Horrorant Film Festival: Athens Painted in Blood

With the gates of hell open, anything can happen. Psycho killers, wanton cheerleaders, zombies thirsty for flesh, and TAZ with a saw, all take part in the 1st International Horror Film Festival in Greece. The Festival, officially called the 'Horrorant...

Public Sector Strikes Paralyze Greece

ADEDY staged a 24-hour strike today, paralyzing the whole country and disrupting the operation of all public services. The strike took place to protest against the deal that the Greek government is trying to make with international creditors which...

Travel Bloggers Meet at TBEX 2014 Held in Athens

After concerted and methodical effort by the municipality of Athens and the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau (ACVB) of the Company of Development and Tourism Promotion in Athens (EATA), the city was chosen to organize the international annual meeting...

Thieves Raid House and Torture Owner's Wife

A violent incident occurred a few days ago in the northern suburbs of Athens, Greece when ruthless thieves of Georgian origin raided the residence of a well-known Greek dermatologist and tortured his wife into revealing where their money and...

NYT: Last Man Painting Movie Posters in Greece

New York Times published an article today, dedicated to the last man in Athens, Greece, who still paints movie posters for an Athenian cinema. His work is reminiscent of old times, filled with authenticity before the metropolitan lifestyle took...

Industrial Gas Museum in Athens Celebrates First Anniversary

On Sunday, The Industrial Gas Museum celebrated its one year anniversary in an event held at the Athens Technopolis.The museum opened in Athens on January 27 2013, nearly 30 years after the gas industry shut down. The gas industry was...

Italian Movie Based on Relationship of Panagoulis-Fallaci

The relationship of the Greek politician Alexandros Panagoulis with Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci is the main theme of the Italian TV movie La vita di Oriana Fallaci (“The Life of Oriana Fallaci”) which will be screened next October in...

World Travel Awards Ceremony to be Held in Greece

The World Travel Awards (WTA), the “Oscars of the travel industry” as they are called, will be held for the first time in Greece. The luxurious Divani Apollon Palace & Thalasso hotel in Athens will be hosting the European...

Downtown Athens Redevelopment Project Gets "Green Light"

A 78.5-million-euro project for the redevelopment of the Panepistimiou-Patission axis, the extension of the tram line and related traffic measures that will breath new life into the center of Athens, Greece, was given the “green light” on Wednesday. The project...