Cleisthenes was the statesman who laid the foundations of democracy in ancient Athens by dividing Attica into ten tribes, based on location, and putting an end to the rule of nobility.
Even though Pericles (495-429 BC) is considered to be...
The relatives of the victims who lost their lives in the collapse of a building in Athens' Plaka following a powerful explosion on Friday, were expected at the Athens Forensic Service after arriving in Greece on Sunday for the...
A powerful explosion shook Athens’ historic Plaka district early Friday, causing a residential building to collapse and killing six people. Rescue crews recovered the last two bodies from the rubble on Saturday afternoon after a search lasting more than...
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...
