Athens

The Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens is getting a makeover in what is seen as the single most difficult and important maintenance project in recent years in the Greek capital. The first 17-meter (55.7 foot) tall column at the...

A total of 1,496 cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in Greece on Wednesday, 30 fewer than the 1,526 cases that were recorded in the country just one day earlier, on Tuesday. Over half of cases diagnosed in Greece were found...

Protesters across Greece took to the streets Wednesday to demonstrate against a proposed education bill that calls for, in part, police presence on Greek university campuses. Additionally, demonstrators marched to call for Greece to safely open all schools under strict...

Athens, along with the entire Attica region, will be placed in strict lockdown starting on Thursday at 6:00 and lasting until Sunday, February 28. Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias announced on Wednesday the additional restrictive...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that they will soon open their first office in Athens as part of the conglomerate’s ongoing investment in Greece. The firm had previously opened a CloudFront location in the capital city and the addition of...

Scottish musician Sophie Xeon, better known as ''Sophie'' died at the age of 34 in Athens, Greece in the early hours of Saturday. The Grammy-nominated record producer, singer, songwriter, and DJ tragically lost her life following a terrible accident in...

Athens, the Attica region, and the North Aegean will be removed from the German Foreign Ministry's list of high-risk coronavirus travel areas as of Sunday, it was announced on Saturday. This list includes regions that are epidemiologically burdened and travelers...

Two youths were arrested on Saturday and taken to the public prosecutor for violently assaulting an Athens metro station manager. The prosecutor pressed criminal charges against the two brothers - 15 and 17 years old - for the grave assault...

Mask deniers brutally attacked and injured an employee of the Athens metro on Wednesday after he confronted them for not wearing masks. Footage shows two young men repeatedly kicking the employee who is laying on the ground, desperately trying to...

Only ten days in, this January has already proven to be Athens' hottest in at least 160 years, according to data from the National Observatory of Athens which was released Monday. The country is reveling in the unseasonably warm winter...