Athens

George Broulias was elected on Wednesday afternoon as Athens' new interim mayor, following the resignation of George Kaminis several days ago. Broulias was elected by Kaminis' municipal group with eighteen votes from the city's local council; Epameinondas Lamprakakis, the president...

The Greek Ministry of Culture revoked the license for the construction of a new, multi-level building which had been planned for Athens' Koukaki neighborhood on Monday. The tall building would have been in the shade of the holy rock...

The historical housing built in the 1930s in Athens to accommodate Greek refugees from Asia Minor are to get new life as they will be restored in a three-year redevelopment project. The "Prosfygika" (προσφυγικά) - as they are called -...

Just a few days after the official unveiling of the statue of Alexander the Great in central Athens, unknown vandals painted slogans on its base on Tuesday night. In yet another incident of vandalism, from which Athens and Greece's other...

A 1.55-million-euro project overseen by the Region of Attica will highlight and upgrade the facilities of the National Observatory of Athens on the Hill of the Nymphs, it was announced on Holy Wednesday. The project includes the creation of a...

Athenians have begun to deserting the Greek capital as they head to their families' ancestral villages and holiday destinations for the annual Easter break. The mass exodus is expected to culminate on Holy Friday, as thousands flock to ports, bus...

The Armenian community of Greece commemorated the 104th anniversary of the Armenian genocide with a protest march in the center of Athens on Wednesday. The march started at Syntagma Square and concluded at the Turkish embassy, where marchers presented a...

Psyrri, a popular downtown neighborhood of Athens at one time, is becoming the center of Airbnb-related business once again, as three more major investments have been announced over the last few weeks. Psyrri became one of the hotspots of nightlife...

Approximately forty refugees and migrants, including many children, who had been camping at Syntagma Square in Athens since Thursday, left the square on Saturday afternoon. At first, they refused to leave, despite the efforts of Greek authorities to persuade them...

''Eleftherios Venizelos'', the International Airport of Athens, showcases and promotes Greece's history, literature and culture for more than eighteen years now. Since the beginning of its operation in 2001, the new international airport of Athens keeps up the tradition of...