Athens

The British newspaper The Telegraph revealed on Sunday that a Greek urban renewal firm called ''Anaplasis'' plans to uncover Athens' ancient river of Ilissos. Back in October of 2018, a part of the Athenian tram line was closed off because the...

Greek Police officials, speaking with Kathimerini newspaper on Friday claimed that sensitive Police Units face severe communication problems as the radio devices they use are faulty. Special units of the Greek Police that guard sensitive spots in the Greek capital,...

The former caretaker Prime Minister of Greece, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, admitted that he sent a letter to Barack Obama in 2012, asking him to intervene in order to prevent the imposition of capital controls in Greece. The startling admission came...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras welcomed more than one-hundred eighty women from all walks of life to Athens' Maximos Mansion on Friday to mark International Women's Day 2019. "We have opened up the doors of the Maximos Mansion to give a symbolic message...

The Greek police announced on Thursday morning that the main streets in central Athens will be shut off on Sunday due to a movie being filmed in the Greek capital. Residents and tourists will not be able to drive or...

The Venezuelan ambassador to Greece on Wednesday dismissed allegations that the plane which made an unexpected stop in Athens last Saturday was shipping gold out of the country. In an interview with the Greek daily newspaper "Efimerida ton Syntakton," Freddy...

The American Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, spoke during an event co-organized by the US Embassy in Athens, the Atlantic Council and the well-regarded Greek think tank ''Dianeosis.'' During his speech, Ambassador Pyatt focused on the major contemporary issue that...

A government plane from the South American nation of Venezuela landed in Athens on Saturday, March 2 at 14:00 local time (12:00 GMT) and reportedly stayed there for approximately four hours. This odd occurrence was revealed by Greece's SKAI TV...

The man blown up in a car bomb in southern Athens on Friday was named as Amad “Jay’’ Malkoun, an exiled former leader of an Australian gang of bikers and convicted drug trafficker. Malkoun, 56, was seriously injured when his...

One person was injured and several cars were destroyed on Friday morning following a powerful explosion at an open-air parking lot in the southern Athens suburb of Glyfada. The explosion occurred at around 10 AM local time (0800 GMT) when...