Athens

Pulitzer Laureate, Jeffrey Eugenides, an American of Greek descent, is visiting Athens to participate in panel discussions at the Athens 2018 World Book Capital. Eugenides will appear at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on September 27th, where he will...

Greece’s state-owned subway operator, Attiko Metro, has short-listed three interested groups of contractors in a tender for a 1.5 billion euro ($1.8 billion) expansion project. The bidders are Greek contractor GEK Terna with France’s Vinci and Germany's Siemens; J&P Avax...

Joseph Knobel Freud, the great grandson of the famous neurologist and the father of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud will be in Athens this September for an important lecture that is about to take place in the Spiritual Center of the...

An Antonov 225, the heaviest aircraft ever built, landed in Athens's international airport on Thursday. Athens airport went on Twitter to post photos of the exciting arrival. Συμβαίνει τώρα #athensairport! #Antonov225 #avgeeks pic.twitter.com/DbeU2ihvQW — Athens Airport (@ATH_airport) August 30, 2018 #athensinternationalairport Airbus A380-800...

Athens International Airport (AIA) is undergoing a small expansion. The small expansion will help ease passenger flow and allow AIA to better accommodate the rising amount of travelers - as many as 21.7 million people annually. The 8-million-euro project (without VAT)...

The American Giant Hyatt Hotels Corporation opened its new 5-star hotel in the Greek capital, at the building where the Athens Ledra Marriott once used to be, in central Athens, close to the Acropolis. The management of the new hotel...

A benefit concert dedicated to the late writer, poet and song-writer Manos Eleftheriou will be held at the Herod Atticus Odeon this Wednesday, starting at 21:00, with all proceeds going to support the victims of the deadly Attica fires. The...

  The mother of a young Greek who was murdered last week at Filopappou Hill, opposite the Acropolis, accused Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of "negligence and complicity" in her son's death. The 25-year-old died after he fell from a cliff as he...

Most parts of Athens were without electricity early Wednesday afternoon after a fault crippled the power supply system in the Greek capital. Suburbs from as far south as Glyfada to Kifisia in the north were all affected. According to the Independent...

A special evening of music in Melbourne has helped raise money for those affected by Greece's devastating July fires. Melbourne’s Greek Center was the venue for ABC Radio's live benefit broadcast hosted by The Friday Revue’s Richelle Hunt and Brian...