Athens

Prince Charles wore cufflinks with the flags of Greece and Great Britain as he visited  Orthodox Church Archbishop Ieronymos on Thursday during the second day of his official visit to Greece. Observant hacks spotted the accessories as the prince was...

Prince Charles laid a wrath at the Faliro war cemetery, south of Athens, where 2,029 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War are buried. Accompanied by the Duchess of Cornwall, who was holding an umbrella to protect herself from the...

Athenians and tourists gave a warm welcome to Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall as they strolled the streets of the Greek capital on the second day of their official visit. The royal couple enjoyed the sunny and warm...

A unique monument in Athens lies hidden in one of the gardens belonging to the capital's Agricultural University on Iera Odos (Sacred Road), the ancient track that connected Athens to Elefsis. After almost 400 years of Ottoman rule, the city...

The Greek Jewish community has expressed anger and despair after a Jewish cemetery in Nikaia near Athens was vandalized on Friday. The head of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece, or KIS, Minos Moissis, said he was “very...

The violent storm that hit Athens on Saturday night has been captured in a dramatic time-lapse video. The skies over the Greek capital lit up, signaling the end of the unseasonably warm weather Athenians had been enjoying for the last...

Athens Street Food Festival roared into life on Friday, promising thousands of visitors the chance to take part in Greece's biggest and most glamorous gastronomy event. The festival opened its doors at the OSH Depot in Gazi, central Athens for three...

Hundreds of residents of the central Athenian neighborhood of Exarchia have called on the Greek prosecution service to intervene and put an end to the crime, vandalism and lawlessness threatening to turn the area into a ghetto. A three-page appeal...

Scientists say that the earthquake that shook Greece on Tuesday night and was felt in Athens is not cause for concern. "Τhe earthquake is not a cause for concern, as it is in the same area where last January we...

Disruption is expected in Athens tomorrow as labor activists stage rallies and demonstrations to mark May 1, International Workers' Day. A rally by two large union groups is expected at 11 a.m. local time (0800GMT) in central Athens preceded an...