Athens

As Athens prepares to welcome the first government-funded mosque in the city in March, 2019, the search for an imam has begun. The Education Ministry’s committee for the new mosque announced on Monday that Muslims who legally reside in Attica...

A white Christmas this year in Athens? It could happen. The National Observatory of Athens has just published new meteorological data about the times Athens experienced white Christmases. Its findings show that despite being a rare phenomenon, Athenians could definitely once...

"New Democracy will not ratify the Prespa agreement, not now, not in the next parliament, not ever," Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, addressing his party on Friday evening. "Greece is at the most crucial turning point in its history," said ND leader...

A 48-year-old Greek man was found dead at dawn on Thursday in the area of ​​Moschato, Attica. Earlier today, another man was shot in the head at a coffee shop in Omonoia Square. According to police, the man in Moschato...

This Christmastime, Stavros Niarchos Park in Athens is full of light and sound, thanks to a series of interactive installations forming a magical winter wonderland. Four of these installations are being presented for the first time in Greece, while three...

A photography exhibition opens on Wednesday in the Greek capital, with the rare black and white photos shot by the famous photographer Alexander Lamont Henderson being exhibited for the first time to an Athenian audience. Handerson visited Athens in 1904 and...

The long and remarkable history of the Greek Presidential Guard (or Proedrikí Frourá in Greek) started on a day much like this, 150 years ago. This distinguished, battalion-sized military unit, dubbed Agema at the time, was established by a royal...

A group of approximately twenty hooded youths attacked the headquarters of the Greek riot police near the main University campus in Athens on Tuesday. Witnesses said that they threw Molotov cocktails at the building before running away. No injuries were reported...

A day after widespread clashes between anarchists and police in central Athens and Thessaloniki, the scenes coming from the two city centers are shocking. Cars and motorbikes lie as burned-out hulks, shops are destroyed and streets choked with debris look...

Scores of young people who took to the streets of Athens to mark the tenth anniversary of the murder of teen Alexandros Grigoropoulos clashed with police in streets around central Athens on Thursday evening. The new confrontations took place around...