Athens

Greek Alternate Foreign Minister George Katrougalos said on Thursday that Turkey's recent "erratic" actions are a direct response to the improvement in Greece's international position. He added that Turkey's current political situation has been exacerbated by the EU's response...

The daily commute for thousands of Athenians was disrupted on Wednesday morning due to a 24-hour nationwide general strike. The labor action was called by the General Confederation of Employees of Greece (GSEE), Greece's largest union for private-sector workers. Metro,...

The emergence of Athens as one of the most popular "city-break" destinations in Europe during the last few years has caused a substantial increase in the city’s hotel room rates. According to a monthly report published by the Greek Tourism Confederation Institute...

Street fights broke out in the center of Athens between football fans on Monday evening, on the eve of the Champions League game between AEK and the Dutch team Ajax. Police say that fans of Panathinaikos, AEK's Athenian rivals, joined...

In a statement issued on Tuesday afternoon, the Greek Foreign Ministry responded to recent provocative statements made by the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The president, referring to recent oil drilling in the region, had sternly warned Greece and Cyprus...

  A woman was killed on Monday when she was hit by a train in the downtown Athens district of Sepolia, between Konstantinoupoleos and Damvergi streets. The train was on its normal route between Thessaloniki and Athens. The reasons of the accident...

Greek police on Saturday morning arrested a man who stormed the Serbian embassy in central Athens wielding a knife. The incident occurred at around 9.30 a.m. and led to police and a special negotiator being dispatched to the scene but the...

Athens ranked 100th out of 100 cities in the "Best City to Find a Job" survey conducted by Movinga, a Berlin-based company providing integrated relocation services. According to the study, which used data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development...

For the first time in Greek higher education, a major university will now offer joint programs with Columbia University of New York City.

According to a list published by the famous Venue Report travel magazine, two new Greek cafés have made it to the list of ''2018's Hottest New Café Openings Across the Globe''. The list featured eighty-five spots around the world, with third...