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Northern Suburbs of Athens Reveal Another Side to Greek Capital
Athens is a city of many faces, with some being more well-known and others remaining hidden to most visitors. One short trip to the northern suburbs of Athens reveals yet another side to the Greek capital.
Notably, it is that...
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Christmas Tree in Athens Dedicated to the Unseen Heroes of the Greek Capital
The Municipality of Athens illuminated the Christmas tree in Syntagma Square on Monday evening which this year is dedicated to the heroes who have been on the frontlines for Athens this holiday season and every day of the year.
The...
Greece
Athens "Great Walk" Promises to Transform Greek Capital's Historic Center
The Athens City Council is developing plans for a major overhaul of the historic center of the Greek capital by allowing people more space to walk, run and cycle through city streets and designating more green space for residents...
Greece
'Athens Photo World' Opens in the Greek Capital
The idea behind Athens Photo World, which opened in the Greek capital on Friday, is to reflect daily life as captured by the lens of some of the most acclaimed Greek and foreign photojournalists.
The photographs will be enlarged and...
Greece
Athens' Digital Lab Aims to Change Greek Capital Through Technology
The newly established City of Athens' Digital Lab has chosen four teams of young entrepreneurs, giving them technological and financial support to implement programs that will improve life in the capital.
Entrepreneurs were asked to submit ideas that would tackle...
Greece
New Rugby Club Starts Up in Greek Capital
Greece is well-known as a soccer-crazy country, but now people are being offered the chance to try their hand at the oval ball, as a new rugby club in Athens laces up its boots and takes to the field.
April...
Greece
Greek Capital Becomes a Ghost City as Athenians Take a Holiday (photos)
As most Athenians have fled the city by ships, planes, cars, trains and buses, the center of the Greek capital seems literally deserted.
Most Greeks take their annual holiday around Assumption Day, on August 15.
The few that have remained, chose...
Greece
Police Report Over 27,000 Protests in Greek Capital 2011-2015
New police data has been released regarding how many riots took place in the Greek Capital of Athens from 2011-2015. To help proportionalize the results, the data was also analyzed, focusing on how many people actually attended the demonstrations.
According to...
Business
Greek Government Has No Plan as Migrant Gangs Cause Trouble in Greek Capital
The Greek government is yet to make a plan on what to do with the hundreds of migrants and refugees that were sent back to the Greek capital from the Greece - F.Y.R.O.M. borders in Idomeni. In fact, the Greek...
Economy
Head of Greek Capital Market Regulator Resigns
The head of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC), Konstantinos Botopoulos has submitted his resignation, following a request by the Greek Finance Minister Eucid Tsakalotos, sources said on Friday.
Botopoulos had been at the helm of the Commission for 4 years....
Greece
Municipal Police Officers Set to Reappear in the Greek Capital
Municipal Police officers will reappear in the Greek capital on October 26th, after a two year absence.
The New Democracy-PASOK-DIMAR coalition government had abolished the municipal police units across Greece in the summer of 2013 to cut down on spending costs. However, in 2014 the...
Art
3rd Little Paris of Athens Festival to Take Place in the Greek Capital
Music, photographic exhibitions, street painting, café theater, lectures, social rendezvous and educational programs are scheduled to take place during the 3rd Little Paris of Athens multi-festival, co-organized by the Athens Art Network and the City of Athens Cultural, Sport...
Greece
Greek Capital Among Trivago's Most Popular Cities for 2016
Athens was placed among the 45 most popular global cities with the best cost to quality ratio in 2016, according to a list published on the international search engine and hotel price comparison site Trivago.
The Greek capital ranked 17th...
Greece
Travel Bloggers Invited to Spend the 'Perfect Day' in the Greek Capital
The City of Athens has extended invitations to eight well-known travel bloggers in Europe to experience and report on their own Athenian "Perfect Day" at the city's expense, over seven weeks in September and October.
The bloggers have been asked...
Business
Cost of Greek Capital Controls Estimated at Around €3 Bln
Capital controls have been imposed in Greece for three weeks. However, the cost of this time period to the Greek economy is estimated to be around 3 billion euros.
According to Greek newspaper "Kathimerini," this financial regime has hurt a number...