Greece

By the end of 2016 the project on the creation of a new city center around Panepistimiou Street is to be completed. It is an ambitious project which is to be funded with 90 million euros from the regional development...

The historic Grande Bretagne Hotel was built less than fifty years after Greece won its independence and the modern Greek State was beginning to take form. It was built across the King's Palace and now stands across the Greek Parliament...

Eleven years have passed since the deadly Marfin Bank arson. The culprits are still at large, as Greek police launches a new investigation

Despite reactions by downtown Athens citizens, the next stage of the Panepistimiou Avenue makeover will go ahead as planned. The so-called "Athens Grant Walk" is an ambitious project by the Athens municipality in making the city more livable. The redevelopment...

The Hellenic Initiative is working with the Athens Partnership to scrub off the graffiti found in Athens' oldest neighborhood, Plaka.

Greece's 30-year bond, issued on Wednesday has attracted great demand, the public debt management agency announced.

Hundreds of demonstrators defied a ban on demonstrations and gathered on two separate locations in central Athens on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of the Polytechnic student uprising. Despite warnings that the rallies would be unlawful as the country tries...

Just a little more than a month ago, the Athens City Council made the decision to undertake construction of the ''Grand Walk'' of Athens. The promising improvement to city life in the Greek capital aims to transform the historic...

An historic Greek film from 1930, thought for many decades to have been lost but which was recently found in France, has now been restored. A screening of the early "talkie" will premiere at the Stavros Niarchos Hall of...

The Council of State, Greece's highest administrative court, on Tuesday gave the go-ahead for Line 4 of the Athens metro, which will start in the Alsos Veikou district and run to Goudi. There are two bidders for the project who...

The Archaeological Society of Greece is celebrating 180 years of glorious history with a once-in-a-lifetime-exhibit of black and white photographs. An exhibit titled “Chronography – An Exhibition for the 180th anniversary (1837-2017) of the Archaeological Society” kicks off the...

Athens city council plans to withdraw the licenses of hundreds of abandoned street kiosks in a bid to clean up the streets and free up pavements for pedestrians, it has said. Out of a total of 931 street kiosks, the...

Leftist and anti-establishment groups, and political committees of Kurds and Turks held a protest march in central Athens against the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Thursday. The protesters shouted slogans such as, "The people do not need...

More than 220 events have been planned in the City of Athens for the 2017 holiday season, starting with the lighting of the Christmas tree in Syntagma Square, which is to take place on December 12 at 19:00. Athens Mayor...

Aegeon, the most historical donut shop in Athens, has shut down due to the economic crisis, 91 years after it first opened its doors in central Athens. Greek donuts, called loukoumades, are deep fried and served on a plate with...