Greece

A long Athenian tradition is being reborn. The inauguration of the restored historic flower shops outside Parliament took place on Wednesday. The historic flower shops of Syntagma are being revived as part of a joint initiative of the Hellenic...

The Hellenic Volleyball Federation will be hosting a beach volleyball tournament in the center of Athens on June 2nd, as the city's central square, Syntagma, will be transformed into a beach for the event. The Athens Golden Cup tournament, which...

Syntagma Square has literally been the very heart of Athens ever since the city became the capital of the modern Greek state.

Greek police on Thursday located and apprehended Yiannis Michalidis, an alleged member of an urban guerrilla group who rose to notoriety in 2011 after he tried to shoot at police with a high-powered bow-and-arrow during a protest rally at...

Hundreds of Greek students protested against climate change in the country’s capital on Friday morning in what is becoming a regular occurrence, taking place every Friday in many cities around the globe under the title of ''Fridays for Future.'' The...

A man who became infamous in 2011 for using a bow and arrow against police forces during a protest in Athens' Syntagma Square, escaped the agricultural prison of Tyrintha in the Peloponnese on Friday. Giannis Michalidis was given a 13-year...

Approximately forty refugees and migrants, including many children, who had been camping at Syntagma Square in Athens since Thursday, left the square on Saturday afternoon. At first, they refused to leave, despite the efforts of Greek authorities to persuade them...

Athens' city center was completely cordoned off on Sunday, March 10, to allow the cast and crew of the upcoming movie ''Born To Be Murdered'' film their scenes. Among the cast members of the film, which is directed by the...

Lampsa Hellenic Hotels, owner of Hotel Grande Bretagne in Syntagma Square, has approached the City of Athens offering to fund the replacement and upgrading of the lights in the capital’s central square. According to a Kathimerini newspaper report, the City...

Celebrations marking the March 25 anniversary of Greece's 1821 revolution and the war of independence against Ottoman rule peaked with a grand military parade through the centre of Athens on Saturday. Large crowds turned out to watch the parade on...

What started back in 2010 in Athens as a revival of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" - where Greeks dressed up in their best zombie costumes - has now become the Annual Walk of the Zombies which has entered its 5th year! The...

The ferris wheel that has been put up in Syntagma Square in the country's capital city has been ordered to be removed as soon as possible, the City of Athens said in a press release on Wednesday. The reason the...

Commuters at Athens central Syntagma Square, in front of Greek Parliament, were amused as a meteor was staged to look as though it had crash-landed. Dozens of onlookers were drawn to the campaign organized by the Association of Greek...

Another surprise thespian interlude awaits commuters in Syntagma metro station at noon on Thursday, when the cast of the National Theater appearing in Aristophanes' timeless ancient comedy "Lysistrata" have organized a "teaser" of the production that will go on...

A flood of protestors of all ages gathered at Syntagma Square at 6:30 pm on Wednesday calling for the resignation of the Greek government. The anti-government rally, was organized on social media by the new "Resign" movement that has...