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U.S. investment company BlackRock has decided to freeze a plan to build a mall complex in western Athens after 11 years of battling Greek bureaucracy, because of the risky economic situation in Greece, Kathimerini news website reports. The company decided...

Greek police have launched a manhunt for two armed robbers who stole an undisclosed amount of cash from an armored truck making a cash delivery at a mall in northern Athens on Friday. The incident occurred shortly before 1 p.m....

An exhibition of small beer brewers is taking place in Athens over the weekend as the sector is on the rise in Greece. Many well-known brands and several newcomers, take part in "Zythognosia" at Zappeion. They come from many different...

A few weeks after the sinking of Agia Zoni II tanker that caused immeasurable environmental damage to the Saronic Gulf, Greek authorities are trying to deal with a new wreck at the near-by area of Aspropyrgos. The cargo ship "Elefantas"...

Although the State Council had announced that the construction of "The Mall Athens" -- the biggest shopping center in the Balkans -- is illegal and unconstitutional, the Greek government found a way to legalize it. More specifically, the Interministerial Committee for...

The many old arcades that can be found in the center of the Greek capital, Athens, contain small gastronomical treasures that are ready to be explored by locals and tourists. Follow us and take a ‘bite’ of some of...

A change in the electoral law calling for fewer deputies, the breaking up of Athens into smaller electoral districts and the better management of political funding are priorities if more transparency is to be achieved in political life, Administrative...

One of the most popular shopping spots in Greece, the Mall of Athens in the upscale northern Athens suburb of Maroussi, was built illegally, the Council of State, Greece’s highest court ruled. It was the second time the project that...

Two Greek anarchist groups have take responsibility for an explosion at the Athens Mall, the country's largest shopping center, that injured two security guards and escalated political violence that has begun a war of words between the New...

The detonation of a bomb at the Athens Mall, the country's largest shopping center may have been the work of at least four people and has raised fears that terrorism is escalating in the wake of more austerity measures...

There was an explosion a little before 11 a.m. at The Mall commercial center in the upscale Athens neighborhood of Marousi, a bombing that came in the wake of a similar attack outside the homes of four journalists and...

130 small and medium-sized companies responded to the invitation by the Athens Stock Exchange administration and attended a gala about the alternative market. 50 of the companies are located outside Attica and operate in sectors such as technology, tourism,...

All Flights to and from all Greek airports will be normally conducted on Wednesday, as the Union of Air Traffic Controllers decided today to give an end to the mobilisations that would take place on Wednesday's 24-hour nationwide general...

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...

Found interspersed among the rocky terrain of the Acropolis of Athens is a small plant with pink flowers, the micromeria acropolitana.