Greece

On Friday, Greek riot police put an end to a group of nationalists occupying a site at Votanikos where the country's first mosque is set to be built. The group of 15 nationalists referring to themselves as the "Association of...

Incidents were noted at the region of Votanikos, 3km west of the Athens center, when a group of people occupied the abandoned building benchmarked for the construction of the city's proposed mosque. The group of around 20 people said...

Independent Greeks (ANEL), the junior coalition partner, voted against a provision that will speed up the construction of a mosque in Votanikos, an area outside Athens, during a debate in the relevant parliamentary committees on Wednesday. The provision is included...

Work on the construction of a mosque in Athens' Votanikos district was given the all-clear to continue on Thursday, based on a ruling issued by the fourth section of the Council of State (CoS), Greece's supreme administrative court. The 850-square-metre mosque,...

The fourth scheduled auction for the construction of a mosque in Votanikos which was expected to be held today was postponed once again. According to recent updates, the auction is expected to be held on the 24th of October. The...

Construction of the mosque in the Votanikos region of Athens was officially announced, with the amendment in question included in the bill of the Ministry of Environment, as the European Union and the Muslim community of Greece put pressure on the...

There are several famous neighborhoods and squares in Athens with strange names, whose origins even Athenians are unaware of. Plateia Amerikis, or America Square, is an iconic square in Athens. The busy square was named in 1927, as the municipal...

After a fourteen-year wait, the first ever-official mosque began operating in Athens on Monday, welcoming Muslims for prayer. “A long effort by successive governments since 2006, when Law 3512 was passed, has been completed. Greece sends a clear message inside...

The first Muslim mosque to open for worship in Athens since the establishment of the modern Greek state opened its doors in the capital city on Friday. After numerous delays, for a variety of reasons, the mosque in the Votanikos neighborhood was...

The first Muslim mosque to open for worship in Athens since the establishment of the modern Greek state is set to open its doors in the capital city this Friday. After numerous delays, for a variety of reasons, the mosque in...

At least 80 makeshift mosques in the wider Athens area have come under police surveillance, according to a confidential report by the Greek Police, seen by Kathimerini. The Greek daily says that authorities are concerned due to evidence that certain...

Transferred for the first time ever from New York to Greece, the Mediterranean performing arts "Between the Seas" Festival will this year take place at the Baumstrasse arts centre in Athens' Votanikos district (8 Servion Street), on September 11-17. The...

It has only taken some 180 years for Athens to finally be on the verge of getting its first official mosque as plans that took 10 years to get approved by the government are now becoming a realty. However,...

The construction of the Muslim mosque at the Athens district of Votanikos is expected to be completed in early May, the representative of the joint venture and managing director of INTRAKAT construction company Petros Souretis stated to Athens Macedonian...

A report published by the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs states that there were 147 attacks against religious sites around Greece in 2015. The report, published for the first time, was aimed at raising awareness on issues of...