Greece

On Sunday, Athens municipal authorities continued their new campaign to clean up and beautify downtown Athens -- perhaps most importantly, by removing the graffiti which has for so long been a visual blight on the Greek capital. A team of workers...

Dozens of protesting farmers have driven their tractors into the center of the town of Lamia in central Greece, angry over austerity policies they claim threaten their livelihood. The farmers blockaded the town centre and held a meeting where they discussed...

Two young wild bears took a stroll at Kastoria center after midnight on Monday, alarming the residents of the northern Greek city. Nikos Panagiotopoulos, member of brown bear protection group Arcturos and Environmental Protection Society of Kastoria, told AMNA news...

This Friday vehicles will not be able to enter many roads around the city center of Athens as the capital will be closed off for the annual Oxi Day parades, which commemorates Greece's former military general and Prime Minister...

Authorities in Athens will once again be enforcing restrictions on vehicles entering the city center. According to authorities, starting Monday, October 10, vehicle restrictions will apply allowing cars with license plates ending in even numbers to enter to city center...

According to government plans, around three-quarters of Greece's migrant reception centers will be closed by September. The plan is to allow the 56,000 refugees who have reached Greece's shores and found themselves unable to travel on to other destinations due...

Chania is a breathtaking city on the island Crete, and a perfect vacation spot -- Chania has with something to offer any traveler!

The Chios massacre of 1822 was perhaps the worst atrocity carried out by the Ottomans against Greeks during the Greek War of Independence.

The historic city of Ioannina, the capital of Epirus in northwestern Greece, marks February 21st as the day of liberation from the Ottoman Empire. "The contribution of those who fought in the historic battles to liberate the city of Ioannina...

The ancient Helike was a famous Greek city which suffered a devastating fate in ancient times. Like the lost city of Atlantis, it disappeared beneath the waves in a dramatic natural disaster. In fact, some scholars believe this was...

Pavlopetri is a small islet off the coast of Laconia in the Peloponnese, where ancient history meets the endless blue of the Mediterranean.

Mystras which lies in the southeastern Peloponnesian Peninsula, was once the center of Byzantine power in southern Greece.

Get to know Edessa, the Northern Greek city referred to as the “City of Water and of the Five Senses,” which is home to thermal springs and the famed Edessa Waterfalls. Edessa is the capital of Pella, located in the...

The long and (mostly) illustrious history of the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta defines the word "legendary."

Eleusis has been named the European Capital of Culture for 2023, making it the fourth Greek city in a row to host the institution. Attica's treasures already attract thousands of visitors, including a high volume of artists from all over...