Athens

A large anti-fascist protest march was underway in central Athens on Saturday to mark the four-year anniversary of the murder of rapper Pavlos Fyssas, for which a member of Golden Dawn is being tried. Members of anti-fascist groups, representatives of...

Its inhabitants know this for a fact, but now it's official - the Greek capital is the most stressful city in the EU, according to a survey conducted by international cleaning services, Zipjet. The survey examined the overall mental health...

When he booked a flight to Athens with his partner, 67-year-old Geoff Lye could not have possibly imagined that his journey would become a modern day Odyssey. A 4-hour-long flight, turned into a 33-hour-long saga. According to British media, Geoff...

Greek government is facing criticism for its delayed and ineffective response in the wake of the oil spill from a sunken tanker, which has spread to some of Athens’s most popular beaches. Crews scrambled to clean up the oil that escaped...

The engineer responsible for the lighting installation of the Acropolis during the Athens Olympic Games in 2004 denounced the authorities for their indifference in maintaining the projectors in proper working order. In a post on his personal Facebook page, Costas...

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...

The railway line between Athens and Thessaloniki was shut down on Saturday after a goods train derailed in the Sperchios area early in the morning. Two passenger trains, one in Bralos that was bound for Thessaloniki and one in Lianokladi...

A photographic exhibition on the work completed by the Athens Ephorate of Antiquities in the past two years will signal the opening of the fully restored Fethiye Mosque in Monastiraki to the public, the Ephorate said on Saturday. The 17th...

The 17th century Fethiye Mosque, located at the ancient Roman Agora in central Athens has been restored. Without cracks in the walls and on the roof, it opens with its first exhibition presenting the history of the monument and the...

As most Athenians have fled the city by ships, planes, cars, trains and buses, the center of the Greek capital seems literally deserted. Most Greeks take their annual holiday around Assumption Day, on August 15. The few that have remained, chose...