Athens

Traffic police on Thursday announced that a series of roads in central Athens will be closed to traffic this Sunday, for the 8th Greece Race for the Cure Against Breast Cancer. The race begins at 11:30 on Sunday morning outside...

Greece's Central Archaeological Council has approved a proposal for restoring sections of the north wall surrounding the Athens Acropolis, which is in need repairs for safety and structural reasons. The repairs underway concern sections of the medieval wall surrounding the...

The 4th Little Paris of Athens is a multi-aspect festival of artistic expression taking place from October 6 to October 16 on French named streets around the center of the capital. The Petit Paris d'Athenes is organized by the...

In a statement released on Wednesday, Irina Bokova, UNESCO's director, announced that Athens is the World Book Capital for 2018. The honor of being named the World Book Capital of the year was bestowed on Athens for the exceptional quality of...

A mother and her son were found dead in their blazing apartment by men of the Athens Fire Department early Thursday morning in the Acharnes neighborhood. The apartment was on fire but the flames did not reach the adjacent apartments....

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras played host to the EU's southern member states on Friday. "Regardless of our ideological backgrounds, what unites us are our common sea and common problems, and faith in a European vision," he said, addressing...

Eurostat, the EU statistics agency, studied urban areas across the EU and found that three-quarters of the population live in cities. Viewed as both a source of and solutions to current economic, social and environmental challenges, Eurostat published its...

The leaders of France, Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Malta will meet on Friday September 9, in Athens, on the initiative of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, to work out proposals for their own vision of European structure and...

New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis criticized the government on Tuesday for its inability to guarantee the safety of Greek citizens, following an attack against the head of Athens’ traffic police on Monday night by unknown assailants. "It is clear...

Chief of Athens Traffic Police Giorgos Diamantopoulios was violently beaten by an attacker on Monday night after a protest rally in the capital's center. The incident took place a little before midnight, when Diamantopoulos -- who was on duty in...