Athens

The Greek capital is covered by smoke on Monday as a big forest fire burns on the mountain slopes of Gerania, near the resort town of Kineta, about 50 km (30 miles) west of Athens. Acropolis and the parliament are...

Young refugees in Athens are getting the chance of a free education at the city's American Community School (ACS) through a scholarship project being run by the HOME Project NGO. Eighteen scholarships have been made available through support from the Shapiro...

Thousands of Greek music lovers attended the “Once in a Lifetime” concert by veteran hard rockers Scorpions on Monday in the ‘Kallimarmaro’ Panathenaic stadium in central Athens. Scorpions, a German rock band formed in 1965, shared the limelight with the...

Thousands of Greek music lovers are expected to attend the "Once in a Lifetime" concert by veteran hard rockers Scorpions to be held on Monday in the 'Kallimarmaro' Panathenaic stadium in central Athens. Scorpions, a German rock band formed in 1965,...

Friends of Canada (FoC) in Athens, Greece, once again held their annual Canada Day celebration on July 9, at La Piazza pizzeria in Chalandri, Athens. Along with the many Canadians residing in Greece and other friends of Canada that attended,...

There will be no metro services on lines 2 (red line) and 3 (blue line) on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in order for the union to hold an extraordinary shareholders' meeting. Among the issues to be discussed...

Thousands of Athenians turned up on Thursday at the ancient Odeon of Herodes Atticus, at the foot of the Acropolis, to watch Nana Mouskouri perform some of the songs that made her known throughout the world. The concert, part of...

US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt hosted a reception to mark Independence Day on Tuesday with guests including politicians, entrepreneurs, artists and prominent Americans living in Athens. At his welcoming remarks at the ambassador's residence, Pyatt said that the United...

Athens has been unveiled as Europe's best city break destination for 2018, with its famous Acropolis also being chosen as Europe's best tourist destination. The World Travel Awards (WTA) Europe Gala Ceremony 2018 was held in the Greek capital over the...

The enthusiasm lasted less than 24 hours, as a hard rain washed off the heat reflective material that was used to pave a central street in Athens as part of a pilot program. The innovative white coating used to reduce...