Athens

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...

Carolyn Wilson, chair of the International Steering Committee for the UNESCO-initiated Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy (GAPMIL), gave an informative presentation on the links between media and information literacy and empowerment of women on Friday,...

The City of Athens on Sunday covered a road in the capital's center with an innovative white material that reduces the heat from the sun hitting the asphalt. The material called CoolSeal is similar to paint and it deflects the...

Sacks of garbage piled high on the sidewalks of Athens have started spewing out onto the streets after a part of the capital's main dump collapsed and waste trucks stopped collecting. More than 2,500 thousand tons of garbage are being...

As it gears up to celebrate the ninth anniversary of its official opening on June 20 the Acropolis Museum in Athens is making plans to usher in the digital era, with a judicial use of technology to enhance the...

An hour-long phone call between Greek premier Alexis Tsipras and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) leader Zoran Zaev took place on Monday, but there was no sign of a historic deal on the two countries' name dispute. A statement...

Athenians were left gazing in awe as a French artist performed breathtaking acrobatics in Syntagma Square in front of the Greek parliament on Thursday. Chloe Moglia's performance was part of the Athens and Epidaurus Festival, Greece's most prestigious summer cultural event...

The National Archaeological Museum is organising free thematic tours for Athens' year as World Book Capital. The tours will be conducted by the museum's archaeologists in groups of 30, free of charge. "Starting from prehistoric societies before writing emerged, where linear...

By Heini-Sofia Alavuo Greece is known for its beauty and nature, but this doesn’t always shine through in the bigger cities. People living in urban areas often don’t have easy access to the country's celebrated natural habitat, especially during the...

The National Archaeological Museum of Athens has opened its doors to "The Countless Faces of Beauty", an exhibition about the pursuit and appreciation of beauty. The traveling exhibition highlights the different expressions of aesthetics in heterogeneous social and cultural environments...