Athens

The construction of a Mosque in Athens has been repeatedly delayed, with the Ministry of Infrastructure revealing that its General Secretariat of Public Works...

A car rigged with powerful explosives blew up at about 6am on Thursday morning, on Amerikis Street, between Stadiou and Panepistimiou, in downtown...

New Democracy’s candidate for the Municipality of Athens, Aris Spiliotopoulos, supported the idea of carrying out a referendum in Athens regarding the...

Despite the strict security measures and police ban of rallies in the city center over Tuesday and Wednesday, unions, parties and social bodies have arranged a series...

The celebrations for the War of Independence have begun in Athens with the student march in the city center taking place today, while the military parade...

The International Day Against Fascism and Racism on Saturday the 22nd of March will be celebrated in Greece, with a number of antifascist demonstrations...

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) revealed a 28.8% increase in international arrivals over the first two months of 2014, compared to last ...

The city of Athens will host the farmer union protest today at noon, with farmer from all over the country congregating at Vathi Square to demonstrate against the government’s taxation policy and in demand of lower production costs. The farmers will also be joined by employees from other sectors. Buses with farmers from all over […]

With a nationwide farmer demonstration arranged for Wednesday in Athens, most farmers in the north of Greece have decided to carry out symbolic protests on Tuesday, while other of their colleagues remain skeptical. The vice president of an Imathia farmer union Kostas Lioliopoulos revealed that many MPs met with farmers at the Kouloura road block […]

A new suburban rail service is introduced today, that will connect Athens to Ano Liosia. This new service will allow passengers from Athens to head to the airport or towards Kiato from the rail station at Ano Liosia. At firs there will be four morning services departing from the Larissis station in Athens to the […]

Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the rating of the city of Athens from “C” to “Caa3”, meaning that there is a stable outlook. The credit rating business attributed the upgrade to the possibility of a default having been averted. Specifically, in December 2013 the Municipality of Athens paid 675,000 euros in late payment interest fees […]

Farmers from Imathia have taken the initiative to begin setting up road blocks on the Athens-Thessaloniki national highway, with the vice president of the Spontaneous Farmer Movement Kostas Lioliopoulos warning that farmers in Crete will soon join the struggle. So far about 30 to 40 roadblocks are being set up on the national highway, with […]