Athens sprawls across the Attica Basin, a valley surrounded on three sides by mountain ranges and on the fourth by the Saronic Gulf. Constant expansion has introduced a sense of modernism to this ...

Greece experienced a great house price boom during the early 2000s. Real estate agents reported 30% to 40% annual price rises for properties near the sea in 2004. In Athens, house prices rose 11.2% in ...

reported intensifying contacts aimed at the return to Athens of the Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum. “The whole international debate on the return of the marbles to Greece has ...

A former police officer for the Athens-Clarke County Police Department was arrested Wednesday on charges of sexually exploiting a child. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of ...

There can’t be many people who care for literature, for all round excellence, who wouldn’t be moved by the fact that Wole Soyinka has, at last, been awarded the Nobel prize. In my opinion he entered ...

A group of tourists pose at the Parthenon circa 1860. Public Domain. This is thought to be one of the earliest known photographs capturing a group of tourists on Athens’s Acropolis, taken around the ...

Lysander has the walls of Athens demolished. The Thirty Tyrants of Athens ruled after the Peloponnesian war ended. Credit: The Illustrated History of the World. CC BY 2.0/Wikimedia Commons/ The ...

I was born in a neighbourhood of Athens that separates Kolonaki, an area frequented by politicians and celebrities, from Exarchia, a district favoured by rebels, intellectuals and artists.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows buildings in Athens, Greece, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo ...

Many Athens residents are concerned about icy road conditions, making travels to work and school unsafe. Is the University of Georgia closing on Friday? Yes, the Athens Campus will be closed ...

From soaking up over 2,000 years of history, to vibrant street art, rooftop bars and amazing restaurants, here’s how to spend the ultimate weekend in Athens. When I heard we’d be spending a few days ...