March 31, 2017
Greece, Politics
A group of seven people wearing hoods and helmets and holding sledgehammers attacked a branch office of extreme right Golden Dawn in Athens on Friday morning. The assailants smashed windows and threw paint at the party bookstore at the ground floor after failing to break through the front door of …
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March 29, 2017
Tourism
The Greek government expands the airport levy of 12 euros for flights departing from Greece to all airports including the regional airports. The levy will start to be imposed after the operation date of the 14 regional airport and until November 1st 2024. After this date, the levy will be …
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March 25, 2017
Society, Very Mix
Watch LIVE the Military Parade in Athens as Greece celebrates the Greek War of Independence 1821. The military parade started at 11 a.m and ended one and a half hour later. Here are some high lights. Greece celebrates the 25th March with a double holiday: a historical and a religious …
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March 18, 2017
Archeology, Culture
The Acropolis Museum will celebrate Greece’s Independence Day on March 25th with free entrance for all. Access to all halls and exhibitions will be free from 9 am to 8 pm. Two events are scheduled for this day: the presentation of a painted copy of “Kore 685” at 1 o’ …
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March 16, 2017
Greece, Politics
Actor Giorgos Kimoulis submitted his resignation as chairman on the board of Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, just two weeks and one day after his appointment. The resignation comes less than one month after the SNFCC was handed over to the Greek state. In a letter made public in the …
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March 13, 2017
Tourism, Travel
Greece’s Archaeological Receipts Fund (TAP), which is responsible for collecting revenues from the country’s archaeological product, said on Saturday a website is selling tickets to the Acropolis Hill at a hiked up price and warned the higher price does not provide priority entrance into the site. The fund said the …
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March 11, 2017
Lifestyle
This is THE week for wine lovers in Athens. Oenorama 2017, the world’s largest exhibition of Greek wines, opens its doors in downtown Athens this weekend for three of wine tasting and pleasure. The wine exhibition is followed by the Athens Wine Week with dozens of events organized in the …
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March 11, 2017
Strikes
Metro station <Monastiraki> in downtown Athens will be closed to public as of 10:30 am Saturday, March 11th 2o17 due to demonstration. The metro will pass through the station, however it will not halt, the public will not be able neither to get on or off. Greek police took the …
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March 8, 2017
Social, Society
Anger, brawl, smash, sticks, stones, tear gas, sound flares, injuries, detentions. This is the picture at Vathis Square in downtown Athens on Wednesday morning, after hundreds of angry farmers from Crete set out to protest taxation and social security contributions. First, the farmers first got angry because of the presence …
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March 6, 2017
Tourism, Travel
Two Museums in Athens are on the list of 41 spectacular museums to visit before you die. It is the New Acropolis Museum and the Benaki Museum. On the list compiled by experts for the online edition of UK’s The Telegraph, the two museums in Athens are together with world …
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March 1, 2017
Society
Greek police have been set on alert after a cab driver was found dead in his taxi Tuesday midnight in Kifissia suburb of Northern Athens. The 54-year-old man was reportedly shot in the right side of the head. The motive was not robbery, Skai TV reported on Wednesday, as some …
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February 28, 2017
Society, Strikes
Workers at the Athens Metro, the Tram and the Urban train ISAP will launch a 24-hour strike on Tuesday, March 1st 2017 and one on Friday, March 1st and 3rd 2017. Workers oppose the legislation according to which the commercial use of stations and spaces of the Urban Rail Transport …
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February 23, 2017
Tourism, Travel
Athens is among the Best European destinations for a holiday or a city trip in 2017. Following an online voting, Athens holds Number 4 on the list of 20 selected destinations in Europe. Top is Porto in Portugal, followed by Milan in Italy and Gdansk in Poland. 4. Athens …
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February 23, 2017
Society
Angry workers at public hospitals attempted to raid the Health Ministry in downtown Athens on Thursday. They set a wire fence and hanged ‘blood’ soaked uniforms. They later set them on fire. They clashed with riot police, while one protester fainted due to the tense atmosphere. Video: protesters try to …
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February 23, 2017
Society
Members of leftist political parties, solidarity groups and civic movement “I don’t pay” managed to block the eviction of a 5-member family. The activists chased the notaries out of the court room in Thessaloniki on Wednesday. The home of the family was to be auctioned as the owner had a …
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February 21, 2017
Society
How can Greeks live on a monthly pension of just a little above 300 euros? They cannot. Rent or property tax and utility bills swallow the meager income month in, month out. Hardly is a euro left for food or other items that cover daily needs. A food package from …
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February 20, 2017
Society
Workers at the Athens Metro, the Tram and the Urban train ISAP will launch a 24-hour strike on Thursday, February 23rd 2017. Workers oppose the legislation according to which the commercial use of stations and spaces of the Urban Rail Transport SA (STA.SY) will be given to the Public Bus …
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February 20, 2017
Strikes
Hundreds of tourists from all over the world were deeply disappointed to see that the gate to Acropolis was closed on Monday. A 24-hour strike launched by the state guards on February 20th 2017 has closed down the Acropolis and other archaeological sites across Greece. The guards called the strike …
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February 19, 2017
Politics
Wearing carnival masks, a group of some thirty people hurled molotov cocktail bombs at the headquarters of Greece’s ruling party left-wing SYRIZA at Koumoundourou Square in downtown Athens on Sunday. One police officer was injured. According to police, the group threw to or three petrol bombs that caused damages to …
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February 16, 2017
Economy
EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, Pierre Moscovici, paid a short visit to Athens on Wednesday. Moscovici came to Athens to receive the title of Honorary Doctor from the Athens University. However, he used the opportunity for a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. “Greek agreement is necessary …
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