As visitors won’t be able to celebrate International Museum Day in person this year due to the pandemic*, we revisit GCT’s excursion to the ancient Athenian neighbourhood under the Acropolis Museum. Last…
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As dozens of families ate dinner at the famous Voskopoula Tavern at Vari in Athens on Sunday evening, four gunmen stormed in and killed two people in what has been described as…
Unknown vandals have once again attacked Exarchia Square after Athens Municipality has spent the last month cleaning up the famous anarchist hotspot, giving the nighbourhood a much need overhaul. After all the…
Athens is set to receive a major makeover to help improve the everyday life of locals and to enhance the overall experience for international visitors. Budgeted at 270 million euros, from 150 million…
Athens’ Lycabettus Hill, an iconic landmark on the Athens landscape, and Omonia Square in the city centre are undergoing a major overhaul designed to make it safer and more attractive to visitors…
Athens popular annual Authentic Marathon will formally begin at 9 am on Sunday morning in Marathonas, the town identified with ancient Marathon, where Persians fought the Athenians and lost the battle in…
Greece’s Port Planning and Development Committee last week approved a 611.8-million-euro investment plan for the modernization and upgrade of Piraeus Port, the shipping ministry announced. This paves the way for the project to begin, with Shipping…
Well-known shopping centre Athens Heart, located in the suburb of Tavros, is set to undergo a huge transformation after the building was bought out by a large American chain. Following 18 months…
A 35-year-old man has been arrested by authorities for murdering his 37-year-old friend in an apartment block in Peristeri, Athens. According to initial reports, the two friends were arguing loudly in an…
Upon celebrating its 10th anniversary on Thursday, the Acropolis Museum has now created public access to its underground level, where visitors can traipse through an ancient neighbourhood, which until recently was only…
A 41-year-old Greek man with an Armenian background was murdered in Glyfada, Athens overnight. According to reports, there were two men involved in the murder which was staged in the victim’s underground…
A lightning strike injured four people at the Acropolis in Athens, with the archaeological site being shut down midday Wednesday, after two guards and two tourists were injured when thunder fell on…
Athens was presented for the first time ever with an electric bus, which is silent and has a zero environmental footprint. This 100% electric, the public transport vehicle is 8.7 meters long,…
The Athens neighbourhood of Halandri has been left shocked after a 27-year-old father shot his 4-year-old son dead, before turning the gun on himself. The 27-year-old shot his 4-year-old child with a…
The Greek capital is set to receive a much-needed makeover with the cleaning of building facades across town on the initiative of the This is Athens – Polis pilot program. The action comes under…
A family tragedy unfolded on Thursday in a home on Vouliagmenis Avenue at Elliniko, a suburb of Athens, after a retired air force lieutenant, aged 87, shot and killed his 50-year-old wife…
The neighbourhood of Neos Kosmos in Athens has been left deeply saddened after a mother threw her 4-year-old daughter off a fifth-floor apartment balcony before jumping, killing both her child and herself.…
A one-year-old baby girl has tragically died after a fire broke out in Varkiza, a suburb in South Athens, early Thursday. The young infant was home alone, while the mother was reportedly…
The Greek environment ministry has announced it will temporarily halt the issuance of new licenses for the construction of buildings in the area around the Acropolis after residents brought to publicity the construction of two 10- and 11-storey structures at…
A driver in Glyfada, Athens, stopped his car and parked his vehicle right on a tram line, before heading to an ATM nearby to take some money out. A tram approached the…