Administrative regions of Greece

Investors who put their money into Athens hotels surely deserve the title of hero. That is not to say that the Greek capital doesn't have a lot of potential - quite the opposite - but those who have worked hard and continue to do so in order to revive and modernize the city's hotel infrastructure must be feeling very lonely.

One of the Greek capital's most overlooked historic monuments, Pyrgos Vassilissis, or the Queen's Tower, in the suburb of Ilion, is a beautiful example of Gothic architecture built by Queen Amalia in 1854 after the plot was purchased from two Britons who wanted to develop a model farm.

Athens — The U.S. Embassy in Athens and its Consular Section, the U.S. Consulate General in Thessaloniki, and all U.S. Government offices in Greece will be closed onMonday, January 16, 2017 in observance of Martin Luther King’s Birthday, a U.S. national holiday.

As low temperatures and snowfall continued to create problems across the country, Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis on Thursday ordered an investigation into why hundreds of passengers remained trapped on trains in northern Greece on Wednesday in the freezing weather.

Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis has ordered an administrative investigation into why hundreds of passengers remained trapped in trains in northern Greece on Wednesday in the freezing weather.

The famous Greek-American actor is walking the snow-covered streets of Athens, visiting museums and going to the Parthenon.

But wherever he goes he just can’t help taking a picture.

Here are some of them.

Following a decision by Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis, the homeless will be able to sleep at three central Athens metro stations - Omonia, Monastiraki and Metaxourgeio - which will stay open around the clock for the third week in a row due to freezing overnight temperatures.

If necessary, the measure will be enforced again, the minister said.

Authorities have ordered all schools in Attica to remain closed on Tuesday due to heavy snowfall on Monday night that caused only a few minor disruptions to traffic and public transport on Tuesday morning.

Large parts of the Attica region, including downtown Athens are covered in snow, causing disruptions in transports throughout the city. The Greek meteorological services (EMY) warned in an bulletin that the weather would deteriorate even further. Heavy snow started falling from 8pm in all the suburbs around Athens, even in seaside areas.

The body of a woman that washed up on a beach near Patra in western Greece has been identified by her family as the 31-year-old suspected of jumping off the Rio-Antirrio bridge on New Year's Eve.

A security camera on the bridge had captured images of the woman getting out of her car and then disappearing from the screen.