Administrative regions of Greece
Austria says talks under way on returning Parthenon marbles to Greece
A Vienna museum is in talks aimed at lending two marble pieces of the Parthenon to Greece, Austria's foreign minister said on Tuesday, a development his Greek counterpart said he hoped would help in talks with Britain over its much larger hoard.
The children (and men) of the Piraeus
It is a great honor for me to be speaking tonight at the University of Piraeus. I have devoted much of my professional life to this beautiful and historic port city. Zea, which is the famous harbor next to the university, was, of course, the center of the ancient Athenian fleet. Tens of thousands of working-class Athenians served in this fleet and lived right here in the Piraeus.
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Athens traffic closures, transport stopages on May 1
Due to the May 1 union rallies, large parts of central Athens city center will be closed to traffic Monday and public transport services will be limited.
All three Metro lines and tram services will be shut down all day, as employees stage a 24-hour stoppage.
Court OKs new soccer stadium for Panathinaikos
Greece's Court of Audit has given the go-ahead for the construction of a new stadium for Athens soccer club Panathinaikos.
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Athens gains ground as luxury real estate destination
A Swiss entrepreneur recently made one of the most expensive real estate purchases in Athens in recent years, acquiring a penthouse in the Anaktora area near the Presidential Palace for 18 million euros, which equates to approximately 56,000 euros per square meter.
An Acropolis guide for curious young minds
If Athens' population is estimated at roughly 4 million today, back in ancient times, Attica as a whole was home to just 300,000 to 400,000 people, the majority of whom resided in the valley around the Acropolis and the Agora, the center of political, social and commercial activity.
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New healthcare services for cruise passengers launched at Piraeus
Athens Medical Group and its Thessaloniki-based branch, the European Interbalkan Medical Center, return this week to the Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum for a third time, as part of the tertiary healthcare provider's efforts to inform the maritime community about the launch and expansion of office and healthcare facilities in port and waterfront destinations where it caters to the medical needs of
Former Thessaloniki Film Festival director Michel Demopoulos dies
Michel Demopoulos, the former Thessaloniki Film Festival Director credited with its wide revamp and success, died on Wednesday, aged 73. He had been suffering from an undisclosed illness recently, reports said.
The tragedy of the commons
My family moved from the downtown Athens district of Kolonos to the southern suburb of Nea Smyrni in 1974 so we could be closer to our school, Leonteios. It was like moving to the countryside! Everything appeared bigger - and it was: the sidewalks, streets and especially those big houses with the pretty gardens.
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The third large die-off of Athens houses
"What can I say, son? It looks like people just hate the soil," says Mrs Ourania as she sweeps the yard at what is one of the last surviving detached houses in the Athens suburb of Nea Smyrni.
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