Greece shuts Acropolis for part of day, bans outdoor work at heat soars

Greece shut the Acropolis for several hours in the afternoon on Tuesday as the Mediterranean country baked in its second major heatwave of the season, with temperatures set to soar as high as 41°C. Last week, large parts of Western Europe...

Greece Adjusts Archaeological Site Hours Due to Heatwave

Acropolis, Athens. Photo © Greek Travel Pages With temperatures soaring across Greece, authorities are adjusting the opening hours of archaeological sites to safeguard both visitors and staff from heat-related risks. According to announcements...

Athens is First City to Join Global “Blue Cities Alliance” for Ocean Protection

Haris Doukas signs the Blue Cities Manifesto, as Alexandra Cousteau stands by.Credit: Municipality of Athens In a landmark move for ocean regeneration and urban resilience, Athens has become the inaugural city to sign the “Blue Cities Manifesto,”...

Athens Restaurant Week to offer discounts at 63 local businesses

With a record 63 businesses participating, the stage is set for Athens Restaurant Week's fifth year to be its biggest to date. Starting on Monday, July 14 and running through Saturday, July 20, an impressive roster of coffeeshops, breweries, fine...

Greece rescues over 500 migrants off southern island of Gavdos

NEWS Boats used by migrants to cross the Mediterranean Sea are seen at Tripiti beach, Gavdos island, Greece, the southernmost point of Europe, on Monday. [Elena Becatoros/AP] Greece rescued more than 500 migrants from a fishing vessel south of the...

Greece and Türkiye Deepen Tourism Ties, Target Cross-Border Connectivity

Greek Tourism Minister Anna Karamanli and her Turkish counterpart Nadir Alpaslan. Photo source: Turkish Ministry of Tourism and Culture Greece and Türkiye are taking steps to strengthen bilateral relations through tourism, signing a new...

Greece Closes Acropolis Due to Heatwave

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Greece has closed the main tourist attraction in Athens, the capital of the country, due to a heatwave. The temperature is expected to reach 42 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. As reported by Greek City Times, the...

Greece lightning: Efharisto poised to storm home again after stunning return

Having put the domestic scene on notice with a brilliant return win, an untapped Godolphin filly is out to rubber-stamp that potential at Thursday’s Gosford meeting. Efharisto hadn’t raced since beating all but the winner on debut as a...

Greece in favor of digital euro, says finance minister

ECONOMY The digital euro issue was at the core of the discussion at the ECOFIN meeting in Brussels on Tuesday. Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis expressed Greece’s support for the project, stressing that in an unstable geopolitical...

Giannis Antetokounmpo Ponders Next Move During Holidays in Greece

The 30-year-old forward, sporting white swim shorts and holding a beverage, has fans buzzing about his future. Credit: Screenshot/TikTok/Giannis Antetokounmpo As Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo enjoys island time in his native...

US Senate committee reviews Guilfoyle for Athens embassy

FOREIGN AFFAIRS [AP] Kimberly Guilfoyle, nominated by President Donald Trump as the next US ambassador to Greece, is set to appear on Wednesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Her appointment is expected to move forward, with her...

Inmate's death at Athens-Clarke County Jail prompts investigation

Officials said he was discovered with an unknown medical issue in one of the housing units. ATHENS, Ga. — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating after the death of an inmate at the Athens-Clarke County Jail Tuesday morning....

Teens arrested for vicious knife attack in southern Athens

NEWS Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, in connection with a violent attack involving knives and screwdrivers at a schoolyard in Palaio Faliro, a southern suburb of Athens. The suspects allegedly injured two...

‘Hot dog of Greece’: Mount Pleasant food truck dishes traditional Greek gyros

MOUNT PLEASANT — Music plays over a speaker outside a blue and white food truck parked between GDC Home and a baseball field just off Coleman Boulevard. Patrons can order food to go or snag a seat at a shaded picnic table on a square of turf,...

Turkey resumes F-35 talks with US amid Indian defence push, BrahMos, Akash, Pinaka deals with Greece, Cyprus & Armenia

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed the resumption of discussions between Turkey and the United States over Ankara’s potential reentry into the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. The talks, which resumed at the technical level...

Troumba: The Bygone Era of the Seedy Heart of Greece’s Piraeus

The Troumba district in Piraeus during its heyday. US sailors are seen on the right. Public Domain Nestled on the left side of the bustling port of Piraeus, as you gaze out at the ferries awaiting embarkation, lies the infamous district of...

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Shanghai hosts groundbreaking exhibit on ancient Greece

Artifacts from Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander the Great. The free exhibition runs at the World Expo Museum in Shanghai until Oct 26. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The free exhibition Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander the Great is running at...

US Coast Guard renews Greece’s quality flag status

ECONOMY [Shutterstock] The US Coast Guard has renewed Greece’s participation in the Qualship 21 initiative for 2025-2026, acknowledging Greece as a Quality Flag State. As stated in the US Coast Guard’s letter to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs...