# athens - Monday 16 August, 2021
# Athens
# Athens
A number of villages near Athens have been evacuated.
# athens - Friday 6 August, 2021
# Athens
# Athens
Firefighters are battling 56 active wildfires, Civil Protection chief Nikos Hardalias said.
# athens - Tuesday 13 July, 2021
# Controversy
From The42
# Controversy
The visitors were due to play against Greek champions Olympiakos on Tuesday.
# athens - Tuesday 16 February, 2021
# Medea
# Medea
The ‘Medea’ cold front brought gale force winds, resulting in power outages and a delay to Athens ’ vaccine rollout.
# athens - Monday 26 August, 2019
# Raids
# Raids
The squats had been occupied for several weeks.
# athens - Friday 19 July, 2019
# Earthquake
# Earthquake
A government spokesman later Friday said “life in Athens is back to normal”.
# athens - Tuesday 8 January, 2019
# Extreme Weather
# Extreme Weather
The snowfall in Athens prompted authorities to close schools and courthouses, while many public offices and banks provided minimal services.
# athens - Sunday 26 August, 2018
# The Sweet Spot
# The Sweet Spot
Much less than six hours, and anything more than eight puts you at a significantly higher risk of heart trouble, new research suggests.
# athens - Monday 20 August, 2018
# Join The Club
# Join The Club
The country is not out the woods though and its people are still feeling austerity.
# athens - Saturday 28 July, 2018
# Mati
# Mati
Forensics experts have faced a difficult task trying to identify the bodies.
# athens - Wednesday 25 July, 2018
# National Tragedy
# National Tragedy
An Irish couple are reported to have been caught up in the giant wildfires which broke out on Monday.
# Groom Missing
# Groom Missing
Brian O’Callaghan-Westropp married Zoe Holohan last Thursday and they had just gone on their honeymoon.
# athens - Tuesday 24 July, 2018
# Wildfires
# Wildfires
While the woman has since been hospitalised, the man remains missing.
# Athens
# Athens
Authorities said that 26 bodies were discovered at a seaside resort this morning.
# athens - Wednesday 15 November, 2017
# Freak Downpour
# Freak Downpour
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has declared a state of mourning.
# athens - Saturday 29 July, 2017
# All Aboard
# All Aboard
The ticket mix-up at Charles de Gaulle airport was not noticed by airline staff.
# athens - Thursday 22 June, 2017
# Anti-austerity Protests
# Anti-austerity Protests
Greek workers are protesting against staff shortages that have resulted from terminating hundreds of short-term contracts.
# athens - Tuesday 20 June, 2017
# Left With Nothing
# Left With Nothing
Dutch-Irish artist Annabel Konig spent a month in the migrant accommodation centres in Athens in early May.
# athens - Thursday 25 May, 2017
# Athens
# Athens
ERT said Papademos, PM from 2011 to 2012, had been targeted by a letter bomb.
# athens - Thursday 10 November, 2016
# Greece
# Greece
The grenade left a tennis ball-sized hole in the pavement, and shrapnel marks on the embassy gate and guard post.
# athens - Monday 23 May, 2016
# Parliamentary Drachma
# Parliamentary Drachma
EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici hailed the deal.
# athens - Thursday 21 April, 2016
# Flame On
# Flame On
The flame was kindled in the 2,600 year-old Temple of Hera at Ancient Olympia today.
# athens - Monday 20 July, 2015
# Crisis
# Crisis
“No home, no bathroom, no life.”
# athens - Thursday 9 July, 2015
# Nick Of Time
# Nick Of Time
But will the proposals be sufficient to see a deal being done to keep Greece in the EU?
# athens - Monday 6 July, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Yesterday’s result will have inspired millions across Europe that the forces of the 1% can be taken on.
# athens - Friday 3 July, 2015
# To The Streets
# To The Streets
Around 25,000 people gathered to hear PM Alexis Tsipras speak this evening.
# athens - Wednesday 1 July, 2015
# Little Help
# Little Help
Germany is still demanding the country go through with its planned referendum.
# athens - Tuesday 30 June, 2015
# Austerity
# Austerity
They are braving bad weather as they make their feelings clear over the upcoming referendum.
# athens - Thursday 25 June, 2015
# TOUGH TALK
# TOUGH TALK
The Tánaiste added that Syriza was yet to “persuade us” they can run the Greek economy.
# athens - Friday 12 June, 2015
# Don't Drachma Down
# Don't Drachma Down
The IMF last night walked away from talks on the future of the Greek bailout, which has hit the euro hard in international trading.
# athens - Wednesday 18 February, 2015
# Bailout Brinkmanship
# Bailout Brinkmanship
Europe and Greece are racing to reach a deal to avoid a catastrophic ‘Grexit’. It’s expected Greece will seek a six-month extension deal today.
# athens - Monday 26 January, 2015
# RIP
# RIP
Roussos sold more than 60 million albums worldwide.
# athens - Friday 3 October, 2014
# Global
# Global
Utah has a very simple idea – give homeless people homes.
# athens - Sunday 31 August, 2014
# Photography
# Photography
What does a white elephant look like?
# athens - Thursday 14 August, 2014
# athens - Sunday 22 June, 2014
# Athens
# Athens
The narcotics were discovered in Greece.
# athens - Thursday 10 April, 2014
# Greece
# Greece
The explosion came as Greece prepared to return to bond markets. No one was injured in the incident.
# athens - Friday 28 March, 2014
# WooHoo
From The Daily Edge
# WooHoo
Understandable really.
# athens - Friday 1 November, 2013
# Greece
# Greece
The shooting comes just weeks after the indictment of six Golden Dawn lawmakers for their involvement in a “criminal organisation”.
# athens - Saturday 19 October, 2013
# Greece
# Greece
Mark Marku has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in connection with a number of armed robberies.
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