Athens has had infrastructure shortcomings for quite some time. Climate change and a tourism boom magnified the problems. The city's infrastructure chief hopes greener upgrades can be a solution.

In the Greek capital, ancient history is everywhere you look. But these days, the city is also home to boundary-pushing art. A passerby might have mistaken it for a wedding feast. In Metaxourgio, a ...

Athens is known for its ancient architecture, but its Airbnbs don't solely focus on the past. While some areas of Greece, ...

Athens experienced a rare day of calm and celebration on Sunday, September 21, as the city marked World Car-Free Day with a ...

Nikos Chatzilias spends his days tending to buzzing bee colonies with a unique view out over the rooftops of Greece’s capital ...

French photographer and draughtsman Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey took the first picture of the Acropolis of Athens in ...

Urban beekeeping is neither new around the world nor in Athens. Decades ago, Greek families brought hives with them when they ...

After years of delays caused by red tape, cutbacks and opposition from religious and political factions, the first government-funded mosque in Athens since 1833 opened its doors to worshippers on ...

Thousands of demonstrators have marched through Athens as part of a general strike protesting changes to Greece's labor laws.

EVROS, Greece/ATHENS (Reuters) - A wildfire burning in northeastern Greece for 11 days has destroyed an area larger than New York City, the European Union-backed Copernicus Climate Change Service said ...

Extreme heat has turned much of the country into a tinderbox. More than 350 fires have broken out in the past five days, the government said. By Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Niki Kitsantonis Matina ...