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Greece’s Unholy “Alliance” with Elgin: Turning Antiquities into “Legoland”
Greece’s Unholy “Alliance” with Elgin: Turning Antiquities into “Legoland”
When Lord Elgin broke off and removed half of the sculptures of the Parthenon, he left a festering sore on one of the greatest world…
Despina Papageorgiou
Jan 7, 2020
Meet The Greek Sailor Who Will Try To Cross The Atlantic In A Tiny Yacht, Solo
Meet The Greek Sailor Who Will Try To Cross The Atlantic In A Tiny Yacht, Solo
Offshore sailor and skipper Markos Spyropoulos will compete in the Mini Transat 2019 race.
Tassos Morfis
Nov 7, 2018
A Greek Party Town Tries To Clean Up Its Act, But Cleaning Up Its Image Is Proving More Difficult
A Greek Party Town Tries To Clean Up Its Act, But Cleaning Up Its Image Is Proving More Difficult
The small town of Malia on the Greek island of Crete is known for its wild parties, cheap liquor shots and “boozy Brits.” In 2013, a record…
Eliza Gkritsi
Oct 1, 2018
A-B.international Wants To Connect Athens And Berlin Through A Cultural Bridge
A-B.international Wants To Connect Athens And Berlin Through A Cultural Bridge
With your help the first Greek-German magazine between Athens & Berlin is about to happen.
AthensLive News
Jun 29, 2018
The Greek Shadow Theatre: a Retrospect
The Greek Shadow Theatre: a Retrospect
Karagiozis, protagonist of the Greek Shadow Theater is always broke -never humorless.
Elvira Krithari
Mar 31, 2018
How Does it Feel to Be a Frontwoman in Greece?
How Does it Feel to Be a Frontwoman in Greece?
Ten young female Greek musicians talk about their experience and sexism in the local music industry.
Eleni Tzannatou
Nov 3, 2017
Biking in Athens Is a Hazardous Game of Freedom
Biking in Athens Is a Hazardous Game of Freedom
How bike-friendly is the Greek capital and what might one encounter on a bike path?
Anastasia Vaitsopoulou
Jul 19, 2017
An ancient Greek comedy presented by Japanese students
An ancient Greek comedy presented by Japanese students
They travelled from Tokyo to honor the civilisation that produced Menandros’s “The Arbitration.”
Eliza Gkritsi
Jul 15, 2017
Unifying the artificial and the natural at the National Observatory in Athens
Unifying the artificial and the natural at the National Observatory in Athens
From Argentina to Greece, Adrian Villar Rojas dares conventional conceptions of space.
AthensLive News
Jun 17, 2017
Athens Pride 2017 took over the streets
Athens Pride 2017 took over the streets
The annual celebration of the LGBTQ community delivered a strong message.
AthensLive News
Jun 11, 2017
Stereotyping Greece
Stereotyping Greece
What does the youth around the globe think about Greeks
Anastasia Vaitsopoulou
Jun 8, 2017
An Empress in Athens
An Empress in Athens
The Relics of St Helena and the Holy Cross arrive in Greece
Tassos Morfis
May 18, 2017
Athens hosts its annual Cannabis Protestival (PHOTOS)
Athens hosts its annual Cannabis Protestival (PHOTOS)
This year it took place between an army camp and police HQ.
AthensLive News
May 8, 2017
Inside Documenta14
Inside Documenta14
Photos from it’s three major Athens venues.
AthensLive News
May 6, 2017
Our photographer Angelos Christofilopoulos spent a couple of days strolling around Documenta 14 in…
Our photographer Angelos Christofilopoulos spent a couple of days strolling around Documenta 14 in…
Athens Conservatoire (Odeion Athinon), Benaki Museum, EMST — National Museum Of Contemporary Art and Parko Eleftherias, Athens’…
AthensLive News
Apr 29, 2017
The celebration of the Sikh new year in Athens
The celebration of the Sikh new year in Athens
Vaisakhi is a historical and religious festival which commemorates the founding of the Sikh community, known as the Khalsa, in 1699. It is…
AthensLive News
Apr 19, 2017
Crisis: This is your life
Crisis: This is your life
An interview with British artist Michael Landy on his first exhibition in Greece entitled “BREAKING NEWS — ATHENS.”
Sotiris Sideris
Mar 29, 2017
Noctua is the first and only microbrewery in Athens
Noctua is the first and only microbrewery in Athens
How four friends decided to leave their jobs and start making beer.
Anastasia Vaitsopoulou
Feb 23, 2017
Leave your myth in Greece
Leave your myth in Greece
The sun is to blame for my sadness.
AthensLive News
Dec 20, 2016
The 50th anniversary of the political novel “Z” and why it matters in 2016
The 50th anniversary of the political novel “Z” and why it matters in 2016
“In a way it holds the essence of the Greek national identity.”
Luna Svarrer
Nov 24, 2016
This is the Museum of Athens
This is the Museum of Athens
By Zoe Parasidi Photos: Gerasimos Domenikos / FOS PHOTOS
AthensLive News
Jan 15, 2016
Cine Thiseion is the best open air cinema in the world
Cine Thiseion is the best open air cinema in the world
The cinema has been in operation since 1935 when it showed American productions of the time.
AthensLive News
Apr 21, 2016
Olympic flame handover ceremony at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens
Olympic flame handover ceremony at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens
After a six-day trek across Greece, the flame that was lit last Thursday by the sun’s rays at the birthplace of the Games in Ancient…
AthensLive News
Apr 28, 2016
The revival of the Nemean Games
The revival of the Nemean Games
Fifty-five days before the Games begin in Rio, athletes from around the world re-enact ancient games in southern Greece.
AthensLive News
Jun 11, 2016
Unbelievable bodies, unexpected images: A different take on the Athenian urban landscape
Unbelievable bodies, unexpected images: A different take on the Athenian urban landscape
“Bodies in urban spaces” is a temporarily intervention in diversified urban architectonical environment. The intention of “bodies in urban…
AthensLive News
Oct 3, 2016
Documenta 14: What happens when the international art elite goes Greek?
Documenta 14: What happens when the international art elite goes Greek?
Photos: Gerasimos Domenikos / FOS PHOTOS
Luna Svarrer
Oct 17, 2016
After 19 years in limbo, Greece’s first national museum of contemporary art has opened to the…
After 19 years in limbo, Greece’s first national museum of contemporary art has opened to the…
The museum was established as a cultural entity in 1997, but it took eleven years and €35 million to restore a former brewery in Athens to…
AthensLive News
Nov 7, 2016
Want to see art meet science?
Want to see art meet science?
Technology, activism and pop culture proceed hand in hand in ‘Hybrids’, the new exhibition staged by the Onassis Cultural Centre.
AthensLive News
Nov 9, 2016
It’s time to recall the owl’s wisdom
It’s time to recall the owl’s wisdom
WD’s latest mural in Athens “Knowledge speaks — Wisdom listens” goes viral.
AthensLive News
Nov 14, 2016
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