Streets in Athens and Thessaloniki to be Renamed After Late Mikis Theodorakis

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Late Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. Photo source: www.mikistheodorakis.gr The City of Athens and four municipalities in Thessaloniki have put forward requests to rename streets in the two cities after late Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. Theodorakis passed away last week in Athens at the age of 96. Up until his death, he was viewed as Greece’s […]

EUSAIR Approves Transnational Adriatic-Ionian Bike Path

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Greece is among nine countries that will be part of plans for the creation of a cross-European bike route running along the Adriatic and Ionian Sea aiming to facilitate movement of travelers and citizens. Dubbed “Adrioncycletour”, the ambitious project under the EU Strategy for the Adriatic-Ionian Region (EUSAIR) will integrate the bike paths of nine […]

Hollywood Legend Glenn Close in Athens to Shoot ‘Tehran’

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Glenn Close. Photo source: @glennclose, Instagram Hollywood star and eight times Oscar nominee Glenn Close recently arrived in Athens to film for season 2 of Israeli espionage thriller “Tehran”. After the completion of its first season, which was almost exclusively shot in Athens, the show of Apple TV+ once again “disguises” the Greek capital as […]

Athens Expands Street Art Program

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The Athens Municipality has expanded its street art program with the addition of one more impressive mural on the wall of Thessalonikis pedestrian street, located near the capital’s Technopolis cultural complex in the district of Gazi. Created by Italian artist Demetrio Di Grado, the mural has joined the list of other street art creations in […]

Op-Ed: ‘Our Biggest Threat Would Be Our Own Failure to Act’ – Kostas Bakoyannis

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The Greek Travel Pages (GTP) has provided a podium for Greece’s key tourism figures to share their vision for the day after the Covid-19 pandemic. “The pandemic gave Athens a new keyword – safety – and we shouldn’t expect those concerns to simply fade away. We need to choose our direction carefully and with a […]

Athens Vying to Achieve Global Sustainability Status

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Photo credit: Thomas Gravanis, This is Athens Aiming to improve the standard of living and achieve ambitious sustainability targets, the Athens municipality has joined forces with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) to assess the sustainability status of the Greek capital based on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. In this […]

Lycabettus Hill ‘Green’ Overhaul Underway

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A 1.5-million-euro revamp program that will breathe new life into Athens’ Lycabettus Hill is underway aiming to create an urban oasis that is safe for visitors and residents and provides ample space for recreation, the municipal authority said this week. More specifically, the overhaul works to be funded by the European Investment Bank include the […]

City of Athens Announces Syntagma Square Revamp

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The lower part of Syntagma square will get a makeover as part of the Athens Municipality’s efforts to revive the city’s commercial center. Athens’ main square at Syntagma will get a makeover as part of the municipality’s urban regeneration program, municipal authorities announced this week. The project is among a series of actions initiated by […]

Athens Taking Steps to Renovate Historic Theatrou Square

By admin 12 Ιουλίου 2021 No comment

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An impression of Theatrou square in Athens after its redevelopment. Photo source: Athens Municipality Accessibility, sustainability and showcasing city culture and history are the key elements of a redevelopment plan for Theatrou Square, a landmark located off Athens’ central Varvakeios Market. The tender for the 1.9-million-euro project to be funded by EU

Athens Municipality Adopts Smart Technology Solutions for a Clean, Accessible City

By admin 5 Ιουλίου 2021 No comment

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Photo source: Visit Greece / Y Skoulas The Municipality of Athens has joined forces with digital business agency ATCOM and Microsoft for the development of “Project Athena” an innovative technology program aimed at improving the quality of life in the Greek capital. Already in operation, the project aims to successfully meet two long-standing demands of […]