Latest news from Athens.
From a centuries-old temple district to a smartphone screen, Athenians have more ways than ever to build a serious meditation practice, here's where to start.
A quiet revolution in community-led swimming and aquatic programs is pulling thousands of Athenians, many of them first-timers, into the water this summer.
A summer of record heat and a growing tourism crisis are forcing Athens to finally reckon with an urban sustainability gap its European peers closed years ago.
From an Acropolis choked with tourists to rents that have doubled in four years, the forces bearing down on Athens this July did not arrive overnight.
Eleni Papadimitriou built a six-figure business in three years by betting that tourists and locals alike would pay serious money for handmade Greek stoneware, and the numbers are proving her right.
Rising interest rates, geopolitical instability across Europe, and a stubborn brain-drain problem are squeezing the life out of Athens's once-buoyant startup scene.
From Exarcheia to Piraeus, a series of high-stakes planning choices in the second half of 2026 will determine whether the city's housing crisis deepens or turns a corner.
From Iranian succession uncertainty to Russian fuel queues and European heatwave shocks, the world's fault lines are hitting Greek commerce harder than most realise.
A surge in venture capital flowing into the Greek capital is rewriting assumptions about Southern Europe's tech potential, and the funding trail tells the story.
Registration figures for running, cycling and triathlon events in Athens have climbed sharply since 2023, and the data reveals a fitness culture that is younger, more female and more neighbourhood-driven than anyone expected.
A tightening European economy, persistent skills mismatches, and the flight of educated Greeks abroad are conspiring to stall Athens's hard-won employment recovery.
From the noise of Monastiraki to the blue-light glow of Syntagma Square apartments, Athens is running a sleep deficit, and the science of fixing it is simpler than most people think.
A decade of austerity cuts, constitutional battles over private universities, and a chronic brain drain have left Greek higher education at a crossroads that summer 2026 is forcing to a head.
Venture capital and real estate funds are pouring millions into Athens' flexible workspace sector, turning neighbourhoods from Monastiraki to Chalandri into hotbeds of the post-pandemic office reinvention.
Visitor numbers are up, hotel rates are climbing, and European instability is pushing more travellers toward Greece, yet the businesses that adapt fastest will be the ones still standing in September.
New police data reveals a sharp rise in pickpocketing, motorcycle theft and violent incidents across central Athens, with Monastiraki and Exarchia absorbing the worst of it.
With thousands of asylum seekers caught in bureaucratic limbo and EU migration policy shifting fast, Greece faces a narrow window to act.
From Kerameikos co-working spaces to the Hellinikon innovation district, the city's technology sector is expanding fast, and professionals who understand the new landscape will have the edge.