Varvakios: The Grand Food Market of Athens
The Varvakios central market in Athens, located at Athinas Street, which connects Monastiraki to Omonia, is a monument to Greek produce, where every possible food under the sun is bought and sold.
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GREECE
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GEOPOLITICS 
August 22, 2023 Mitsotakis and Menendez in talks in Athens
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Bob Menendez, chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, have discussed Greek-American relations and developments in the wider region over lunch in Athens.
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GREECE
August 8, 2023 Investigation under way into police response to deadly hooligan clash in Athens
Investigations are under way to determine how an estimated 100-120 Croatian hooligans traveling on buses and in cars made their way to Athens from Zagreb on Monday and engaged in deadly clashes with local soccer fans despite a ban on supporters traveling to Greece for a match between Dinamo Zagreb and home team AEK on […]
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GREECE
July 11, 2023 Anafiotika, the Hidden Island of Athens
The tiny, scenic neighborhood of Anafiotika just above Plaka and below the Acropolis is often overlooked by visitors to Athens and even by some Athenians themselves.
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CULTURE
July 6, 2023 Erechtheion fragment to return to Athens
The French Department of the Rhone returned a marble fragment from the Erechtheion temple on the Acropolis to Greece’s possession in Lyon on Thursday.
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TOURISM
April 5, 2023 New flights to Croatia from Athens
Croatia Airlines is planning to expand its services out of Athens, linking the Greek capital with three Croatian cities.
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GREEKS ABROAD
January 27, 2023 Archbishop Makarios of Australia visits Athens to attend roundtable talks on Ukraine
Archbishop Makarios of Australia was in Athens, Greece this week to participate in roundtable discussions about the current war in Ukraine.
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CYPRUS
September 28, 2022 The issue of missing persons was discussed in Athens
The issue of missing persons of the 1974 Turkish invasion was discussed in a meeting held in Athens with the participation of officials from competent Ministries and other Services of Greece and Cyprus. It was decided that a number of measures and initiatives would be undertaken aiming to change Turkey’s stance on the issue and […]
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POLITICS
April 29, 2022 Athens says it will ‘respect’ Finland’s decision to join NATO
Greece will respect Finland’s potential decision to join NATO, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday at a meeting with his Finnish counterpart Sanna Marin in Athens.
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GREEKS ABROAD
December 24, 2021 Greek Australians living in Athens reminisce Christmas in Melbourne
By Ilias Karagiannis A word, a picture, a voice from the past can lift waves of memories like a loud gust of air. Memories of the past overwhelm your existence, especially when Christmas approaches.
