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Professionals who have chosen in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic to balance work and life explain why working from Athens has its advantages.

The Greek islands are among the destinations included on the 2021 travel bucket list of British national daily The Mirror.

The Strefi hill, located near the center of Athens, is set to undergo a major revamp, as part of an ongoing drive for the overhaul of the Greek capital.

Shipwrecks of the Hellenistic, Classical and Roman periods were discovered during an excavation off the Greek island of Kasos in the Dodecanese.

Athens this year will welcome its Olympic Museum dedicated to the long history of the Olympic Games.

The Municipality of Lasithi Plateau, located on the island of Crete, has launched a digital platform to support local producers.

Trainose has welcomed Greece’s first high-speed electrified passenger train that is expected to conduct the Athens – Thessaloniki route in less than 4 hours.

The Municipality of Athens is handing over 63 abandoned buildings for renovation as part of its city regeneration plan.

The popular Greek island of Andros is on a list compiled by the New York Times featuring the “52 Places to Love in 2021”.

The home of one of Greece’s greatest poets, Nikos Gatsos, is set to become a landmark, the Culture Ministry has announced.

Although Greece’s retail stores and shopping malls will reopen on January 18, the country’s 9pm-5am night curfew and movement via SMS system will remain in force.

Greece’s Central Council of Architecture has approved a landscaping study for the creation of a Metropolitan Park in the area of Hellinikon on the Athenian Riviera.

Greece’s Covid-19 committee is concerned about the rising coronavirus incidents, especially in the central sector of Athens.

Delloitte Greece has developed a strategic plan to transform the Greek island of Astypalea into a sustainable destination for residents and visitors.

An impressive life-size replica of Athens’ Herod Atticus Odeon, made exclusively of ice, is on display at the Harbin International Ice & Snow Festival in China.

Greek authorities will tighten lockdown measures in Argolida and Sparti due to high coronavirus infection rates.

Chinese social media users on New Year’s Day had the opportunity to admire Athens’ first sunrise for 2021 through an online campaign that ran on Wechat.

Stricter lockdown measures have been imposed on the Greek island of Lesvos due to a rise in Covid-19 cases.

The stricter lockdown restrictions imposed on the prefecture of West Attica, the regional units of Kozani and Rodopi, and on the island of Kalymnos have been extended until January 18.

Visitors at 25 landmark archaeological sites and museums across Greece will soon have the opportunity to enjoy free wireless internet service (WiFi).