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Cyclists complete Glasgow to Athens challenge and raise close to £100,000

A group of cyclists have completed their Glasgow to Athens challenge, raising almost £100,000, surviving a vomiting bug and getting to pet a baby rescue piglet along the way. Thighs of Steel – a community of cyclists – took on a nine-week relay ride ...

18 Sept 2022 at 09:00

World

Greek firefighters battle wildfires near Athens for second day

Greek firefighters were battling a wildfire for a second day near two Athens suburbs on Sunday. Local media reported some damage to houses as well as vehicles, with 65 fire engines and 283 firefighters still operating in the area. Authorities said ...

05 Jun 2022 at 13:35

Scotland

Scottish experts help Greek authorities train on handling sex assault cases

Scottish expertise is helping Greek authorities establish how best to deal with serious sexual assault cases, the UK’s Ambassador to Greece has said. Matthew Lodge praised authorities in Greece for their willingness to work together with UK ...

11 Apr 2022 at 13:55

World

General strike shuts down services across Greece

Public transport has largely ground to a halt in the Greek capital and state-run services remained closed as workers walked off the job in a 24-hour general strike to protest against rising prices. The strike left ferries to and from Greek ...

06 Apr 2022 at 10:55

World

Divers bid to recue young whale stranded in shallow water off Athens

Divers, vets and the coastguard are mounting a rescue operation to help an injured whale calf trapped in shallow water in a seaside area of the Greek capital. The animal is a young Cuvier’s beaked whale, or Ziphius cavirostris, according ...

28 Jan 2022 at 12:25

World

Snowstorm strands thousands in Istanbul and Athens

Rescue crews in Istanbul and Athens are scrambling to clear roads that came to a standstill after a massive cold front and snowstorms hit much of Turkey and Greece, leaving countless people and vehicles in both cities stranded overnight ...

25 Jan 2022 at 12:25

Athens beats eastern European favourites in budget city break rankings

Athens has beaten traditional budget-friendly eastern European destinations to be ranked the cheapest location for a city break on the Continent. Analysis of a dozen typical tourist costs for UK visitors in 20 popular cities by Post ...

03 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Athletics

On this day in 2004: Paula Radcliffe suffers more Olympic heartbreak in Athens

Paula Radcliffe suffered more Olympic agony on this day in 2004 as she dropped out of the 10,000 metres final with eight-and-a-half laps remaining. Five days earlier, Radcliffe had broken down in tears after failing to finish the ...

27 Aug 2022 at 07:00

World

Greek helicopter pilot convicted of murdering British wife

A Greek helicopter pilot has been convicted of killing his British-Greek wife in their home on the outskirts of Athens and trying to mislead police for weeks by claiming she was killed by intruders in a brutal house invasion. An ...

16 May 2022 at 16:55

Travel

Why Athens beats Berlin and Barcelona as Europe’s hippest city break

The bronze lion’s eyes follow me around my bedroom. What is it trying to tell me? I lean in for a closer look and, as I do, I see a button – like a doorbell, right there in the lion’s mouth. Is this a trap? Is something going ...

04 May 2022 at 10:25

World

Clashes hit Athens as general strike staged in protest over rail disaster

Clashes have broken out in Athens during a general strike called across Greece in response to a rail disaster last month. Protesters hurled petrol bombs at a police cordon near parliament. Riot police responded with tear gas ...

16 Mar 2023 at 15:28

World

Thousands take part in new Greece protest over train crash safety fears

Thousands of people protested on Sunday against safety deficiencies in Greece’s railway network nearly two weeks after dozens were killed in the country’s deadliest train crash. The demonstrators also demanded punishment ...

12 Mar 2023 at 13:26

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