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    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      HTSIWhat to pack for your winter holidays
      What to pack for a winter weekend in Athens

      From a trusty trench coat to a nourishing face mask, HTSI’s style director shares her winter holiday packing essentials

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Greek economy
      Cheap loans set to give young Greeks a shot at a home of their own

      Government programme will offer mortgages for as little as 1% to address an affordability crisis

    • Saturday, 29 October, 2022
      FT Magazine
      In Athens, gentrification comes for the ‘birthplace of antifa’

      What lies behind perpetual clashes between police and protesters in Exarchia

    • Friday, 22 July, 2022
      The Big Read
      Can cities adapt to an era of extreme heat?

      Urban centres across Europe are seeking solutions as record summer temperatures threaten to become an annual event

    • Monday, 27 June, 2022
      How To Spend It In...
      The Onassis Foundation cultural director’s guide to Athens

      Afroditi Panagiotakou on the city’s jazz bars, fish markets and open-air cinemas

    • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
      Travel
      Three days — and 3,000 years of history — in Athens

      On a long weekend break, Alec Russell finds new galleries, restaurants and museums — and fresh calls for the return of ancient treasures 

    • Saturday, 8 January, 2022
      Fani Papageorgiou
      Athens diary: anti-vax, non-facts and positive vibes as Greeks ring in the new year

      ‘We raised a toast to the end of the pandemic, to life resuming at full speed’

    • Friday, 7 January, 2022
      ReviewHistory books
      Athens: City of Wisdom — from ancient glories to euro crisis

      In a sweeping history covering thousands of years, Bruce Clark combines academic rigour with a personal passion for Greece

    • Tuesday, 17 August, 2021
      ReviewArts
      Portals exhibition opens doors to the future in Athens

      The curators have taken Covid and a Greek revolutionary anniversary as opportunities to ask where we go from here

    • Friday, 30 April, 2021
      Climate change
      Cities appoint ‘heat officers’ in response to warming threat

      Dedicated executives hired to address temperature rises driven by climate change

    • Monday, 12 April, 2021
      Europe Express
      Greek PM orders quick probe into journalist’s murder Premium content

      Assassination of crime reporter in Athens highlights fragility of media freedoms

    • Monday, 2 November, 2020
      The Aesthete
      Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis: the Greek prime minister’s wife talks personal taste

      The political wife and co-founder of Zeus+Dione is a fan of microneedling, Mark Rothko and the diplomatic power of clothes

    • Friday, 4 September, 2020
      HTSI
      Athens: an art capital arises

      The cultural crucible of the ancient world is emerging as a contemporary art hub

    • Saturday, 13 June, 2020
      Travel
      Magic Monday: Europe reopens to tourists

      Will this week’s border openings bring the visitors back? Five FT correspondents report

    • Friday, 20 March, 2020
      FT SeriesSpring Food & Drink special
      My Addresses: chef-patron Nikos Roussos on the best places to eat and drink in Athens

      From souvlaki to artisanal wines and ‘Greek sushi’, the city has much to offer

    • Tuesday, 18 February, 2020
      Brexit
      EU to seek UK promise on fighting illegal trade in historical objects

      Greece among nations pushing for demands in Brexit talks mandate

    • Friday, 29 November, 2019
      FT SeriesCity stats: how rivals measure up
      City stats: Istanbul versus Athens

      The two ancient cities are facing very different futures as population and house prices between each diverge

    • Sunday, 24 November, 2019
      Alev Scott
      Britons should learn to vote like the Ancient Greeks

      Few modern politicians would have survived the fierce scrutiny of the time

    • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
      Residential
      Athens housing market revival driven by foreign buyers

      Buy-to-let and new developments bring double-digit price growth though pre-crisis levels still a way off

    • Friday, 8 November, 2019
      Greece debt crisis
      Greece on the mend as debt rehabilitation gathers pace

      Investors now see Athens as a safer eurozone bet than Italy

    • Friday, 4 October, 2019
      Greece debt crisis
      Greeks find film on Varoufakis a box-office turn-off

      ‘Adults in the Room’ is a rare attempt to make artistic sense of the financial crisis

    • Monday, 30 September, 2019
      Megan Greene
      Greece’s economy is resurgent but still fragile

      The reforms made during its crisis failed to address competitiveness issues

    • Friday, 5 July, 2019
      Fashion accessories
      Acropolis now: why Athens is on the style ascendant

      A new generation of designers rises from the ashes of the financial crisis

    • Friday, 14 June, 2019
      Europe holidays
      A new era for the Astir Palace — grande dame of the Athens Riviera

      The former playground of Sinatra and Bardot has been relaunched — after a two-year, $250m facelift

    • Friday, 1 February, 2019
      FT Magazine
      The battle to build a mosque in Athens

      The city has about 250,000 Muslims – but no official place for them to worship. Why?

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