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Serious clashes outside the Israeli embassy in Athens

Pro-Palestinian protesters clashed with police outside Israel’s embassy in Athens on Oct. 7, marking two years since Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel.

A pro-Palestinian protester holds flares in front of the Israeli embassy, during a demonstration on the two-year anniversary of Hamas's October 7, 2023 massacre, in Athens, Greece, October 7, 2025.
Greta Thunberg.

Greta Thunberg to be deported to Greece following Global Sumud Flotilla arrest

Protesters hold a banner during a pro-Palestinian protest in front of the parliament building in Athens, Greece.

Greek activists wave anti-Israel 'Free Palestine' banners at Athens Acropolis

Repulse of Pyrrhus from Sparta', 1890. Pyrrhus, in retreat at the Siege of Sparta, 272 BC from Spartans defending their city under command of Areus I. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier.

Sparta and Athens: History's wartime lessons for a modern-day Israel - analysis


Anti-Israel activists call for Greek police to probe beaten, arrested Israeli for war crimes

Anti-Israel activists are urging Greek authorities to investigate an Israeli tourist, linked to the Golani Brigade, for potential war crimes after a clash with Palestinian protesters in Athens.

A PRO-PALESTINIAN protester waves a Palestinian flag in front of the Greek parliament during a demonstration at Syntagma Square in Athens on August, 24, 2025. The chants echoing in our capitals are not background noise but warnings, the writer argues.

Athens successful launches 24-hour public transport service

“We are very happy, first because the 24-hour operation of the metro on Saturdays was implemented, and second because thousands of passengers embraced it,” said a Tram & Metro official.

Illustration: the metro entrance in Athens’ Monastiraki square at night.

Five charged after Israeli, Palestinian injured in Athens clash

An Israeli man was hurt in a clash with three Palestinians at Athens’ Syntagma Square. The incident comes amid rising anti-Israel protests and attacks targeting Israelis in Greece.

A PRO-PALESTINIAN protester waves a Palestinian flag in front of the Greek parliament during a demonstration at Syntagma Square in Athens on August, 24, 2025. The chants echoing in our capitals are not background noise but warnings, the writer argues.

Strong earthquake strikes Evia island, felt in Athens

The quake was allegedly of magnitude 5.2, and was felt in the Greek capital.

 Athens

'Won't accept lectures': Athens mayor, Israeli amb. clash over antisemitic incidents, graffiti

"It is appalling that Mr. Ambassador focuses only on graffiti (which is obviously being erased), while an unprecedented genocide is being carried out in Gaza," the mayor of Athens wrote.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators carry a banner during a protest against the arrival of an Israeli cruise ship in the port of Piraeus near Athens, Greece, June 12, 2025.

Lost Acropolis piece returns to Athens

Chilean citizen returned the fragment, moved by Greece's struggle to reclaim the Parthenon Sculptures.

Lost Acropolis piece returns to Athens.

'Rise of hatred is concerning,' Gen. Sec. of Greek Jewish body tells 'Post'

The general secretary of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece said that Jews are welcome in Greece, as "nobody checks the religion of any visitor."

Protesters hold a banner during a pro-Palestinian protest in front of the parliament building in Athens, Greece.

WATCH: Kosher restaurant vandalized in Athens by anti-Israel hooligans, owners tell ‘Post’

The restaurant opened shortly after Shabbat ended at 10 pm, and just 12 minutes later, a group of individuals entered and threw flyers and sprayed anti-Israel messages on the walls.

 Kosher restaurant vandalized in Athens by anti-Israel hooligans.

Catch-22 on Cyprus: Stranded abroad as Iranian missiles close Israel's airspace - opinion

Stranded in Cyprus as missiles rain on Israel, one family is caught between feeling safe and restless, waiting to go home, which may not be the same when they return.

 Paphos, Cyprus.

‘Nobody helped me’: Israeli tourist in Greece attacked for speaking Hebrew, handcuffed by police

"People passed by, and one of them asked me if I was from Israel. I told him yes, and at that moment, he began cursing at me and went into a frenzy," says Meidad Hozeh.

A man waves a Palestinian flag as Palestinians and pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest next to the Greek parliament, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Athens, Greece, May 7, 2024.

Hidden frescoes and sculptures found in Athens' Saints Theodoros Church

The historic Church of Saints Theodoros, an emblematic 11th-century monument in the center of Athens, was officially inaugurated following its extensive restoration.

 Hidden frescoes, sculptures revealed in Athens' medieval Saints Theodoros Church.