http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-724-athens/topic-rss.do Athens RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23771768-the-best-books-of-the-year.do Our reviewers name the titles that have meant the most to them over the past 12 months 2009-11-19T12:55:23Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23735936-firemen-get-breathing-space-in-battle-to-protect-athens.do Exhausted Greek firefighters were scrambling to exploit a lull in the high winds which have forced thousands of residents to flee their homes in Athens 2009-08-24T07:53:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23734116-mass-graves-could-be-used-in-autumn-bout-of-swine-flu.do Preparations are under way to create mass graves to cope with a second outbreak of swine flu in the autumn 2009-08-19T08:03:44Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23732075-swine-flu-teenager-out-of-danger.do London schoolgirl being treated for swine flu in a Greek hospital is out of danger, it was revealed 2009-08-13T13:36:22Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23731147-debt-laryngitis-humiliation-i-love-the-edinburgh-fringe.do The Fringe is a magnificent event and I truly cannot recommend highly enough that if you get the chance, you go 2009-08-12T07:10:57Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23725327-shipping-puts-all-our-problems-in-the-shade.do Back in early June, this column warned of the looming disaster in shipping. Yesterday came news that one of the largest container operators, the German firm Hapag-Lloyd, is desperately seeking £250 million of new capital to stave off disaster. 2009-07-29T07:03:03Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23711774-now-lets-return-the-elgin-marbles.do After 33 years the Acropolis Museum in Athens is finally open — and it’s enough to make a London patriot reconsider the case for giving the Greeks back their history... 2009-06-24T16:45:24Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/travel/article-23700049-discover-ancient-and-modern-greece.do Next month Athens unveils its new Acropolis Museum. Charlotte Ross combines a historic preview with the best of Greece today 2009-05-27T08:23:49Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23636200-the-2004-olympic-legacy-that-london-must-avoid.do A diving pool with four inches of stagnant water, brand new stadia mothballed and derelict, an Olympic complex all but abandoned and strewn with litter and graffiti — this is the legacy from the Athens Olympics in 2004 2009-02-06T12:26:39Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23611270-machine-gun-attack-on-policeman-in-athens.do A police officer was shot in Athens in an escalation of the violence that followed the killing of a teenager in the city last month 2009-01-05T08:49:49Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23601741-new-delays-to-release-of-2012-security-budget.do The completion of London's £600 million Olympic security budget has been delayed again amid continued wrangling over the cost of protecting the Games from a terrorist attack 2008-12-15T09:18:12Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23598515-greek-demos-spread-to-london.do Chaotic scenes erupted at the Greek Embassy in London as demonstrators burned the country's flag in protest over the killing of a teenager in Athens 2008-12-08T15:22:58Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23556756-mirren-returns-to-the-national-in-phegravedre-title-role.do Dame Helen Mirren will return to the National Theatre to appear as a woman in love with her stepson 2008-09-17T12:53:40Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23538746-cyclists-lead-the-way-on-a-weekend-of-pure-gold.do Like the Cubans in boxing or the Chinese in table tennis, Britain are ready to take ownership of an Olympic sport for the first time in living memory 2008-08-18T09:07:01Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23532505-javelin-is-the-key-to-kellys-chances.do Kelly Sotherton is in fantastic shape, but Britain's hope in the heptathlon could throw it all away with one poor discipline 2008-08-14T10:22:32Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23532577-yang-is-lord-of-the-rings-as-hosts-dominate.do China have surged ahead of the United States in the Olympic medal table after a spectacular trio of golds for the hosts in Beijing 2008-08-14T11:46:40Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23530764-cooke-doubling-up-in-an-effort-to-emulate-holmes.do Cycling heroine has vowed to give everything to repeat the historic feat of double champion Kelly Holmes in Athens 2008-08-11T11:29:25Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23529099-sailing-ace-ainslie-bids-to-get-off-to-early-flier.do Ben Ainslie is hoping to be part of a perfect start for Britain's sailors in the Olympic regatta 2008-08-08T07:33:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23529110-a-disaster-if-our-four-fails-to-win-says-pinsent.do Sir Matthew Pinsent believes Britain's coxless four will view it as a "disaster" if they don't win gold in Beijing 2008-08-08T07:49:35Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23529147-now-lets-go-for-it-foster-rallies-team-gb.do Flagbearer Mark Foster today urged his fellow athletes to seize the moment and make it a glorious Beijing Games for Team GB 2008-08-08T08:10:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23526506-britain-set-for-olympic-record.do Britain will enjoy its best Olympics in living memory in Beijing, the minister in charge of sport claimed 2008-08-05T11:17:47Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-olympics/article-23526387-britain-set-for-olympic-record.do Britain will enjoy its best Olympics in living memory in Beijing, the minister in charge of sport claims 2008-08-05T08:44:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23524152-britains-best-ready-to-scale-new-heights.do A pep talk from Amir Khan has convinced 6ft 8ins super-heavyweight David Price that his team have a huge chance in Beijing 2008-07-31T10:37:11Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23514719-wiggins-in-hot-pursuit-of-record-at-games.do Bradley Wiggins has a great chance of emerging as the story of the British team in Beijing as he bids for three gold medals 2008-07-10T10:25:03Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23496656-queen-victoria-ready-to-rule-in-beijing.do Victoria Pendleton admits she is already feeling the pressure of the Beijing Games. As one of the British stars of this year's world track cycling championships, she took her tally of world titles to six and cemented her status as 'Queen Victoria' of the track 2008-06-19T10:24:05Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23472869-where-to-see-the-olympic-torch-in-london.do The Olympic torch will be carried through the streets of London on Sunday by a host of sports stars and celebrities. 2008-04-03T09:20:23Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23436858-season-of-shakespeare.do Tickets for this year's season of Shakespeare at the Globe have gone on sale. 2008-02-11T12:27:46Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23418791-a-grecian-goodbye.do Now in her seventies, Nana Mouskouri has sold an unlikely 350 million records singing in various languages. She's certainly done it her way. 2007-10-30T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23393258-marbles-may-go-back-to-greece-after-200-years.do The way has been opened for the Elgin Marbles to be seen in Greece nearly 200 years after they were taken. 2007-04-19T13:07:33Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23367454-greek-fire-from-a-guitar.do The Vortex welcomed a Greek guitarist, a French tenorist and a drum-and-bass combination from both sides of the Middle-East divide and their intelligent interplay put their politicians to shame. 2006-09-18T23:00:00Z