Athens
Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína IPA: /a'θina/) is the capital and largest city of Greece and the birthplace of democracy. Named after goddess Athena, Athens is one of the oldest cities in the world with a recorded history of at least 3,000 years. Today, the Greek capital is a bustling and cosmopolitan metropolis with an urban population of 3.1 million people and a metro population of 3.7 million people. The Athens metropolitan area is the centre of economic, financial, industrial, cultural and political life in Greece. The city is also rapidly becoming a leading business centre in the European Union. The city proper has a land area of 39 km² while the urban agglomeration of Athens spans 412 km². More about Athens from Wikipedia »
Photos
India Business News Greek strike tests government’s austerity mettle: ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek… http://goo.gl/fb/fEqY
—twitter
Ooh. “Mary and Max” is showing at Ciné here in Athens on 2/23. This Aspie plans to go…
—twitter
I’m at Burger King in Athens, OH http://gowal.la/s/2HCT
—twitter
@radolan @laurynn13 you guys are going to athens?? hmm..impressive. :)
—twitter
Athens for Newlywed Murder Suspect Captured http://bit.ly/aAA6CA
—twitter
Articles from the AJC
Greece vows pension, wage reform as strike looms
…_ on worries that Greece might need financial rescue to copewith its soaring debt and deficit. (AP Photo / Thanassis Stavrakis)ATHENS, Greece — Greece took further steps Tuesday to calm global markets spooked by its debt crisis, pledging to increase retirement…
Greece vows pension, wage reform as strike looms
…a debt crisis that has alarmed global markets, even as strikes were being planned nationwide. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)ATHENS, Greece — Greece took further steps Tuesday to calm global markets spooked by its debt crisis, pledging to increase retirement…
Greece seeks pension, wage reform as strike looms
…Greece — Greece's government on Tuesday tackled the thorny issue of pension and wage reform, part of its plan to fight a debt crisis that has alarmed global markets, even as strikes were being planned nationwide.The cabinet talks come as Prime Minister George…
Europe's debt crisis intensifies
…already battered finances if they hold Greek bonds, most of which were sold to west European investors outside Greece.The Athens government has outstanding securities of euro290 billion, more than twice those of the U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers, whose…
Greek farmers scale back protest
ATHENS, Greece - Prime Minister George Papandreou got a measure of relief Friday in his fight to curb Greece's runaway deficit, as protesting farmers scaled back highway blockades in opposition to the government's austerity measures.
Articles from around the Web
The euro: Continental drift | Editorial
…through wages. Those orthodox voices demanding that the IMF be brought in need to consider what would happen if it turned up in Athens and penned a crude prescription for sharp pay cuts all round. That would not spell the salvation of the euro, but the death…
Australia and Ireland in bobsled battle
…The stress is taking its toll on Cecilia McIntosh. She won a silver in javelin in the 2002 Commonwealth Games then was ruled out of Athens with injury. Now a bobsledder, she wants to stand on the podium. CECILIA MCINTOSH: It's been a hard four or five years…
Germany's Grecian Gambit
…countries to defer their problems. If German taxpayers effectively take on Greece's risk, it could reduce the appetite in Athens for adequate fiscal retrenchment. And Greek citizens might bridle at a program effectively overseen by Berlin. In bailing out Greece,…
The Olympics: you need brass to go for gold
…a country with almost a fifth of the world’s population, won less than a fifth of 1 per cent of the medals available in Athens in 2004 — one, from a total of 826. Africa, a continent dripping with sporting talent, won only 4 per cent of the available medals….
ATF: Arsonist torched Texas churches
…doubt that God can see us through.” The ATF deemed the investigation urgent on Jan. 11, when two churches were torched in nearby Athens, said Alexander. He said agents who were working last weekend's Super Bowl in Miami were brought in to help. “We've been…
Quotes from around the Web
We asked visitors of our stand to share their Athens experiences. The sales people of the hotels will always speak highly about their own products … but clients nowadays are more and more looking for information and opinions from other travelers. With the YouTube channel of the hotel we saw an opportunity to broadcast their experiences and bring the show to clients who were not able to come to the Global Pursuits 2010.
ran directly against the grain of Greek tradition, in which willingness to fight, bravery, and steadfastness in battle were essential characteristics of the free man and the citizen.
We’re going to continue to put the girls into situations like these … We want to work on making shots in pressure situations. Hopefully with some experience like this, we can become successful in the very near future.
We have a young team … Hopefully, a game like this one will come back and help us in our league play and the state tournament.—David Scott, The Oakland Press
We played with an extremely short bench … We were running the same five girls throughout overtime, and I cannot say enough about how well they all played tonight.—David Scott, The Oakland Press
Do Good Locally » Find nonprofit causes near you
Services » Find the right people for the job
Tell us what you think about the site
Customer Care »
Vacation stops, manage subscriptions and more
AJC Services
Sections
Other Editions
Guides
Visitor Agreement | Privacy Statement
© 2010 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution