Tag: "Athens"
Tourism boom sparks backlash in historic heart of Athens
World 16:37 04/08/2025Surrounded by a hubbub of blaring music, restaurant terraces and rumbling suitcase wheels slaloming between overflowing litter bins, Giorgos Zafeiriou believes surging tourism has made his historic Athens neighbourhood unrecognisable.
Tentative tree planting 'decades overdue' in sweltering Athens
World 09:44 23/04/2025On a cloudy spring morning in one of Athens' most densely inhabited districts, thousands of fresh saplings dotting a small hilltop park mark a fledgling effort to tackle crippling heat that critics say is long overdue.
