Greece
Meet the family that owns much of Mykonos
In the 1960s, when rustic Mykonos was just starting to gain attention, the Daktylideses family saw the island’s potential.
- by Kristie Kellahan
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Robots and replicas: Is the British Museum going to lose its Marbles?
Robot sculptors creating near-perfect replicas of the Parthenon Marbles may provide the key to the long-running dispute over the ownership of one of the ancient world’s most contested treasures.
- by Simon de Bruxelles
Signs of the times: Why Athens is not all about the ancients
Youthful and vibrant, the new Athens is an open-air museum of street art.
- by Lee Tulloch
Italian government approves extradition of Easey Street accused to Australia
The extradition will still need the final approval from a Rome judge which is expected to be within days.
- by Josephine McKenna
Chaos and stress: How to cope with Greek island ferries
The ferry rear lowers like a whale’s yawning mouth, purging streams of people and cars out into the baking sun.
- by Flip Byrnes
No aircon, dirty toilets, long queues: Inside Europe’s worst airport
Almost five million people pass through the main gateway to Greece’s largest island each year. Most of them leave unhappy.
- by Heidi Fuller-Love
Six of the best experiences in the Greek Cyclades Islands
Blue-domed churches and whitewashed houses – these are the calling cards of the Cyclades, but delve deeper for local, transformative experiences.
- by Flip Byrnes
Melbourne’s ‘Little Athens’ loses another slice of its history
The departure of International Cakes highlights change in the Lonsdale Street precinct.
- by Brittany Busch
‘Renovating with Google Translate’: what it’s really like buying a home in Europe
Fantasising about an Umbrian holiday home or an airy apartment right by the Acropolis? Meet three women who’ve made their European home dreams come true.
- by Dilvin Yasa
Port guide: Piraeus (Athens), Greece
Hot, crowded, chaotic Athens might well drive you mad, but you can’t beat 3400 years of recorded history and a civilisation that has influenced the world.
- by Brian Johnston
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Easey Street case
‘It was a trap’: Easey Street murder suspect ‘lured to Rome’ before arrest, family says
Perry Kouroumblis was lured to Rome from his home in Greece for a potential property deal before being arrested on his arrival, his family says.
- by Josephine McKenna and Rob Harris
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