Online Resources Athens Greece Now

United States Embassy in Athens

US Embassy Athens

Athens Embassy Twitter Page

Leof. Vasilissis Sofias 91, Athina 115 21, Greece

Telephone: +30 21 0721 2951

USA Consolate in Thessalonika

Tsimiski 43, Thessaloniki 546 23, Greece

Telephone: +30 231 024 2905

UK British Embassy in Athens

Ploutarchou 1, Athina 106 75, Greece

Telephone: +30 21 0727 2600

Embassy of France

Leof. Vasilissis Sofias 7, Athina 106 71, Greece

Telephone: +30 21 0339 1000

Moving to Greece, living in Greece

Facebook Expat group - in English

XE.GR - housing, jobs, and sale item classified ads -in Greek

Living in Greece - in English - Blog which addresses many bureaucratic and practical aspects of living in Greece with personal anecdotes and some step-by-step guidance on maneuvering through problems. Hasn't been updated for years but is a wealth of helpful info.

Spitogatos.gr - housing, real estate - in English

Institutes

American Hellenic Institute
Greek-American advocacy group concerned with USA-Greece relations

HALC : Hellenic American Leadership Council
"HALC will utilize a national network of Greek American community leaders who have distinguished themselves in American civic life to encourage an active form of citizenship."

Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE)
Began 1991, association of tourist-oriented Greek businesses

Athens Local Events

Athinorama [Greek Language]
Greek language site compiling info on Movie showing times, theatre, tourist site schedules, and more

Greek Festival / Athens Festival [Greek Language]
Theatre, Music and Dance presentations - National Greek organization with an annual schedule dedicated to the 'high arts' and fulfilling a national cultural mandate that began in 1955.

True-Athens [English language]
Site about enjoying Athens "off the beaten path" instread of the usual tourist haunts

Taxes

Article at TOVIMA on "When taxpayers who do not live in Greece are taxed"

Greek Language

Greek Language - Alphabet and basic words

Greek racism / xenophobia

Anti-Semitism in Greece

Racist Violence Recording Network RVRN

Greek names derived from Turkish words

This article at TANEA [in Greek] is a brief overview of a 2018 edition of a book which researches the Turkish origins of 12,000 names and their Ottoman and Byzantium roots.