What would it be like if you could electronically toss an ancient Greek coin? To almost touch it, and look upon it in detail and magnification on both sides? To learn real time information on its origin, date, and what is depicted, and, yes, even listen to the sound it makes as twenty coins while stacked?

The plan for turning Athens into a metropolitan tourism center, was announced today by Tourism minister Olga Kefalogianni, which aims at mobilizing all relevant state and private sectors.

The New Democracy European parliamentary candidates list contains mostly party members and a few former Euro-parliamentarians, but it too carries the occasional celebrity. The list was announced today by the PM, uncharacteristically in show bizz tones at a central Athens hotel.

A new day is dawning for Greece's traditional open air markets, known as laikes agores, as their operational regulations are changing after the decision by the development ministry to enforce OECD rules to enhance competition and transparency.