April, 1896: The First Modern Olympics are Held in Greece Monday, April 8, 2019 On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, at the Panathenaic Stadium with athletes from 14 countries participating and Greek Spyros Louis winning in the marathon run.
Legendary German filmmaker Werner Herzog is coming to Athens Monday, April 8, 2019 Versatile, impossible to pigeon-hole and always artistically unorthodox, Werner Herzog has never stopped finding ways to breathe new life into the conversation around film.