Athens Voice

Athens Voice
Current logo
TypeNewspaper
FormatAlternative weekly
PublisherFotis Georgeles
Editor-in-chief
Aggeliki Birbili
Founded2003
HeadquartersCharilaou Trikoupi 22, Athens, Greece
Circulationapp. 150,000 (readership) per week
Websitewww.athensvoice.gr

Athens Voice is a Greek media company that includes the printed Athens Voice paper, the website (athensvoice.gr) of Athens Voice paper/magazine, the radio station Athens Voice Radio 102.5 and Athens Voice Books publishing house.

Overview

Established in 2003, the Athens Voice paper is a free press weekly edition released every Thursday with a distribution network that includes Athens, Thessaloniki, and 20 more cities in Greece. The cover page of the newspaper consists of submissions from local and international artists. This has led to the establishment of one of the major art events in the city, "Art on the Front Page," with an exhibition of the original artworks at the Benaki Museum in Athens.

Athens Voice and athensvoice.gr contain original material, articles, and comments on current socio-political affairs and stories on arts, books, fashion, urban culture, travel, events, nightlife, and culinary trends. The online version, with over 2.5 million unique visitors monthly, combines the articles published in the print version with new material.

Athens Voice Radio 102.5 FM began broadcasting in November 2017.

In 2019 the Athens Voice courted controversy with a joke about a nurse from Armenia, who ended her life to avoid deportation. The newspaper's offices were subject to attacks, which were determined to be from anarchist group Rouvikonas.

The Athens Voice has expanded through extra editions (Look Mag for women, Men Voice for men, Home Voice for home and design, the Thessaloniki-based monthly magazine Soul for young lifestyle, the Summer and Winter Guides), the organizing of cultural events (the cover exhibition at the Benakis Museum, First Sound live music) and its participation in others (Fashion Week, European Music Day).

Its annual travel guides (City & Islands Summer Guide) are published in English. The English online version of combine the articles published in the print version with additional travel material.

Aside from the typical rotating cast of journalists, the Athens Voice has featured columns by the likes of prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark singer Andy McCluskey.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Athens Voice - magazine official website". athensvoice.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 17 October 2026.
  2. ↑ "Athens Voice - magazine archives (digital edition)" (in Greek). Archived from the original on 3 October 2026 – via Issuu.
  3. ↑ "Athens Voice Radio 102.5". voice1025.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 22 October 2026. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
  4. ↑ "Athens Voice Books". athensvoice.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 23 October 2026.
  5. ↑ "Art on the Front Page No 3, 72 artists create for Athens Voice, Exhibition curation: Angeliki Birmpili" (PDF) (in Greek). Benaki Museum. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 July 2023.
  6. ↑ Kraounakis, Stamatis (23 January 2008). "Athens Voice at the Benaki Museum" (in Greek). Athens Voice. Archived from the original on 31 October 2026.
  7. ↑ "Moments from the opening of the Athens Voice covers exhibition at the Benaki Museum" (in Greek). Athens Voice. 20 October 2023. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "«A.V.» (Athens Voice) Art on the Front Page Νο 3" (in Greek). Athens Voice. 9 January 2008. Archived from the original on 31 October 2026.
  9. ↑ "Athens Voice - Podcats" (in Greek). Athens Voice. Archived from the original on 31 October 2026.
  10. ↑ Iereidis, Christos (7 May 2019). "A sigh of relief for Athens Voice 102.5 FM from the Greek National Council for Radio and Television (ESR)" (in Greek). Ethnos. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021.
  11. ↑ "Athens Voice's official response to today's comment". athensvoice.gr (in Greek). Athens Voice. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023.
  12. ↑ Pissias, Vagelis (10 July 2019). "Attack on Athens Voice: When silence is cowardice". athensvoice.gr (in Greek). Athens Voice. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "Athens Voice: "The comment was misinterpreted even by ordinary people"!" (in Greek). NewsIt. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019.
  14. ↑ "Anarchist group ransacks office of Greek newspaper". CPJ. 9 July 2019. Archived from the original on 16 March 2026.
  15. ↑ "Rouvikonas attack on the Athens Voice offices – Vandalism of the premises" (in Greek). LiFO. 4 July 2019. Archived from the original on 31 October 2026.
  16. ↑ Kalafatis, Alexandros (4 July 2019). "A censorship-style attack by Rouvikonas against Athens Voice" (in Greek). HuffPost. Archived from the original on 31 October 2026.
  17. ↑ "Look Mag - By Athens Voice". look.athensvoice.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 20 July 2026.
  18. ↑ "Men Voice - By Athens Voice" (in Greek). 18 October 2018. Archived from the original on 31 October 2026.
  19. ↑ "Home Voice - By Athens Voice" (in Greek). Athens Voice. 27 November 2022. Archived from the original on 31 October 2026.
  20. ↑ "20 years of Athens Voice - Art on the front page: 900 covers in two volumes, now available in bookstores". iefimerida.gr (in Greek). 5 February 2024. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024.
  21. ↑ "Athens Voice - Best of Athens". bestofathens.gr. Archived from the original on 23 October 2026.
  22. ↑ "Athens Voice - Best of Thessaloniki". bestofthessaloniki.gr. Archived from the original on 31 October 2026.
  23. ↑ "An article by Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Athens Voice". dailypost.gr (in Greek). 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021.
  24. ↑ McCluskey, Andy (23 November 2010). "Andy McCluskey writes for The Athens Voice". electricity-club.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 February 2026.