The word 'Athens' is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to the capital city of Greece and can be used in various contexts. Example 1: "I have always wanted to visit Athens and explore its ancient ruins." Example 2: "The Olympic Games were first held in Athens in 776 BC." Example 3: "The philosopher Plato was born and lived in Athens during the Classical period." Example 4: "The economic crisis in Athens has had a significant impact on the country's tourism industry."
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But five years after Athens was forced to be bailed out by the European Union and International Monetary Fund (IMF) – accepting the biggest rescue package in global financial history – Greeks are not sure what to think.
Earlier this year, Xydakis roundly condemned the British Museum's decision rejecting a Unesco offer to help resolve the dispute more than 200 years after the sculptures were controversially removed from Athens' greatest temple, the Parthenon, by the seventh Earl of Elgin during his tenure as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.
We have a mandate for a sustainable solution within the eurozone Yannis Dragasakis Athens is in a race against the clock to unlock €7.2bn (£5.3bn) in rescue loans the EU and IMF have refused to disburse until the government delivers a convincing package of reforms.
There was, however, some support for Greece's position at last week's IMF meeting in Washington where Poul Thomsen, head of the fund's European department, said the reforms being demanded from Athens should be slimmed down.
Further ahead, economists warn that a €7.2bn package would merely buy some time for Athens but by no means guarantee Greece could remain in the eurozone – something polls suggest most Greeks want.
Greece's crisis talks with international creditors have made slow progress and fears remain high that it could default on its debts, precipitating Athens' departure from the eurozone.
He added that Athens would need to ask eurozone partners for help with the equipment and the training.
In Athens, news of the undercover tax agents was quick to spark ridicule and widespread disbelief.
In a move that was interpreted as the beginning of the finance minister's political demise, it was announced that the British-educated economist, Euclid Tsakalotos, would be the pointman between Athens and foreign lenders at the EU, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
And bolstered by successive polls that have shown the vast majority of Britons to be in favour of repatriation it has put aside the issue of ownership, instead proposing joint curatorship of the sculptures through the establishment of a branch of the British Museum in Athens.
