Congratulations to the children who participated in the actions of the “Let’s Clean Up Europe” Campaign at Plato’s Academy Park in Athens on Sunday. “Let’s Clean Up Europe” aims to raise awareness…
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The Mayor of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis has praised the “honesty and integrity” of an employee of the Municipality of Athens, who found a bag containing €19,000 and handed it over to the police. The cleaning…
Omonia Square’s makeover is almost complete and will be presented to locals and visitors by the end of next week, announced Athens’ Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis on social media on Thursday. The square’s…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attended a special event in honor of the country’s victims of terrorism at the War Museum in Athens on Monday. During his address, the Prime Minister said…
The Athens Municipal Authority, like every year, hosted a Christmas luncheon for more than 1,200 homeless and poor people at the Rouf Indoor Municipal Sports Arena. Along with Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis…
Hundreds of Athenians spent Christmas Eve at Kotzia Square in the city, illuminating the night sky with paper lanterns that had their wishes and hopes for the future written on them. The annual…
The second Christmas tree that was placed in Exarchia Square in Athens on Friday after the previous one was torched, was destroyed in the same manner a few hours later. It is believed…
Athenians have officially marked the Festive Season for 2019, as the annual Christmas tree at Syntagma Square, in front of the historic Greek Parliament lit up last night. The event has kicked…
Athens’ Lycabettus Hill, an iconic landmark on the Athens landscape, and Omonia Square in the city centre are undergoing a major overhaul designed to make it safer and more attractive to visitors…
Municipal workers in Athens are currently on a series of strikes causing garbage to pile up on the streets of the Greek capital. Unions announced a protest campaign on Monday, as they…
Over 30 thousand Athenians participated in the 11th ‘Greece Race for the Cure’ which is part of the world’s largest walking and running event that strives to fight against breast cancer. The…
Athens Municipality tradesmen arrived in Exarchia Square on Thursday, to begin cleaning up the famous anarchist hotspot and to give the neighbourhood a much needed “makeover,” which the new government promises will…
On September 23, 1989, two gunmen from the November 17 terrorist group shot and killed New Democracy MP and journalist Pavlos Bakoyannis. The 54-year-old was shot at least six times as he…
Greek police on Thursday removed over 230 illegal migrants, including dozens of children, from two squats in the Greek capital, as part of a clean-up drive initiated by Greece’s new government. According…
The new Mayor of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis took his oath of office on Sunday, pledging “to be a servant to Athenians” and turn the crisis-battered capital into “a safe, clean and bright” European metropolis.…
*Athens' new Mayor Kostas Bakogiannis Athens’ newly elected mayor Kostas Bakogiannis and several ministers gathered on Thursday to discuss foundations of productive coordination and cooperation between the government and Athens municipality, to…
Kostas Bakoyannis has been elected as the new Mayor of Athens, as the son of former mayor Dora Bakoyannis and nephew of opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis, won with over 65% of the…
Congratulations were in place for Dora Bakoyannis’ son, Kostas Bakoyannis, as he has gathered a wide margin in the first round of elections as Mayor of Athens. The voters and his colleagues…
The Regional Governor of Central Greece Kostas Bakoyannis announced the commencement of the programme ‘Warm Home’ which provides vulnerable families with funding for the purchase of heating fuel. The programme, donated by…