Twenty new conventional, electric bicycles will be used by municipal police cyclists to patrol the streets of Athens to increase safety and to encourage the use of this environmentally friendly mode of transport.
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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…
Lights It may not be as astonishing as London or New York, but Athens at night during Christmas oozes with twinkling seasonal charm. Stars and other Christmas-shaped lights line the main streets,…
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.…
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…
An imposing, 3.5 metre-high, 1,200kg statue of Alexander the Great, completed by acclaimed sculptor Yiannis Pappas in 1972 (after decades of intensive study) now graces the Greek capital. On April 19th, the…