Greece

The shortlist for the nominees of World Mayor 2016 is out and among the 15 local authorities named are Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis and Lesvos Mayor Spyros Galinos. The two men have found themselves thrown into the midst of the...

"Curing the Limbo", a new pilot program for refugee integration, was presented on Monday by the Municipality of Athens. The program is a European pilot project co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and part of the Urban Innovative Actions...

After years of delays following opposition from the Greek Orthodox Church, Environment and Energy Minister Giorgos Stathakis signed a decision last week paving the way for the construction of Greece's first cremation facility. The facility will be in the area...

Brimin Kipkorir Misoi from Kenya is the athlete who finished first in the 36th Authentic Athens Marathon on Sunday, clocking at 2:10:57. Over 55,000 runners from 105 countries flooded Attica to compete in the classical 42km route and the 5km...

The United States is committed to supporting Greece that is exiting its adjustment program, said U.S. ambassador to Athens, Geoffrey Pyatt, on Wednesday. "We have a stake in the economic success of Greece and its role as a pillar of...

Athens is one of 12 European cities vying for the "European Capital of Innovation Award" for 2018, it was announced on Monday. The other finalist cities of this year’s European Capital of Innovation Award are Aarhus, Antwerp, Bristol, Gothenburg, Hamburg,...

Sacks of garbage piled high on the sidewalks of Athens have started spewing out onto the streets after a part of the capital's main dump collapsed and waste trucks stopped collecting. More than 2,500 thousand tons of garbage are being...

The newly established City of Athens' Digital Lab has chosen four teams of young entrepreneurs, giving them technological and financial support to implement programs that will improve life in the capital. Entrepreneurs were asked to submit ideas that would tackle...

Athens city council plans to withdraw the licenses of hundreds of abandoned street kiosks in a bid to clean up the streets and free up pavements for pedestrians, it has said. Out of a total of 931 street kiosks, the...

The mayor of Athens has welcomed a four-month suspended jail sentence for a far-right lawmaker convicted of trying to assault him. Georgios Kaminis tweeted: "Neo-Nazis and fascism before justice. This is the road." A lawmaker for the far-right Golden Dawn party, Giorgos Germenis,...

The mayors of the capital cities of Greece and FYROM appealed on Thursday for a viable solution to the naming dispute between the two countries. In an article published in leading newspapers in Greece and FYROM, Giorgos Kaminis and Petre Silegov...

The Christmas season officially kicked off in Athens on Tuesday after city mayor Giorgos Kaminis lit up the Christmas tree in Syntagma square, shortly after 7pm. "Christmas and New Years are days of joy and hope. It is an opportunity...

More than 220 events have been planned in the City of Athens for the 2017 holiday season, starting with the lighting of the Christmas tree in Syntagma Square, which is to take place on December 12 at 19:00. Athens Mayor...

Politicians and the mayor of Athens have unanimously condemned the murder of prominent lawyer Michalis Zafeiropoulos, some expressing worry over security in the  capital. President of the Republic, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, phoned Zafeiropoulos' family to express his condolences, and described the murder...

Athens was named the Emerging Cultural City of the Year for 2017 at the Leading Culture Destinations (LCD) Award in London on Friday. The Greek capital was lauded for managing to maintain a thriving cultural scene despite the country’s protracted...