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George Broulias was elected on Wednesday afternoon as Athens' new interim mayor, following the resignation of George Kaminis several days ago. Broulias was elected by Kaminis' municipal group with eighteen votes from the city's local council; Epameinondas Lamprakakis, the president...

Athens recorded a 14 percent increase in tourist arrivals in the first three months of 2017 compared with the same period last year, according to data presented on Thursday by city mayor George Kaminis and Aegean Airlines Vice President...

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...

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis said he is ready to provide a second accommodation center for refugees under the condition that there is an end to the awful state of affairs around Victoria Square, a public park in a grubby...

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis held on to his seat in the 2014 Greek municipal elections leaving behind SYRIZA’s candidate, Gavriil Sakellaridis. Sakellaridis congratulated Kaminis late Sunday night after the results put Kaminis at 51.6 percent compared to 48.4 percent for...

Athens Mayor George Kaminis, facing challenges in the May 18 elections, has accused one of his rivals, New Democracy candidate Aris Spiliotopoulos, of being two-faced for opposing a mosque in the city that his ruling party has backed. Spiliotopoulos at...

With the ruling New Democracy Conservatives in disarray over the Athens' Mayor's race - officially supporting one of its lawmakers as a candidate and snubbing another - who had the office - incumbent George Kaminis has picked up the...

For the second time in two months, the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party has backed down from Athens Mayor George Kaminis who banned them from conducting another Greeks-only food handout and soup kitchen in a public square in the city...

Athens Mayor George Kaminis, who was attacked by a member of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party - who still hasn't been prosecuted - after a Greeks-only food giveaway was banned has stopped the party from doing it again. Kaminis said...

Athens Mayor George Kaminis was assaulted on Sunday by suspected staff unionists, his office said, amid protests over job cuts tied to Greece's bailout rescue. Kaminis, who appears willing to cooperate with the government to execute the measures, was attacked...

A Member of Parliament from the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party who officials said tried to punch Athens Mayor George Kaminis for stopping a Greeks-only food handout by the extremists will see his case forwarded to the Parliament, which will...

Only a few hours after he prevented the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party from conducting a Greeks-Only free Easter food handout in the city’s downtown center, Athens Mayor George Kaminis was assaulted by one of its deputies, who injured a...

Athens Mayor Giorgis Kaminis said that he will not allow the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party to conduct a Greeks-only free food distribution in the city's main center of Syntagma Square on May 2, an event the party said was...

The Mayor of Athens Mr. Kaminis has decided that the Municipality of Athens will support the Athens Pride parade which is held every June in the center of the Greek capital. The international event which will take place on...

By Marnie McGregor On August 25, 2019,  Kostas Bakoyannis was sworn in as Mayor of Athens, Greece. Νaturally, as the leader of Greece’s largest city, that invariably means he will be working closely with his uncle — new Prime Minister...