Christos Pachtas
Greece
Chalkidiki Pro-Mining Mayor Loses Ballot
An all-night vote count local elections in the Aristotelis municipality of Chalkidiki ended on Monday morning with Giannis Michos getting a slim majority over Christos Pachtas.
A member of the Skouries Movement, Michos collected 8,031 votes with 51.79% over mayor Pachtas,...
Crime
Angry Kammenos Storms Off TV (video)
Backpedaling in the face of criticism and a pending probe into his comments that a mayor in northern Greece who supports a gold mine project should be lynched, Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos walked off a TV program on...
Crime
Kammenos Hints Lynching For Gold Mine Mayor
Independent Greeks leader Panos Kammenos will be questioned by a Thessaloniki prosecutor after suggesting residents of Halkidiki should “lynch” a local mayor for backing gold mining in Skouries which many area residents fiercely oppose, saying it would hurt...