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Athens Mayor Asks for Resignation of Citizen Protection Minister

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis on Wednesday asked that Deputy Citizen Protection Minister Nikos Toskas to resign for tolerating anarchists who burn down urban buses. "I want Mr. Toskas to tell us in which European capital people systematically burn down buses...

'One City. Never Ending Stories' Campaign to Promote Athens All-Year-Round

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis announced the Athens Tourism Partnership (ATP), an initiative for tourism promotion in Athens. The City of Athens, AEGEAN and the Athens International Airport (AIA) unite for the first time their forces having a common objective:...

Attica Deputy Governor Throws Tsipras Poster in Recycle Bin

Attica Deputy Governor Giorgos Karameros, member of the Ecologist Greens party, was photographed throwing the Alexis Tsipras poster from the SYRIZA Conference in a recycle bin. This was Karameros' humorous response to criticism by New Democracy MP Adonis Georgiadis. The...

Athens Mayor Calls on Gov't to Empty Squats Used for Housing Migrants

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis sent a letter to Citizen Protection and Migration Policy Ministers Nikos Toskas and Yannis Mouzalas asking for the evacuation of squats used for migrant accommodation. In the letter, that was also forwarded to Prime Minister Alexis...

Athens Cathedral Reopens After 7-Year Restoration

An official ceremony took place on Saturday evening at the Athens Cathedral to celebrate its reopening after seven years of restoration. The reopening ceremony was attended, among other officials, by the President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Minister of...

Most of the Athens Homeless are Greeks, Victims of Economic Crisis

62 percent of the homeless people in Athens are Greeks and 71 percent of them ended up on the streets in the last five years, a study shows. The study results were presented by Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis on Monday. It...

55 Artists, Thinkers and Architects Send a Letter to the Mayor of Athens

"Letters to the Mayor: Athens," is the name of the current exhibition in Taf art house, in Monastiraki, where artists present their ideas and suggestions for a better city. The "Letters to the Mayor" exhibition is a touring exhibition in...

Athens Mayor Signs Greece's First Same Gender Civil Partnership

In an historic day for the gay and lesbian community in Greece, Athens Mayor Kaminis signed on Monday the country's first same gender civil partnership. “As the first day that the law is being implemented, today is very important for...

Athens Opens Way for First Crematorium in Greece

The City of Athens has made a crucial step in opening the way for the establishment of crematoria in Greece by issuing an invitation for bids for a building to house the first crematorium. The building must be no smaller...

Greece to Use Two Army Camps as Migrant Reception Centers

Greece's Ministry of Defense is to allocate two army camps to be used as migrant reception centers as the country is facing problems accommodating migrants who don't qualify as refugees. The two camps are located in Attica and in northern...