Costas Bakoyannis

Doukas criticizes Costas Bakoyannis and other government figures who have opposed his decision to run for PASOK leadership while serving as Athens’ mayor. He accuses Bakoyannis of being fixated on him, suggesting that Bakoyannis might desire authority over Athens.

Athens' main fountain, in central Omonia square, will be illuminated with the colors of the Ukrainian flag, mayor Costas Bakoyannis announced on Friday afternoon, what he called an act aimed to honor the struggle for democracy, peace and the sanctity of life, as well as to show solidarity to the now tested Ukrainian people.

The Municipality of Athens, for the first time, through the Development and Tourism Promotion Company (EATA), has activated the process for the certification of the destination as sustainable - according to the 17 United Nations Goals - with the aim of creating a better and even more competitive city .

The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, will visit Athens on Wednesday and Thursday after an invitation by the Athens Democracy Forum.
On Wednesday, Tusk will meet with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at 3 p.m., before addressing the Forum at 6.10 p.m. and meeting with Athens Mayor Costas Bakoyannis at 7.40 p.m.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis commemorated the 30-year anniversary of the assassination of politician Pavlos Bakoyannis by the now-defunct terrorist group November 17 in downtown Athens in 1989.
"Thirty years without Pavlos Bakoyannis. We miss him always. He will never cease to inspire us," he wrote in a tweet on his official account.

Police removed a container that was set up in Exarchia Square, downtown Athens, two years ago and had been used by anarchists and other groups as a distribution kiosk for information.

The container was removed early on Friday by a crane in a joint operation by the Greek Police and the City of Athens.

Representatives of all political parties on the Athens municipal council snubbed the spokesman for neonazi Golden Dawn in City Hall's first session on Monday, reports said on Tuesday.

The new mayor of Athens, Costas Bakoyannis, was sworn in Sunday.

The swearing-in took place in the open, at the Akadimia Platonos park, and not at the city hall, as is the custom.

Bakoyannis, 41, until now regional governor of Central Greece, was elected mayor last June 3, in a runoff, with 65.25 percent of the vote.

Costas Bakoyannis wants a "livable" city and believes that a mayor should act for everyone, not just his own people. He tells Kathimerini he has a plan whose cost has been calculated down to the last euro and will certainly prove controversial, as he speaks of cooperation with the private sector and the return of public space to the city's residents.

Center-right opposition New Democracy swept to victory in the second round of municipal and regional elections on Sunday with conservative-backed candidates clinching the capital's mayorship and virtually all Greek regions.