Giorgos Kaminis

The Athens Roadmap for Inclusive Growth in Cities was launched on Monday in the Greek capital, which is hosting the fourth meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Champion Mayors for Inclusive Growth Initiative.

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis on Friday unveiled an initiative to improve trash collection in the center of the Greek capital.

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis on Monday condemned a bomb attack on the headquarters of Skai TV and radio, Kathimerini daily and Kathimerini English Edition, among other businesses, on the Greek capital's southern coast.

Kaminis described the early-morning attack, which caused extensive structural damage to the building but no casualties, as "despicable."

The lights decorating a Christmas tree on Syntagma Square in central Athens were switched on Tuesday night by Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis. [ANA-MPA]

The lights on the Christmas tree in Syntagma Square, central Athens, will be switched on next Tuesday night as part of festivities in the capital that are to last well into January 2019.

"More than 230 events, which will be completely free of charge, will transform the center of Athens and its neighborhoods into a city of angels," said Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis.

A few minutes after the clock struck 12 noon on Tuesday, the crowd gathered at the recently renovated Serafeio complex in downtown Athens broke out in applause and cheers.

Athens was awarded the European Capital of Innovation prize for 2018 for the innovative ways it has sought to improve the daily lives of its residents and to overcome social and economic challenges.

An initiative to spruce up Athens and transform it into a leading European destination was unveiled Thursday by This Is Athens & Partners, a group created by the City of Athens, Aegean Airlines, the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) and Athens International Airport (AIA).

Athens mayor Giorgos Kaminis was verbally abused while dining with friends at a restaurant in Kesariani, central Athens, on Wednesday night.

According to information, a group of about 10 anti-establishment youths saw Kaminis at the restaurant and started shouting at him.

It is not clear what the attackers told the mayor.

On the fourth floor of the Romantso building on Anaxagora Street, there is a well-hidden "factory" hard at work, weaving together a new Athens.