Haris Doukas

Former prime minister Alexis Tsipras is seen as the best candidate to lead an alliance of center-left parties, according to a poll by GPO aired on Star TV late Thursday.

PASOK president Nikos Androulakis said on Monday that he is ready to hold a party leadership race after coming under fire for the socialist party's mediocre performance in the European elections. 

Those who argue that Haris Doukas is the person who can play a central role in the future of PASOK and the center-left justify their view by saying that "left-wing voters support him and right-wing voters are not afraid of him." In this interview with Kathimerini, the mayor of Athens lays out a comprehensive political framework for the regrouping of PASOK through what he describes as a "partici

In an interview with Kathimerini on Sunday, Haris Doukas, who won the Athens mayoral election with support from PASOK in October last year, discusses the future of the Greek center-left following the recent European Parliament elections.

The Minister of Citizen Protection, Michalis Chrysochoidis, and the Mayor of Athens, Haris Doukas signed on Tuesday an updated memorandum of cooperation between the Hellenic Police (ELAS) and the Municipal Police of Athens.

The City of Athens has launched a pilot program to provide vulnerable elderly residents of the Greek capital with an instant alert system in the event of a medical emergency.

Excitement over the recent reopening of Cine Paris in downtown Plaka has been tempered by news that another historic Athens cinema may be converted into a supermarket. 

The Council of State (CoS), the country's highest administrative court, has paved the way for mayors to suspend the enforcement of the bonus heights included in the new building regulation.

The Municipality of Athens is joining the effort to block the issuance of building permits based on the bonuses included in the new building regulation. 

The controversial issue of the maximum heights of buildings in the Greek capital will be addressed on Monday at the municipal council of Athens. 

The municipality will reportedly present a legal opinion, according to which the building height bonuses included in the building regulation cannot be applied, since they go beyond what is defined by a relevant decree issued in 1955.