Athens Municipality

With a difference of 58 days—on October 13 and December 1—PASOK and SYRIZA will elect their leadership.

Athens municipal police, in cooperation with regular police and street cleaning staff, have removed a makeshift structure used by homeless people from the archaeological site on Filopappou Hill in the center of the city. 

A statement from Athens Municipality said that drones were used to identify the location of the makeshift structure, which was in an inconspicuous spot.

Three Culture Ministry officials implicated in a wider racket of Athens Municipality and Attica Regional Authority employees who made thousands of euros by granting illegal licenses or providing immunity for zoning and environmental violations, appear to have expanded their activities to the holiday island of Mykonos and been active since last year at least, Kathimerini understands.

A historical exhibition organized by the Athens Municipality, "1974 & 1944: Athens celebrates its freedom" commemorates the 80th anniversary of Greece's liberation from Nazi occupation in 1944 and the 50th anniversary of the restoration of democracy following the fall of the junta in 1974.

For the first time in our country, a camping program for 50 children aged 13 to 18 from the Greek diaspora in Brazil and Tanzania was held with great success.

The Athens Municipality will be conducting an audit of the authority's finances following the discovery by the new administration of a significant shortfall in its coffers after assuming office nearly seven months ago.

The probe, which will be carried out by a team of chartered accountants and lawyers, was ordered by Athens Mayor Haris Doukas and approved by the Municipal Council.

Schools in Athens will reopen on Friday after being closed for two days because of the intense heat, the capital's municipal authority has announced.

Aiming to encourage walking, the Athens Municipality has introduced a digital tool with valuable data informing citizens and local authorities about the state of sidewalks and streets in the Greek capital.

More violations of the regulations on the placement on table seating in public places were recorded in the first quarter of the year in Athens, data from the Athens Municipality has shown.

From January to April, Municipal police found 1,246 cases violations of the regulations on table seating, an increase of 54% on the same period in 2023.

Athens Mayor Haris Doukas has come under fire from a government minister for canceling a concert that was to be held later this month under the aegis of the Israeli Embassy over security concerns stemming from the spiraling crisis in the Middle East.