Haris Doukas

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.

Athens Mayor Haris Doukas, in a letter to PASOK's central committee on Tuesday, called for a party leadership election in November.

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

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.