Kostas Bakoyannis

No new permits will be issued for the placement of table and chairs on central Panepistimiou Avenue while the existing ones will be revoked for the next two years, according to a decision on Monday by the Athens City Council.

The municipal Lycabettus Theater will reopen its doors to the public after 15 years on September 15, 2023, with a landmark concert featuring one of Greece's greatest composers of popular music, Stavros Xarchakos, on stage.

I have observed the following: After the fiasco of the redevelopment of Panepistimiou Street in central Athens - the so-called Grand Walk - any project announced by the Municipality of Athens stumbles upon the suspicion of a portion of citizens regardless of their political leanings.

A large number of ethnic Greeks attended a demonstration on Monday staged by the Omonoia organization in the southern Albanian city of Himare, demanding the immediate release of mayor-elect Fredi Beleri. 

An open public tender was announced Thursday for the restoration of the building in Athens that will house the Maria Callas Academy of Lyrical Art.

Imprisoned former deputy leader of Golden Dawn, Ilias Kasidiaris, officially submitted his candidacy on Friday to run for the position of Mayor of Athens in the upcoming municipal elections scheduled for October. He will be contesting under the banner of the political party Free Athenians.

The mayors of Athens and Zagreb have issued a joint statement condemning the fierce clashes between rival supporters in the Greek capital, resulting in the death of a 29-year-old soccer fan on Monday.

"Senseless violence and bloodshed find no place within our stadiums, cities, or society," said Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis and his Zagreb counterpart, Tomislav Tomasevic.

The Federation of Hellenic Associations of Travel & Tourist Agencies (FEDHATTA) has welcomed measures announced by the Municipality of Athens regarding the effort to decongest the center of Athens by regulating the movement of tourist buses on main roads. 

Athens ranked eighth in the world ranking for conference tourism for 2022, according to the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), rising eight places from 2019.

Therefore, the Greek capital now forms part of the top 10 of the world's most attractive destinations for events and meetings, as announced at the IMEX Frankfurt trade show in late May.

The fines imposed on political parties for illegal poster pollution not only concern one party, nor are they driven by a money collection logic, Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis told Skai on Tuesday, commenting on the reactions of the communist KKE party to the penalty it received from the municipality.