Haris Doukas, from under the radar to Athens mayor
When PASOK announced on July 26 that it was nominating Haris Doukas as its candidate for the Municipality of Athens, the usual reaction was “Who is he?”
When PASOK announced on July 26 that it was nominating Haris Doukas as its candidate for the Municipality of Athens, the usual reaction was “Who is he?”
What a difference a day makes… Just last week, the conversation in this part of the planet almost exclusively revolved around the procedure for a Greek-Turkish rapprochement.
A prosecutor in Athens will investigate two civil servants whose wealth declaration (so called “pothen esches”) showed large sums in their bank accounts that could not be justified by their official incomes.
As a critical ally and partner of both the United States and Israel in the Eastern Mediterranean, Greece is once again playing a key role, former supreme allied commander for Europe Admiral (ret.) James Stavridis tells Kathimerini, as the movement of the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group close to […]
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met on Tuesday with the newly elected regional governor of Thessaly, Dimitris Kouretas, to discuss the issues concerning the region.
Four days before this Friday’s assessment of the Greek economy by Standard & Poor’s, the government presented new signs of fiscal prudence.
Ahead of the second round of local elections everyone was expecting New Democracy to cement its political dominance across Greece. Instead, New Democracy candidates suffered surprise defeats in key regions and municipalities, including Athens and Thessaloniki.
The trial of the mayor-elect of Himare in southern Albania, Fredi Beleri, and his associate Pantelis Kokavesis, which was scheduled to begin at a special anti-corruption court in Tirana on Tuesday was postponed for the second time in two weeks, according to state-run broadcaster ERT.
Greek Health Minister Michalis Chryssochoidis sacked the manager and deputy manager of the Venizelio General Hospital of Iraklio, Crete, on Tuesday, after discovering that surgeries were being postponed due to a lack of medical personnel.
National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis has been in Luxembourg since Monday to take part in the Eurogroup and ECOFIN meetings.