Athens Municipality Looking for Buildings in the City to Paint Murals On

By admin 17 Νοεμβρίου 2021 No comment

The Municipality of Athens is searching for buildings to paint murals on aiming to liven up the city center and promote contemporary art in an urban environment. In the context of its public murals project, after refreshing the city’s school buildings with street art, the municipality is extending its program to private buildings located in […]

Brown Hotels Opens the ‘Lighthouse’ on Omonia Square, Athens

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Urban hotel collection Brown Hotels on Friday opened its latest property in the Greek capital: the Lighthouse hotel. Standing right on Omonia Square in central Athens, the 220-room hotel is the former La Mirage and has been fully renovated. It develops over 9 floors, offers a panoramic city view, a rooftop bar, in-house wellness facilities […]

Mayor: Athens Urban Regeneration Program Largest in Decades

By admin 22 Οκτωβρίου 2021 No comment

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Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis. Photo source: @Olympia Forum An ongoing urban overhaul of Athens that includes the redevelopment of central Panepistimiou St and Syntagma Square, city park projects, pedestrian walkways, and city square and park cleaups, is the largest such program to take place in the Greek capital in the last decades, said Athens Mayor

Next Regeneration Project for Athens: Panepistimiou Street

By admin 11 Οκτωβρίου 2021 No comment

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An impression of Panepistimiou street after renovation works are complete. The municipality of Athens is moving ahead with the redevelopment of central Panepistimiou St as part of a general urban redevelopment plan that has included so far park projects, pedestrian walkways, and city square overhauls. The renovation of Panepistimiou St, to cost 3 million euros, […]

Greece Aiming to Become the ‘Hollywood of Europe’

By admin 11 Οκτωβρίου 2021 No comment

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The comparative advantages and incentives that Greece offers to foreign movie and TV producers were discussed during the “Hollywood in Greece” Forum that took place online in early October. Organized by the Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce of New York, the International Chamber of Commerce Greece (ICC Hellas) and the National Center of Audiovisual Media […]

Athens Mayor: People-centered Policies Needed to Address Climate Change

By admin 4 Οκτωβρίου 2021 No comment

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In efforts to improve the standard of living in the Greek capital and address climate change, Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis said this week that he was considering reinstating the “daktylios” odd/even traffic regulation system. Dubbing the decades-old system the “Green Daktylios”, the mayor announced the idea during the “Citizen Sustain: Building a Better Urban

World Animal Day: City of Athens Shows it Cares

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Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis at the “Shelter of Socrates”. The City of Athens is celebrating World Animal Day 2021 with a number of events taking place at its shelter for stray animals in the district of Votanikos. World Animal Day is celebrated annually on October 4 with the aim to raise the status of animals […]

Poll: Athens Grand Walk Project Disappoints Residents

By admin 27 Σεπτεμβρίου 2021 No comment

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An impression of the “Grand Walk” project. The “Megalos Peripatos” or “Grand Walk” – a 6.8km pedestrian walkway aiming to unify Athens’ archaeological sites and landmarks and create bicycle lanes, has failed to win over the Greek capital’s residents, a survey released this week found. Carried out by the Panteion University of Athens and the Aristotle

Athens Mayor Shows City’s Renovation Works and Sites to Counterpart from Istanbul

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Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis and Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis on Wednesday gave his counterpart from Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, a tour of the Greek capital’s sites and ongoing renovation projects. Imamoğlu arrived in Athens earlier this week to discuss mutual actions that would forge stronger ties between the two cities. After completing

Athens, Istanbul Mayors Take Step Towards Closer Ties

By admin 22 Σεπτεμβρίου 2021 No comment

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Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu with Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis In efforts to initiate actions for improved relations between Greece and Turkey, Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis invited his Turkish counterpart Ekrem İmamoğlu to the Greek capital this week. Bakoyannis and İmamoğlu met at Athens City Hall to discuss mutual actions that will “build bridges of peace” […]