Haris Doukas
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- Oct 8
Athens suspends classes at Grava school complex over repeated gas leak alerts
The Athens Municipal Council voted unanimously on Thursday to suspend in-person teaching at the Grava campus from Friday, 9 October 2026, moving thousands of pupils to Webex while engineers inspect internal gas pipes.
- Oct 5
Pedro Sánchez calls Spanish snap election for 29 November following housing defeat
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called early parliamentary elections for 29 November 2026 after opposition parties blocked government housing decrees in parliament.
- Sep 25
Six dead after Athens building collapse following suspected gas leak in Plaka
Greek rescue teams recovered the bodies of all six missing people, including four American tourists and an elderly British-Greek couple, following a building collapse in the Plaka district of Athens.
- Jul 29
Tsipras presents 'Plan Aristotle' to scrap centralized administrations and restore over 100 Greek municipalities
The leader of the Greek Left Coalition (ELAS) pitched a sweeping decentralization plan to over 500 local officials in Athens, framing it as the 'first great act of a New Metapolitefsi'.
- Jul 27
Tsipras to propose new Local Government Code and full decentralisation of powers at Athens event on Tuesday
The leader of the Greek Left Coalition (ELAS) will outline a plan to overhaul local government, proposing a new code that transfers powers and funds from Athens to municipalities.
- Jul 24
Mary Linda laid to rest in Athens: daughter Evangelia, Parliament President Kaklamanis attend funeral
The funeral of Greek laiko singer Mary Linda took place at the Athens Nursing Home chapel, where she spent her last eight years, with burial at the First Cemetery. Her daughter Evangelia and Parliament President Nikitas Kaklamanis were among those paying their respects.
- Jul 16
Athens cracks crisis: Kypseli buildings damaged by metro tunnel excavation, TBM suspended, prosecutor investigates
Over 20 buildings in Athens' Kypseli district show severe cracking after a tunnel boring machine caused unexpected ground subsidence on Line 4, prompting a criminal probe and an emergency city council session.
- Jul 2
Petralona building collapse: families receive €3,000 aid, Airbnb housing as neighbours evacuated
After a four-storey apartment block collapsed in Petralona yesterday, Athens mayor Haris Doukas announced €3,000 in emergency aid per family and partnered with Airbnb for temporary shelter.
- Jun 14
Athens mayor accuses government of shielding corrupt building officials; ministry tells him to 'ask ChatGPT'
Mayor Haris Doukas posted a scathing attack on the new Local Government Code, claiming it centralises building controls to protect a corrupt network; the Interior Ministry shot back that he displays 'complete ignorance' and should consult ChatGPT.
- Jun 13
Thousands fill Syntagma Square for Athens Pride 2026 with parade, music and calls for equality
Thousands of people gathered at Syntagma Square on Saturday for Athens Pride 2026, celebrating LGBTQ+ visibility and demanding equality under the slogan "It Concerns You."
