Health minister lashes out at Athens mayor for canceling concert over security concerns

Athens Mayor Haris Doukas has come under fire from a government minister for canceling a concert that was to be held later this month under the aegis of the Israeli Embassy over security concerns stemming from the spiraling crisis in the Middle East. 

The concert had been organized in May last year under the previous municipal administration, headed at the time by ruling New Democracy's Kostas Bakoyannis. It had been scheduled to take place on April 29 at the Olympia Theater in downtown Athens.

Doukas' decision was a response to a written appeal from the association representing the Athens Municipality's musicians, who expressed concern that going ahead with the concert "may not be safe for the performers or the audience," given the latest developments in Israel's war against Hamas.

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