Nikos Sofianos

Representatives of all political parties on the Athens municipal council snubbed the spokesman for neonazi Golden Dawn in City Hall's first session on Monday, reports said on Tuesday.

In Greece's local and regional elections which were carried out along with the EU vote, candidate Costas Bakoyannis, affiliated with main opposition New Democracy, led the mayoral race in Athens by a wide margin from the next candidate, Nasos Iliopoulos, affiliated with ruling SYRIZA.

A power outage that left holidaymakers on the island of Hydra, a popular destination not far from Athens, without electricity and water for over 24 hours has been restored, authorities said on Monday.