The mayor of Palaio Faliro, Dionysis Hatzidakis seems not to have real opponents in his race as he managed to win the bout for a fourth consecutive term, from the first round.

Wines of Naoussa, Greece's principal wine region, is scheduling a California promotional tour June 4 - 10 featuring its top red varietal, Xinomavro in San Diego, LA and San Fransisco.

On 19 May, Hellenism commemorates the extermination of 353,000 Pontian Greeks killed during a genocide. In 1994, the Greek parliament selected 19 May as the day to commemorate the Pontian Greek Genocide by the Turks. It was on that day that Mustafa Kemal landed at Sampsounta, essentially initiating the gigantic pogrom.

What seemed like a destabilizing result early last night after local elections exit polls came out, was turned around, leading the Greek stock market to a recovery, after last week's tumble down.