Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, the real Republican in the race for mayor, was endorsed today by U.S Representative Dan Donovan. Donovan, who is in his second term representing the voters of Staten Island and Southern Brooklyn in Congress, served for 12 years as the Staten Island District Attorney and prior to that as deputy Borough President. Rep. Donovan called Assemblywoman Malliotakis, "the kind of common sense leader we desperately need in City Hall."

The former Mayor of Thessaloniki Vassilis Papageorgopoulos' life sentence was shortened today, to 20 years on embezzlement charges, according to reports.

Thessaloniki's previous mayor Vasilis Papageorgopoulos denied embezzlement charges today, of 17.9 million euros.