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Grassroots protests highlight public discontent with development policies
PoliticsGreek Politicsby the union of workers in the city’s water utility EYATH supported by the association of musicians... in the city centre, including a proposal by a hotel chain to convert one of them into a conference venue... for the conservative vote. Sentiment in Greece’s second largest city has been particularly affected
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Dead fish in Volos cause big political stink
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMore than 100 tons of dead fish that washed up off the port city of Volos in central Greece... towards the city in central Greece from nearby Lake Karla, which was drained in the 1960s..., the developments in the port city are a reminder of how the growing environmental challenges
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ND highlights housing initiatives as Athens waste row rekindles hopes of progressive alliance
PoliticsGreek Politicsalliance between the two parties which won city hall in the last local elections. The government... for a progressive alliance on the national scene. Athens mayor Haris Doukas, who won city hall for PASOK... euros to 30 million euros without notice, after the city council had already approved its budget
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Building activity up again in May but with smaller rise of 1.9 pct
EconomyMacroeconomyat 13,383 in 2014 from 65,474 registered in 2008. Apartment prices, which are indirectly linked to building... downward revision of Greek macro environment would lead to a sharper decline in apartment prices
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Building permits shoot up by 14.7 pct in June
EconomyMacroeconomyactivity is indirectly linked to apartment prices, which fell for the twenty-fifth straight quarter... drop in apartment prices in the next two years. Building activity is also related to the evolution
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Major fall of 31.6 pct for building activity in July
EconomyMacroeconomyactivity. Apartment prices, which are indirectly linked to building activity, recorded a decline... respectively, will further delay the long-awaited rebound in apartment prices at least for the next two
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Building permits down 11.4 pct in August for second successive drop
EconomyMacroeconomy, the number of building permits landed at 13,383 in 2014 from a high of 65,474 in 2008. Apartment...) of 2015. Over the last seven years, apartment prices in Greece have dropped by more than 40 percent
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Building activity down 18.8 pct in January, permits hit new low
EconomyMacroeconomy) figures indicate apartment prices contracted for the 27th straight quarter by 5.4 percent year on year in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2015. During 2015, apartment prices dropped by 5.1 percent, while
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Building activity soars 35.4 pct in July mostly reflecting a low base effect
EconomyMacroeconomyto a nosedive of more than 86 percent. Bank of Greece (BoG) figures showed that apartment prices retained... of 2015. As a result, apartment prices have tumbled by 41.7 percent from their peak in Q3 2008
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Building activity edged up 1 pct in September
EconomyMacroeconomyshow that apartment prices fell by 0.6 percent quarter on quarter and by 1.5 percent year on year in the third quarter (Q3). From its peak of 102.2 in Q3 2008, the apartment prices index has tumbled
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