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ND shifts into campaign mode as urban planning scandal deepens

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 08:42:00 GMT

corruption scandal inside urban planning departments. The juxtaposition is striking: the governing... for households. Urban planning scandal While ND accelerates its pre‑election preparations, the government is simultaneously grappling with a deepening corruption scandal inside urban planning departments - one

Urban planning scandal deepens as Tsipras unveils five cost of living pledges

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:40:00 GMT

The rapid expansion of an urban planning corruption scandal, which has already produced arrests... for the urban planning scandal, a network of public servants, engineers and private intermediaries allegedly operated a network inside urban planning departments in the Athens suburbs of Kifissia

Back from the brink: What next for Greece's property market?

Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:02:00 GMT

in urban areas. The figure for 2007 was 4.6 percent, for 2006 12.2 percent and for 2005 10.9 percent... news was that US investment fund Fortress was in talks to take on a 90 million euro bank loan from

Athens "Great Walk" plan scaled back amid criticism

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:00:00 GMT

drastically following a slew of criticism from the public and some urban planners. The “Great Walk” which was launched by Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis in May as a major urban intervention initially enjoyed... a bitter taste in the mouth of Athenians for any future exercise of this type. If recent history is any

Newsletter 64 - 26/02/2016

Fri, 26 Feb 2016 14:06:00 GMT

to the limit Now that the refugee crisis has started to move to urban areas, the potential for political.... Similar incidents have taken place in other European countries but this type of symbolism has been largely alien to Greece until now. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras described it as a Ku Klux Klan-type

Volunteers try to fill void left by retreating Greek state

Sat, 12 Oct 2013 09:32:00 GMT

and its ever-decreasing role in a number of areas, such as social welfare, healthcare and urban.... This type of volunteerism is a relatively new concept in Greece, which has a poor record of this kind... in Greece due to cases of corruption, while some forms of activism, such as urban intervention, have

Tsipras aiming to guide SYRIZA towards new territory in opposition

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 07:56:00 GMT

that SYRIZA, or the Progressive Alliance, will move further away from the multi-faceted type... of interest as he will be in charge of zoning and urban development issues at the ministry. Economou’s response was that as a professor of urban planning he has acted as a consultant on a lot

Household expenditure rises by 2.5 pct in 2019

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 11:04:00 GMT

percent. The survey also illustrated the different patterns of expenditure by household type. Households... living in urban areas spend on average 1,567.44 euros per month. This translates to an average of 24 percent higher spending for households living in urban areas. Regarding inequality, the survey

The refugee crisis and the beast within

Wed, 02 Mar 2016 09:24:00 GMT

place in other European countries but this type of symbolism has been largely alien to Greece until now. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras described it as a Ku Klux Klan-type action, intentionally... border. But it has now started to move to urban areas, where the potential for political and social

Eurobank first to tackle NPL reduction via APS

Wed, 13 Nov 2019 12:08:00 GMT

the bids submitted by Pimco and doValue on behalf of Fortress for 80 percent of Eurobank’s licensed... on the website euro2day.gr on Tuesday afternoon, the doValue-Fortress bid was considered a stronger bid... Fortress earlier in November. The bank had previously been in exclusive negotiations with PIMCO until