CONSTRUCTION


Looking for ways out
OPINION

If we wish to avert the destruction of our landscape and beautiful settlements, to fill the vacancies at hospitals and deal with the great dysfunction in our country, we need to propose solutions.


Court rules against building height bonus
ENVIRONMENT

A new decision of the Fifth Section of the Council of State deems unconstitutional not only the height increases based on the bonus included in the new building regulation but also the exemption from the calculated building factor of various spaces such as lofts and bay windows (“hidden” factor) as they lead to larger buildings, at the expense of the residential environment.

Santorini gasping from overbuilding
ENVIRONMENT

The popular island of Santorini, which is already a globally negative example of an oversaturated destination, is being gradually covered by buildings, making an already difficult situation untenable.

Kifissia’s character under threat
ENVIRONMENT

The character of the suburbs surrounding Athens is being compromised by the country’s new building regulations, which allow basements to cover entire plots of land, at the expense of trees and, by extension, an area’s aesthetics, according to the mayor of Kifissia, in the north of the capital, Vasilis Xipolitas.


Avax closes Iraq deal
ECONOMY

Greek construction group Avax announced on Tuesday the signing of a contract with the Mass Group Holding (MGH) concerning the study, construction and operation of an open-cycle energy production unit in Iraq with a capacity of 282 megawatts, for a total budget of $82 million.

Decrease seen in construction
GREEK ECONOMY

High plot rates, combined with the realization by some house builders that the prices of newly built properties are unlikely to keep rising at the same pace, seem to have put a brake on new housing construction.




Greece must reform to protect tourism, ombudsman says
ECONOMY

Greece needs to reduce rampant construction and protect water resources and coastal areas if it wants to maintain a healthy tourism industry across its mountainous mainland and beach-lined islands, the country’s ombudsman said in a report on Thursday.

Illegal sunbeds in Rhodes bar return after police leave
ENVIRONMENT

The manager of the Santa Marina beach bar on the island of Rhodes was arrested on Friday and will be tried at noon on Saturday for illegally placing sun beds, umbrellas and metal structures on the shore and in the sea.