Central Council for Modern Monuments

The necessary demolitions and the other preparatory work on the plot of the old Athens airport at Elliniko will start at the end of March at the earliest, after the relevant amendment was passed in Parliament on Monday.
That period is required to attain the approval of the Central Archaeological Council and the Central Council for Modern Monuments.

Greece's culture minister is moving ahead with plans to restore the long-neglected summer palace of the country's former royal family, by boosting security over the past month and requesting the disbursement of 50,000 euros for the restoration of mobile items. 

Cosco's plans for the transformation of three Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) buildings into hotels were conditionally approved by the Culture Ministry on Thursday.

Greece's privatization agency, TAIPED, is scrambling to keep a major privatization project afloat following a decision by the Piraeus forestry authority to declare as woodland a section of the old Athens airport plot at Elliniko, which was conceded to a consortium of Greek, Chinese and Arab investors last year.

Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou on Thursday backtracked on a decision to request the reassessment of the status of several buildings at the old Athens airport in Elliniko, following Kathimerini's revelation that she wanted three more buildings in the area to be listed after her ministry's Central Council for Modern Monuments had decided on only one.

Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou has reportedly backtracked on a decision to request the reassessment of the status of several buildings at the old Athens airport in Elliniko, south of Athens, which has been slated for already-delayed development.

Culture Minister Lydia Koniordou has raised a new obstacle to the development of the old Athens airport plot at Elliniko, whose implementation has already been delayed for years.

Koniordou has sent a letter to her ministry's Central Council for Modern Monuments asking for the reversal of its decision on listed buildings in the area.