Elliniko-Argyroupoli

After coming under fire over the removal of dozens of trees from a public square in downtown Athens to make way for a new station, subway operator Elliniko Metro on Tuesday vowed to bring the greenery back. 

As tension between residents and the contractors building the extension of the capital's metro system mounts over the removal of dozens of trees in the downtown Athens district of Exarchia, another source of friction is developing in nearby Pangrati.

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Located in the suburb of Elliniko-Argyroupoli, the is important part of the project involved planting 111 posts of 1.5 meters in diameter at a depth of 50 m.

The skyscraper will be 200 meters high when complete and will be the first green skyscraper in Greece. 

Greek army specialists destroyed an unexploded World War II bomb on Thursday discovered during work on a massive urban development project at the old Ellinikon International Airport near Glyfada, a coastal area south of Athens.

The real estate sector's prospects appear to be bright, at least for the near future, with prices rising and several important projects taking shape.

The growth of tourism positively impacts hotels. According to consultancy Danos/BNP Paribas, 1,400 new hotel rooms are being built in the Athens area, with another 1,100 being refurbished. And that excludes the Elliniko mega-project.

The Mihalos Foundation, represented by Chairman Peter Mihalos, last weekend signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Elliniko-Argyroupoli mayor and president of the association for the protection of Mount Hymettus, Giannis Konstantatos, for the foundation to implement initiatives concerning island path networks and the protection of the environment, during the Nisyrian Dialogues conference o

Seven people were arrested in southern Athens on Monday in a large police operation to smash an organised crime syndicate involved in extortions and violence against business owners. 

Demand for housing and commercial property at the Elliniko project in southern Athens has exceeded initial expectations, Odisseas Athanasiou, the chief executive officer of Lamda Development, told analysts during the presentation of the company's results on Thursday.

He added that revenue from this activity will be more than 500 million euros in 2023.

"What can I say, son? It looks like people just hate the soil," says Mrs Ourania as she sweeps the yard at what is one of the last surviving detached houses in the Athens suburb of Nea Smyrni.

Work to underground a section of Poseidonos Avenue is seen as part of the Elliniko project, an urban redevelopment plan at the site of the former airport on the southern coast of Athens. The underground section will be 1.5 km long, with over 1 km comprising three lanes of traffic in each direction.