Three suitors for Ellinikon Mall

Three suitors for Ellinikon Mall

Three bidders, all of them domestic companies – as was also the case with the Riviera Tower project – will try to land the contract for building the Ellinikon Mall, the development’s largest building project after the Integrated Resort Complex of the GEK Terna – Hard Rock consortium. The contract for the Ellinikon Mall on …

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Expanded scope of tax audits

Expanded scope of tax audits

Real estate transactions that are not included in the system of taxable property rates determination (known as the “objective value system”), cases of parental concessions and donations in cash, 485 tax evasion cases related to bank account openings, cases that are time-barred at the end of the year and prosecutorial orders are being targeted by …

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New Gathering Again At Syntagma For Tempi

New Gathering Again At Syntagma For Tempi

Following the morning rally at Syntagma, which drew thousands of students and pupils, another assembly is scheduled for 7:00 PM in Tempi, organized by labor unions and federations from both the private and public sectors. In addition to events in Athens and Thessaloniki, similar gatherings for Tempi are set to occur in Patras, Agrinio, Alexandroupoli, …

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Police rush to deal with axe-wielding man in Athens suburb

Police rush to deal with axe-wielding man in Athens suburb

[InTime News] Police responded to a potentially dangerous situation in the Athens suburb of Kallithea on Friday afternoon after a man armed with an axe threatened passersby before locking himself up inside an apartment. A police negotiator has arrived at the scene to assist in resolving the standoff. No further details are available at this …

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Mortgages for just one in every five house purchases

Mortgages for just one in every five house purchases

Only 20% of housing purchases in the Greek market, or one in five, are carried out with the help of the banking system, that is, through obtaining a mortgage loan. Data presented by Theodoros Mitrakos, director-adviser and former deputy governor of the Bank of Greece, at the Prodexpo North real estate conference for the market …

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Former minister releases contentious email to counter Tempe cover-up claims

Former minister releases contentious email to counter Tempe cover-up claims

Former Deputy Minister for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Christos Triantopoulos, who resigned from his post on Tuesday to support a parliamentary inquiry into the Tempe railway disaster, has released a contentious email he had sent to government officials on March 9, 2023, just days after the deadly collision that claimed 57 lives, in an …

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Milos construction frenzy prompts permit freeze

Milos construction frenzy prompts permit freeze

[Shutterstock] The Environment Ministry announced a suspension of new building permits in protected areas on the island of Milos, including Sarakiniko and Achivadolimni, amid concerns over unchecked development. The move, announced by Environment Minister Thodoros Skylakakis, comes as the island experiences a construction boom ahead of anticipated zoning restrictions. Authorities aim to prevent irreversible environmental …

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Missing snorkeler found dead in Crete

Missing snorkeler found dead in Crete

File photo. A snorkeler missing since Thursday in Crete has been found dead. The coast guard in Paleochora, in the southwest of the island, launched a search upon being informed that the 43-year-old, who was spearfishing, was missing. The man was spotted by a private diver near an islet on Krios beach, at a depth …

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Police dismantle jewelry theft ring in central and southern Greece

Police dismantle jewelry theft ring in central and southern Greece

File photo. Authorities have dismantled a criminal group linked to multiple jewelry store robberies across Thessaly, central Greece, and the Peloponnese in southern Greece, police said Thursday. Three foreign nationals – two men and a minor – were arrested in the early hours while traveling in a car in Pieria. Officers stopped the vehicle and …

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