{"id":5385,"date":"2025-03-24T04:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T04:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/mykonos-agency-cant-cope-with-illegal-building-cases\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T04:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T04:57:01","slug":"mykonos-agency-cant-cope-with-illegal-building-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/mykonos-agency-cant-cope-with-illegal-building-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Mykonos: Agency can\u2019t cope with illegal building cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1264938\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mykonos_port-320x200.jpg?v=1741812385\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mykonos_port.jpg?v=1741812384\" alt=\"Mykonos: Agency can\u2019t cope with illegal building cases\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mykonos_port.jpg?v=1741812384\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The state agency monitoring construction activity on the island of Mykonos is woefully inadequate to cope with the flood of cases involving illegal construction activity at the international tourist destination, a correspondence between the mayor of the island and government officials in Athens reveals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not only is the urban planning agency office of the island severely understaffed, Mayor Christos Veronis says, but many agents face investigation probes of their own or lawsuits brought by citizens, including aggrieved builders.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that of the 929 cases of illegal construction submitted to the agency between January 2023 and May 2024, only 59 have been resolved.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moving the planning agency office from the nearby island of Syros to Mykonos in 2023 had been trumpeted by government officials as proof of their resolve to put an end to rampant illegal building on the island.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/news\/environment\/1264938\/mykonos-agency-cant-cope-with-illegal-building-cases\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state agency monitoring construction activity on the island of Mykonos is woefully inadequate to cope with the flood of cases involving illegal construction activity at the international tourist destination, a correspondence between the mayor of the island and government officials in Athens reveals.\u00a0 Not only is the urban planning agency office of the island &#8230; 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