Elliniko

The Elliniko project is the largest urban renewal project to have ever taken place in Greece. It is expected to bring forth a great change that will benefit the locals for many generations to come. Furthermore, it will directly...

Renowned architect Norman Foster and his firm, Foster + Partners, will design the ambitious project of the former Athens airport area in Elliniko, on behalf of Lamda Development. The former Athens airport site on the so-called Athens Riviera was transferred...

The Greek government on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Lamda Development for the privatization of the former Athens airport land at Elliniko. The Hellenic Republic Assets Development Fund (TAIPED), Greece's state privatization agency, agreed with the consortium of...

The construction of new settlements with houses instead of tents on the model of Eleonas will begin at the end of June and the majority of temporary accommodation structures will be knocked down in September, Alternate Minister for Migration...

The next loan tranche to Greece is at risk of delay since there are issues pending regarding the completion of the first bailout program review. Euro zone technocrats identified issues that have not been addressed yet by Athens after a...

Children are being prostituted by adults at the reception center for migrants and refugees at Greece's old Elliniko airport, says Alimos Mayor Andreas Kondylis. According to the allegations circulating in the media, Kondylis purports that members of the camp...

A thousand refugees at Elliniko, 10 km south of the Athens center, began a hunger strike on Monday to protest against the squalid living conditions at the camp where they are being kept. Anti-racism activist group Movement Against Fascism...

A 17-year-old Afghan female migrant died on Tuesday at Laiko Hospital in Athens from what appears to be a series of complications. The teenager was staying with her family at the makeshift migrant camp at former Athens airport at Elliniko....

A trilateral meeting between Greece, Italy and Albania will be held in Athens on Thursday to discuss plans to tackle the refugee crisis, according to the Greek foreign ministry. Top police and foreign ministry officials from the three countries will...

More than 6,000 refugees and migrants have piled up at the former Athens airport at Elliniko living under squalid conditions with the management of "Elliniko SA" warning of a health hazard. Greek authorities are using the former airport facilities as...