Tag Archives: eviction

A force of some twenty policemen, the whole force of a local police station in northern Greece, was deployed to evict a disabled elderly man from his home in a village. following orders by the new owner who got the house through an auction launched by a fund. The old …

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Eviction in Athens for a credit card debt of just 15,000 euros: Police officers in the presence of a bailiff broke the entrance door of the home of journalist Ioanna Kolovou at 5:30 on Monday morning and threw the low-pensioner and her son on the street. The apartment in Ilissia …

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A 90-year-old granny was evicted from a home in Agios Dimitrios suburb of south Athens due to unpaid rent. She landed on the streets together with her grandson and her little dog, wearing only her robe. The three spent two days on the street, because the lady did not want …

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has expressed deeply concerned over the eviction of some  9,000 recognized refugees from camps, hotels and apartments. Stressing that for many the exit from organized accommodation is premature, the UNHCR calls on the Greek government to implement accommodation and labor schemes and increase …

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The Greek government is proceeding with its plan to stop hosting asylum-seekers with recognized refugee status in camps and EU subsidized apartments and hotels. Some 11,000 refugees will have to leave the facilities as of next Monday, June 1, 2020. As little has been done regarding the social integration of …

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Solidarity actions in Greece and in Europe brought fruits. The Metropolitan Community Social Clinic at the premises of the old airport of Athens Helliniko will not be evicted or closed down. According to a statement issued by the Clinic, the eviction scheduled for June 30th 2018 has been postponed, while …

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The sudden but not really unexpected death of Metropolitan Community Center providing medical help to thousands of uninsured Greeks and foreigners and thus free of charge. Helliniko SA has sent an eviction notice urging the Clinic volunteers to have evacuated the premises by 30. June 2018.  What is a real …

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An elderly women got evicted from her own home in Kalamaki, Corinthos in North Peloponnese for a debt that it was not even hers. It was her son who had got a loan of 20,000 euros but was not paying back the installments. The elderly women had co-signed the loan …

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Members of leftist political parties, solidarity groups and civic movement “I don’t pay” managed to block the eviction of a 5-member family. The activists chased the notaries out of the court room in Thessaloniki on Wednesday. The home of the family was to be auctioned as the owner had a …

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Women in nightwear, men in pajamas. Some on wheel chairs, others on  ambulance stretchers with an oxygen mask on the face. 150 elderly found themselves suddenly on the street, after a court had ordered the eviction of the private care home. Together with their angry relatives they all stood on …

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For thousands of Greek debtors the month of November did not start well. As of today, Monday, November 2nd 2015, thousands of debtors are at risk to foreclosure, evictions and confiscation of everything they own. Under certain circumstance the “first residence” is still under protection and thus until the end …

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These days I try to avoid watching on television candidates from political parties praising their program and their positions. It mostly makes me sad to see either new and totally unknown faces or veterans MPs of all colors and ideological directions insisting that they know how to economically save me;  …

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It is not unprecedented. It has happened in the past. Only that this time things got really out of control. Like the wildfires that hit Greece every summer. Monks of the Esfigmenou monastery hurled self-made molotov cocktail bombs against the police and the court baillif that had come to excecute …

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A breath for thousands of borrowers as Greek government decided to extend the auctions ban for one more year. With a legislative act the Ministry of Development suspends auctions for the so-called “first housing” until December 31, 2013.  The legislative act prohibits banks from conducting auctions for unpaid mortgage loans if the home …

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A police station in Thessaloniki has received the magic paperfor eviction. A police union representative was telling this morning on television – I don’t remember which channel – that the Ministry had asked a 20% rental decrease but the two-storey building owner did not accept. So the case landed in the …

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