Tag Archives: Hellinikon

The Hellenic Gaming Commission (EEEP) has unanimously rejected the bid by Hard Rock International for the Casino at Hellinikon Project in the premises of the old Athens airport in the south coast of the Greek capital. EEEP still has to decide on the part of the tender committee’s conclusion related …

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A repeatedly delayed tender for the 30-year license to operate an integrated resort and casino on the yet-to-group Hellinikon mega complex on the Athenian Riviera appears to have run into yet another glitch with one of the two bidders – Hard Rock International – claiming it has been excluded from the …

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A “mammoth” bank loan is still due before the Hellinikon investment project can proceed with works after it overcomes the last bureaucratic hurdles and all decisions by ministries and other public bodies give the green light. The Hellenic Development consortium consists of Lamda Development, China’s Fosun and Abu Dhabi’s Eagle …

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More obstacles lying before the Hellinikon investment project have been lifted with two decisions by the influential Central Archaeological Council (KAS) and the Central Council of Contemporary Monuments. On Wednesday and Thursday, the councils approved a change in a SYRIZA ministerial decision thus loosening the previous strict licensing procedures. Specifically, …

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Greece’s Council of State approved a presidential decree for the massive investment in Hellinikon, including provisions on construction of tall buildings, citing ‘public interest’. Approval of the plan fulfills one of the two outstanding prior actions in order for lenders to disburse the 5.7 billion euro tranche. The remaining condition …

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A presidential decree giving the go-ahead to the development of Hellinikon south of Athens was signed by four ministers in charge of the investment on Friday, in the presence of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The decree will need to be reviewed by the Council of State “within 2017, exactly as …

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Greece’s Central Archaeological Council (CAS) has declared 300 stremmata (some 30 hectares) of of Hellinikon investment plot as archeological site. Τhe decision refers to the North and North-East part of the investment project – the Xasani Hill, the area near the Tram garage – as well as an area outside …

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The gradual evacuation of the old Athens airport Hellinikon is underway from a few hundreds refugees and migrants has started in the couple of days. It is the last informal refugee camp in Athens, ever since authorities moved refugees and migrants from Piraeus port in autumn 2015. Evacuation priority is …

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Tension was high when Greek Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas visited the Ellinikon refugee camp in Athens on Monday morning. As the minister was struggling to enter the occupied area, a policeman punched a refugee boy that was among the crowd of protesters. Mouzalas. wanted to speak with the refugees and …

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A 17-year-old migrant girl from Afghanistan died in the Intensive Care Unit of Laiko Hospital in Athens where she going undergoing treatment for five days. According to Greek media, the girl was suffering from severe abdomen and stomach pain and she was taken to the hospital. She was allegedly suffering …

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The Metropolitan Community Clinic in Athens, a charity providing uninsured patients and people without any resources with medical care, has a urgent need of donations for infants. In its latest call for donations the charity clinic needs: baby diapers (no 3, 4 and 5). Each month, the clinic helps approximately …

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Famous musician Mikis Theodorakis sounded really angry when I saw him on television. “We have to do something, the youth is absent! We have to set up tents in the area and music stages where people can come and go, exchange ideas and enjoy”. Theodorakis was featuring the Resistance and …

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