Mayors reject building plan for overburdened cities
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Municipal leaders are demanding better infrastructure rather than more floor space, as they push back against a plan to transfer building coefficients. The proposal would add hundreds of thousands of square meters to already crowded districts, particularly in Eastern Attica; the mayors suggest the area has reached its capacity for new concrete.
The government is attempting to keep a subsea power cable project on track despite what officials call a diplomatic game of poker involving France and Turkey. Delays to the survey vessel Abeille Marengo have left the Prime Minister’s office balancing technical requirements against opposition criticism and regional maneuvering.
A suspicious object in Athens’ Kolonaki district prompted a police alert on Xenokratous Street today. Meanwhile, seven people appeared before a court in Thessaloniki, accused of acting as 'straw men' for the actual owners of a network of nightclubs.