Nikos Hardalias

The European Commission has approved €370 million for Athens' Faliro Bay Metropolitan Park, a part of the New European Bauhaus initiative and long delayed since initial planning in 2016. The decision, signed by Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira, greenlights a 54.1-hectares park designed to revive and preserve green spaces across Athens.

A bulldozer is a statement of determination; it is even reassuring somehow when it appears in a news story on our television screens. It is a statement that the laws of the land are being upheld, whether it is demolishing illegal constructions or removing trash and debris from our streams and culverts.

Attica Governor Nikos Hardalias conducted an inspection of the Marathon stream in East Attica on Friday morning, raising concerns about the region's flood preparedness ahead of the winter season. The area had previously suffered severe damage from a massive wildfire that reached the northern suburbs of Athens in August.

Attica Regional Governor Nikos Hardalias held a series of strategic meetings in Paris this week with international tourism and travel industry professionals and the media with the aim of promoting and consolidating the region's position on the international tourist map for the benefit of sustainable development.

In the presence of Attica’s regional governor Nikos Hardalias the inauguration of two brand new schools funded in their entirety with funds from the Attica Region – the 1st primary school of Nea Erythraia and the 21st primary school of Acharnon – took place today. The inauguration was followed by the consecration of the new school year, with Mr.

Attica regional authorities announced on Wednesday the start of a cleaning operation for the covered sections of the Kifisos River, marking the first such effort in many decades.

The aim is to remove tons of debris and waste to allow stormwater to flow unobstructed.

A large-scale operation to clean all the paved sections of the Kifissos River is being launched by the Attica Region, removing tons of debris and waste, so that with the full release of the cross-section there will be an unimpeded flow of stormwater.

The new pedestrian-bicycle path along the so-called Athenian Riviera will be ready by the end of 2025.

A small section has already been built in Glyfada. However, it has met with reactions from the Municipality of Elliniko, as it passes through residential areas instead of along the beachfront, due to a large-scale investment currently being implemented there.

At the gym, he was welcomed by Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Staikouras, Penteli Mayor Natassa Kosmopoulou, and the school’s director. A representative from GEK Terna, responsible for the restoration, presented the reconstruction plan, expected to be completed in six months. Other school facilities in the area will be repaired by the start of the school year.

Today’s meeting in Penteli, led by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, will resemble a mini-Cabinet session. It will take place this afternoon and will include several ministers, deputy ministers, general secretaries, the Governor of Attica, and mayors from the affected areas.