Dafni-Ymittos

Construction of Athens' new Metro Line 4 has uncovered a significant archaeological find: a 22-meter stretch of an ancient road dating back to the 4th century BCE.

Grandiose plans, such as the one to move half the government ministries to the foothills of Mount Ymittos (Hymettus), sound good.

The public-private partnership (PPP) project for the relocation of ministries and state agencies to the facilities of former PYRKAL factory in the suburb of Ymittos is about to be proclaimed, providing for the relocation of some 14,500 civil servants out of the center of Athens and other areas.

A 17-year-old girl lost her life after falling from a terrace of a six-story building on Monday afternoon in the suburban town of Dafni, Attica.

Police are investigating the circumstances of her death and considering the possibility of suicide.

The tender for the Andreas Lentakis Government Park project will begin in the first quarter of the year, at the facilities of now-defunct Pyrkal plant in the Municipality of Dafni-Ymittos, southern Athens, where nine ministries are planned to relocate.

It is very likely that the extension of Kymis Avenue in northern Athens, the extension of the Western Ring Road of Ymittos toward Elliniko, and other projects that were planned but have not yet started will be shelved by the Ministry of Infrastructure.

A group of 48 residents and two grassroots groups have lodged an appeal against the creation of a controversial administrative park on the grounds of a former ammunition factory in the eastern Athens suburb of Dafni-Ymittos.

A new traffic plan for civil servants commuting to the public services that will be relocated from the city center to the former Pyrkal site in the east Athens suburb of Dafni-Ymittos, encourages the use of public transport and bicycles as the preferred mode of transport to offset any possible congestion that will occur.

With a refreshing breeze and the slowly sinking sun casting its deepening colors over the Attica basin, it was a enchanting afternoon on Ai-Yiannis Hill, an area on the border between the municipalities of Athens and Dafni-Ymittos.