Urban planning

Timing could not be more perfect for Nicosia Mall, as it opens its doors Wednesday morning, just two days before Black Friday and a month before Christmas holidays.

The Greek capital's network of bicycle lanes is set to be expanded to include the areas of Kypseli, Ambelokipi, Exarchia, Kolonaki and Petralona.

The project includes the creation of new lanes and separated bikeways, the City of Athens said in a statement. These will be added to the existing path connecting Gazi in downtown Athens to Faliro on the southern coast.

"EcoCity Forum 2018: Circular Economy in Smart Cities" is taking place in Thessaloniki from Wednesday to Friday, organized by Athens-based urban nonprofit organization EcoCity.

Associate professor of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego, and director of the Center for Design & Geopolitics at the California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology Benjamin H.

Outstanding investment opportunity

The highly favourable location, great traffic connectivity, and the plot's existing utility connections make up for an exceptional investment value. The community infrastructure levy in the approximate amount of EUR 1.500,000.00 has already been paid for the property (the levy is included in the price).

The president of Greece's Union of Municipalities and Communities (KEDE), Giorgos Patoulis, has urged the government to improve accessibility for disabled people.

He issued the plea in the wake of report on Monday that a man in a wheelchair was forced to travel in the enclosed car deck of a ship because there was no accessibility to the passenger areas.

Eight people, including two visitors from Mexico, were injured Saturday when a taxi crashed into pedestrians on a sidewalk near Red Square in Moscow.

Russian police said the driver in the crash has been detained. Preliminary information indicated the driver lost control of the vehicle.

Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis on Thursday expressed his staunch opposition to a government plan to establish a state agency that would be responsible for carrying out gentrification projects in the city center worth millions of euros.

There is growing interest in technology for the implementation of smart cities projects, according to a new report by IDC, which provides a forecast for the market in the current and near years.

A ban on open pools cannot be implemented according to a high-level Environment and Urbanization Ministry official, who has commented on a series of new rules for the construction of housing projects in an Istanbul district.