Vouliagmeni

Businesses and hotels are even threatening legal action over the new contributory “local sustainable development fee” decided very recently by the municipality of Vari Voula Vouliagmeni.

Road authorities have scheduled traffic restrictions this Sunday from 7:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. along Vouliagmenis Avenue in southern Athens to facilitate a road race in the area.

A corporate entity owned by George Procopiou, one of Greece's leading shipowners, has spent about 150 million euros on acquiring a third of the shares of the Apollo Investment Holdco SA company that controls the emblematic Astir Palace resort at Vouliagmeni, southern Athens.

The emergency situation for the Greek Police was resolved shortly after 2 PM on Wednesday (October 30) after a mobilization occurred following a bomb threat in the Glyfada area on Vouliagmeni Avenue.

Specifically, the police mobilization began after a man called 112, claiming to be from the 17 November group and stating that a bomb would explode in Glyfada.

According to unconfirmed reports, shipowner George Prokopiou has reached an agreement to acquire a stake exceeding 30% in Astera Vouliagmenis.

It is currently unclear whether this stake pertains to the Turkish Dogus participation (33%) or if it involves a share from the Arab owners, with discussions indicating that the price is around 300 million euros.

Luxury goods companies have been breaking one record after another in Greece in recent years, with sales in 2023, and even in 2022, when the market was under the influence of the pandemic, being higher than those of 2019.

According to Spitogatos data, average asking prices for residential sales prices across Greece increased by 6.8% in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, while average asking prices for rental properties increased by 7.6%.

The highest house purchase prices were recorded in the southern suburbs of Athens and the Cyclades, the lowest in Kastoria and Florina

One person was lightly injured in a three car pile-up that occurred just before midnight Wednesday in Limanakia, a seaside area of Vouliagmeni, southern Athens.

The driver of a car traveling from Varkiza to Athens lost control of the vehicle, hit another car, which then collided with a third. 

The area of Limanakia is known for unofficial drag racing late at night. 

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.

Seen in the company of the well-known expatriate, Evangelos Bousis, his husband, famous fashion designer Peter Dundas, and their two young children, was SYRIZA PS president, Stefanos Kasselakis, along with his husband, Tyler, during the Bousis and Dundas vacation in Greece.