Spotlight on Mykonos again
Last summer, Mykonos was prominently placed on the list of islands where legislation on use of the seashore was flouted. Despite the arrests and fines, and the tightening of the legal framework for arbitrary occupation of the seashore, violations continue unabated. A case in point concerns the Paradise Beach Resort Mykonos, which was found to be occupying a part of the seashore that is much larger than that authorized under the concession agreement in Kalampodi. Although the company should have been using only 355.8 square meters, it was found to have occupied an area some four times that size. As a result, the competent department of the Finance Ministry proceeded to revoke the lease-license agreement for the simple use of the seashore.
● Dendias UK visit.
Defense Minister Nikos Dendias wrapped up a two-day visit to the UK on Wednesday where he held talks with Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden, National Security Adviser Sir Tim Barrow, as well as the Labour Party’s shadow secretary of state for defense, John Healey. During his meetings, among other issues, Dendias highlighted the role of Greece in the EU’s Aspides defense operation in the Red Sea, while stressing that Greece looks forward to the cooperation of the Greek defense innovation ecosystem, in the context of “Agenda 2030,” with the British defense ecosystem.
● Hanged seaman.
A 35-year-old crew member of a Maltese-flagged cargo ship docked at the Perama shipyard repair zone was found hanged in his cabin on Wednesday, Piraeus Port Authority said. The man, a foreign national who worked as a kitchen cleaner, was transferred to Nikaia General Hospital, where doctors confirmed his death. The Port Department of Perama opened a preliminary investigation into the death and ordered an autopsy.
● Teen charged.
A prosecutor has brought multiple criminal charges against a young man who attacked and injured a student and the principal of an Athens high school on Tuesday. The 19-year-old suspect is facing two counts of attempted manslaughter with malice, as well as charges for behaving violently toward arresting police officers dispatched to the scene, for disrupting the operation of a public service and for having and using illegal weapons. The suspect reportedly denied going to his brother’s school in Kypseli with the intent of carrying out an attack, claiming he was acting in self-defense when he hit the 17-year-old boy with a hammer and stabbed the principal with a knife when he tried to intervene. According to initial reports, the suspect’s brother had previously gotten into an altercation with the 17-year-old last week.