Permit surge follows Milos construction freeze

A unreserved of caller gathering permits connected the land of Milos followed a authorities measurement suspending caller operation licenses done the extremity of 2026. Between April 30 and May 4, authorities issued 33 permits totaling 9,057 square meters of development, including two five-star hotels, 1 successful a protected country astatine Achivadolimni. 

Permit issuance accelerated aft the Environment Ministry submitted the measurement to Parliament connected April 29. The regular complaint had antecedently been 1 oregon two permits. After the instrumentality was published connected May 5, different 20 permits were issued illegally done May 7, covering 2,767 square meters of caller construction.

Milos Mayor Manolis Mikelis described galore applications arsenic “empty files” submitted hastily earlier the suspension took effect. The permits included lodging complexes, galore with pools, and developments connected unusually small plots of land.