An urgent preliminary investigation was ordered by the Head of the Athens Public Prosecutor’s Office on the occasion of reports, referring to “arbitrary luxury bungalows that sprinkled ‘one night’ within the Schinias National Park.”

The research will be investigated whether criminal or misdemeanor acts have been carried out, such as the unacceptable change in the use of forest area through buildings and the illegal electricity building on a forest area.

The investigation will be conducted by the Department of Protection of Assets, Cultural Heritage and ELAS Environment.

Video of an autopsy carried out by the Corps of Inspectors and Auditors, Optpeka and Kapandriti Forestry in Schinias National Park today

Villas and Bangalis for 300 euros per night

Earlier, ERTnews said that arbitrary villas, 13 small bungalows in Schinias, remain in place. From 2014 to 2018, on the plot within the Schinias National Park, a purely forest area that has even been described as a Natura area and just 20 meters from the sea, a settlement is sprouting overnight, with some small prefabrications.

The houses are transformed into 13 luxurious bungalows and springs a small resort from a businessman who since 2019 and 2020 shapes the space with these houses and begins to lease them from the internet.

As it was found in the last two years there was a decision. Planning offenses were also attempted by the Marathon Town Planning, as well as the Kapandriti Forestry Office responsible for urban violations in the area and O.

There were urban violations, arbitrariness, obvious, as all these houses are built in the Schinias National Park, on a private plot, which is, however, forest and of course cannot be licensed.

Based on the same report, the businessman by appealing with some legal tricks and submitting objections has managed to delay the whole demolition process.

On the basis of an ERT -broadcast research, it was found that on the internet, and even on websites that are not recorded by the search engines – that is, if one wants to look for this search for example, they will not find the homes easily – it must come registered, that is, they know the address, they can rent them.

Indicatively for a 115 -square -foot house, with 4 bedrooms for 15 days it will pay 4,500 euros, which means 300 euros per night and the whole process is done without documentary and without rent being recorded on some of the well -known short -term lease platforms.

Christos Stamos, Marathon Deputy Mayor said by speaking to ERTNNEWS: “There were some caravans here for many years, 15 years ago, and then as you can see in the Schinias National Park, these were converted into houses.

With all the actions taken by the Audit mechanisms of Forestry Office, Town Planning, Marathon Municipality, etc., the appropriate fines have been imposed and the necessary actions have been taken. It has made some appeals, some objections by the owner of the space and the decisions are expected.

Here, in principle, there is the self -government. The pine forest has been described as a national park since 2000. As a municipality all actions to be done have been done. The pine forest carrier had to act and take the actions it should. They have the responsibility, they have boundaries that this area belongs to the Schinias National Park Management Body. “