Athens residents resist eviction as government plans to redevelop historic Prosfygika complex (opens in new tab)

A decades-long dispute over the historic Prosfygika housing complex in Athens has become a battle between a self-governing commune and Greek authorities\. Built nearly a century ago to house Greek refugees displaced after the Greco-Turkish War, the apartment blocks were acquired by regional authorities in the 1990s as part of a redevelopment plan that has yet to materialise\. Today, residents who still hold title deeds and around 400 squatters continue to occupy the site, resisting efforts to...