The municipal authorities responsible for tree pruning on Syros persist relentlessly in their work, repeatedly mutilating the island’s trees. Our association has made significant efforts to halt this destructive practice. Despite our repeated written appeals—one of which we also forwarded to the Syros First Instance Prosecutor’s Office—and our attempts to demonstrate that this practice ruins…
Since the mass mutilation of trees, which has been systematically carried out in recent years on Syros (as well as throughout Greece), has no logical environmental explanation and certainly cannot be characterized as “pruning,” the Environmental Quality Observatory of Syros decided to seek answers from the responsible authorities to basic questions such as: “Why are…
The photo is from 02.04.2023 (shortly after the document was sent). ANNOUNCEMENT Unanswered request by the Observatory regarding tree mutilations and other destructive actions related to green space management in Syros – Submission of a new request and additional evidence. In September 2022, we sent a written request to the competent authorities (Municipality of Syros–Ermoupoli…
Following the urgent meeting of the Council of the Municipality of Syros Ermoupolis on 28.11.2025 and what was heard there and in view of the upcoming meeting of 12.12.2025 where the Municipality’s comments on the proposed scenarios of the Syros Local Urban Plan will be finalized, the Observatory sent, to the Municipality, the contractor and…
The Environmental Quality Observatory of Syros, in cooperation with the Municipality of Syros – Ermoupolis and the KEPEA of Syros – Ermoupolis, has recently implemented tree planting activities in Ermoupolis, aiming to protect and upgrade the environment, as well the active participation and education of the local community and, in particular, children. Pupils and teachers,…
The solemn and final rejection by the Aegean Multi-Member Court of Appeal of all ONEX claims against the Environmental Quality Observatory of Syros and its two defendant members is not news, not even for the fine print, of the local media (except one). The fact that should be news on syrostoday, cyclades24, cycladeslive, logotypos, koinignomi,…
With decision 223/2025, the Three-Member Court of Appeal of the Aegean finally ruled on the three lawsuits filed by companies of the ONEX group against the Environmental Quality Observatory of Syros (EQOS) and our members Stratos Zolotas and Alexandros Bistis, essentially ratifying the first-instance decision 42/2022 of the Syros Multi-Member Court of First Instance. With…
Aegean University Amphitheatre Saturday 24 February 2024 The event – discussion entitled “The Island of Silence – Public Health, Environment, Democracy” (lasting 4 hours!), with the participation of journalists, lawyers, doctors, engineers and activists from all over the country, co-organised by the Environmental Quality Observatoty of Syros (EQOS) and the Student Association of the Department…
(Image source aigaionews.gr) We have had to hear from the mayors, by an almost absolute majority of the municipal councillors in question, but also by officials, that the municipality has no responsibility for the pollution, which covers the city as a veil. They might be seeing the children shrouding in fog, the city to be…
Cutting of the pie of Neoriou 2024 (image from syrostoday.gr) It was 2019 when some, within the shipyard site, in the presence of representatives of the authorities of Syros and institutional bodies, referred to their fellow citizens concerned about the environment and the health risks posed by pollution and described them as ‘human drains and…
