He fled Afghanistan in 2016. Now he is rebuilding his life in Athens. — This is the second story from our profile video project following young refugees who fled war in the Middle East and are now trying to move on with their lives in Greece. I first met Elias in June 2018. It was my first editorial meeting with the multilingual newspaper…

A data-driven research into housing financialization in Greece and the restructuring of the country by the markets, accompanied by an open dataset. — Illustration & Data Visualization by Olga Souri The home of a six-member family in Marathonas was to be auctioned off online on September 18 for €68,000. That’s the lowest price any potential bidder had to pay for a 125 square feet house in the northeastern suburbs of Athens. In April…

The world’s most popular short-term rental platform and how it is affecting our neighborhoods explained visually. — Airbnb has effectively created a new category of rental housing. This new category — called ‘short-term rentals’ — exemplifies a software-driven, platform-mediated market that occupies the gap between traditional residential rental housing and hotel accommodation. A prime example of the corporate sharing economy, the American company operates an online marketplace…

An interview with British artist Michael Landy on his first exhibition in Greece entitled “BREAKING NEWS — ATHENS.” — Michael Landy is one of the Young British Artists. He is best known for the performance piece installation Break Down (2001), in which he destroyed all his possessions, and for the Art Bin project at the South London Gallery. For “BREAKING NEWS — ATHENS,” he invites the Greek public to…