MYKONOS – MISSION. Monday morning and life in Mykonos country it’s a bit like a bustling summer island. In the back alleys, dozens of craftsmen of all trades start to work in a race to catch up with all the jobs and all the clients before the start of this season. At home And the shops benches and paving stones are being built or repaired, trucks with building materials are driving inland. Several tourists roam the streets trying to enjoy the warm morning sun.

At noon on the same day, a ship arrives at the port of Mykonos. Big group of archaeologists from Athens, a delegation of three associations, the Association of Greek Archaeologists, the Panhellenic Union of Restorers of Antiquities and the United Association of Employees of the Ministry of Athens, Piraeus and the Islands, “landed” on the island. Together with members of associations working in the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Cyclades, whose colleague is an archaeologist who was attacked by the mafia ten days ago in Athens. The purpose of the employee representatives’ trip is to support their colleague with all available means. Communicate with local agencies, visit the archeological sites of the island, mobilize the local community against such phenomena.

What is missing is an appropriate support initiative from its management Ministry of Culture. Instead, Mykonos officials were informed that they would be transferred from Ephorate of antiquities of the Cyclades, while the appeal to their emotional charge, in fact, is an excuse for leaving, which, apparently, is more “fire” in nature. But in the end it comes to the opposite message.

However, one step away from urban planning of syros this also applies to Mykonos. Experienced officers are tasked with investigating specific complaints at the direction of the prosecutor, an unpleasant but necessary chore for an island whose success in tourism is both an achievement and a curse. The urban planning of Syros keeps Mykonos in its jurisdiction until March 31 – and then? Nobody knows yet. The agency currently employs only five engineers on four islands, with Mykonos taking on most of its workload.

At the police station

A delegation of archaeologists was on the island trying to mobilize the local community.

The first stop of the delegation of archaeologists is the police station, where the presidents of the three associations met with the deputy commander, Christos Chasiotis. “We want to show that we are not afraid,” said SEA President Despina Kutsuba. “We will ask everyone not only to condemn the attack, but also to remove elements that act in a mafia vein. Those who attacked our colleague should receive a message. And this will happen only when bulldozers come to Mykonos and demolish arbitrary buildings on the embankment and on the beach, in the first zone of archaeological excavations. With fines, the message does not work, because they are “weak” before the circulation of illegal business.”

The second stop is the town hall. “We are on the same side with the archaeologists,” Mayor Kostas Koukas said. “We want to strengthen all the services of Mykonos, control mechanisms, urban planning, police. 2 million visitors come to several square kilometers of Mykonos. Unfortunately, crime follows money,” he said. Mr. Koukas is annoyed both by the negative publicity and characterization Mykonos has been receiving in recent days, and by the decision to ban new building permits in unplanned areas until the end of the year. “Mykoniatis is not can build a house for her child, but the strategic investment has been deregulated and can continue as usual,” he says.In terms of urban planning, since November, the municipality has applied to reopen an office in Mykonos.“Our municipality has five engineers, it will be difficult, because we need them in the technical service, but the construction service on the island is necessary.

After the first meetings, a group of archaeologists went to visit two archaeological sites in the city of Mykonos. The famous Paraportiani, and then the surroundings of Milon, the hallmark of the island. At their back is a seaside restaurant-bar that has been in the spotlight for the past few days. “The new tenant started work without the permission of archeology and twice received a signal to stop work. The area behind the mills in the island’s urban plan should be expropriated to make it publicly accessible,” Ms. Kutsumba said, noting that the island’s businessmen are making efforts to turn it into “useful” space.

The word “corruption”.

On the Island of the Winds, where each square meter costs from tens of thousands to millions of euros, all areas can be used, legally or illegally. That is why, in the discussion that followed after lunch at Gripario Megaron with institutions and residents, the word “corruption” was said many times with government officials as recipients. “There is no prostitute without a pimp. And on our island, the police play the role of a beggar, ”said the lawyer, causing applause. “When I hear that they will bring more police, I laugh. People who make such big profits don’t care if someone goes to autofort or gets fined. They are doing their job,” another woman said. Another citizen attacks the municipality, there is a noise for some time, someone from the public accuses him of his own iniquities. “I don’t understand why exactly Mykonos was targeted, isn’t the same thing happening in Athens?” someone else says.

Mykonos is in turmoil over what has happened, but the opposing forces are strong. After a while, the conversation will die out again. The season is starting and everything should work like clockwork.