Greece: Construction begins on major development project

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister has inaugurated the start of construction work on a long-delayed major development project at the prime seaside site of the old Athens airport. The prime minister hailed it as a major step in the implementation of what he described as “possibly the largest project in the Mediterranean.” The development of the 620-hectare (1,500-acre) Hellenikon site was a key element of the privatization drive that was part of Greece’s i