The unsightly forest of rooftop television aerials in the Greek capital will be removed before the 2004 Olympics to make a more attractive background for events such as the marathon. Officials said on Monday thousands of aerials crowding the rooftops of apartment buildings on main avenues would be removed, as owners responded to incentives to replace them with underground cables.
"Priority will be on Olympic Games related routes. The state will pick up part of the cost," Victoria Kesisoglou, head of special projects at the Environment Ministry, said.
Filed by Sinéad Kissane
