Dimitrios E. Koronakis writes, speaks at conferences and comments in the press on issues affecting food service and entertainment businesses. Here we collect his articles, interviews and press mentions from 2012 to the present.
Interviews and podcasts (in Greek)
- Horeca Heroes (ALFA FROST podcast), 2 April 2026: «10+1 λόγοι σφράγισης στην εστίαση με τον Δημήτρη Κορωνάκη». Interview on the violations that lead to closure of premises, music, public spaces, deadlines and prevention.
- Horeca Heroes, 13 August 2026: «Best of Horeca Heroes, Part 3», with an excerpt from the interview above.
- EURO Channel, 4 November 2020: television interview on the closure of takeaway services in food service during the lockdown.
His articles in magazines (in Greek)
- Snack & Coffee, issue 46 (January–February 2013): «Άδειες μουσικής: όλες οι εξελίξεις και οι αλλαγές» (reprint).
- Snack & Coffee, issue 45 (November–December 2012): «Τι πρέπει να γνωρίζετε πριν ενοικιάσετε χώρο εστίασης».
- Snack & Coffee, issue 44 (September–October 2012): «Υγειονομική διάταξη: νέες και ριζικές αλλαγές».
- Snack & Coffee, issue 43 (July–August 2012): «Άδεια μουσικής: ποιες είναι οι αλλαγές στη νομοθεσία» (reprint).
- March 2012: «“Αυτόφωρο” και πάλι η ηχορύπανση» (reprint).
Statements and press mentions (in Greek)
- Dionysos Quarries, May 2025: criminal complaint by the Ba.Re.Ca. association over the concert held in a marble quarry without an open-air entertainment venue licence. Reports: e-radio.gr · Lamia Report (republished from protothema.gr).
- protothema.gr, 16 May 2022: «Μύκονος: Πόλεμος για παράνομα πάρτυ και “πειρατές ακινήτων”». As lawyer for the Mykonos Business Owners’ Association (Σύνδεσμος Καταστηματαρχών Μυκόνου), he calls for a change to the legal framework on private parties.
- iefimerida.gr, 11 November 2021: «#EimasteEtoimoi: Φορείς της εστίασης και της φιλοξενίας ενώνουν δυνάμεις». Statements as legal adviser to the Ba.Re.Ca. association. Also on newmoney.gr, esgstories.gr and cibum.gr.
- protothema.gr and MEGA, June–July 2021: criminal complaint to the Public Prosecutor of the Supreme Court (Άρειος Πάγος) over unlicensed parties in villas. On MEGA he explains why villas offering food, accommodation and music in substance operate as food and beverage businesses (“shops of sanitary interest”, ΚΥΕ). Also on in.gr.
- iefimerida.gr, 19 May 2020: «Εστίαση: Τηλεδιάσκεψη με τον κλάδο Bar-Restaurant-Cafe». Took part, as a member of the Ba.Re.Ca. executive board, in the meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Development.
- dnews.gr, 15 April 2018: «Ως τα ξημερώματα η μουσική στο Κολωνάκι». As counsel for Ba.Re.Ca. and the business owners who challenged the decision of the Municipality of Athens on music hours.
- Snack & Coffee, issue 57 (November–December 2014): «Χωροθέτηση: Σαφάρι ελέγχων από τους δήμους για τις άδειες τραπεζοκαθισμάτων». Comments on inspections by the municipalities.
Conferences and trade fairs
- Chamber of Boeotia, Livadeia, 25 June 2025: speaker at the information event «Πνευματικά Δικαιώματα και Υποχρεώσεις των Επιχειρήσεων», with contributions from the President of the Central Union of Chambers of Greece (ΚΕΕΕ), Ioannis Voutsinas, and the President of the Hellenic Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen and Merchants (ΓΣΕΒΕΕ), Giorgos Kavvathas. Video: the full event on the Chamber of Boeotia’s channel (in Greek). Reports: radiothiva.gr, fonografos.net.
- 3rd Panhellenic Conference of Food Service Associations, Thessaloniki, March 2023: speaker on the first day of the conference. agrinionews.gr report (in Greek).
- Coffee Business Forum 2021 (ethosEVENTS), 28 May 2021: speaker on the operating protocol for the café sector, with a proposal to establish a Chamber of Food Service. ethosEVENTS report (in Greek) · coffeemag.gr.
- Athens Bar Show 2021, Technopolis: took part in the #EimasteEtoimoi campaign as legal adviser to Ba.Re.Ca.
- Athens Bar Show 2015, Technopolis: the firm’s participation (in Greek).
- HO.RE.CA. 2013, Metropolitan Expo: the firm’s participation (in Greek).
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