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The innovative electronic urban mobility improvement system “app Evelity” for Metro passengers with disabilities was presented on  at the “Acropolis” Metro station in downtown Athens on Monday, on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The ‘Evelity’ app, which has been installed at the Acropolis station on …

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The Return of the Parthenon Marbles is again high on the agenda of the media and the public as Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is in London for an official visit and a meeting with his counterpart Keir Starmer. Poll in UK In a poll conducted by the YouGov company …

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The tunnel of the Railway Network OSE in Tempi, central Greece, was flooded on Sunday when rainwater swept debris inside. Train traffic connecting Athens to Central and Northern Greece was disrupted and some trains had to stop even in the middle of the route or just before the tunnel, as …

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Millions of Greek epilepsy pills have found their way to France, where they are consumed as a heroin substitute, according to Greece’s police. A young Algerian national who bought the pills from a pharmacy in the downtown Athens neighborhood of Patissia was arrested on November 18. The arrest caps nearly …

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Storm weather BORA will continue to affect parts of eastern and southern Greece also on Tuesday, December 3, and the National Meteorological Service EMY issued on Monday an update of its Emergency Bulletin of Hazardous Weather Phenomena. According to EMY Update, BORA will remain in effect as rainfalls and storms …

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A 46-year-old man stabbed his 60-year-old wife to death and injured also the victim’s son in their family home Angelochori by Thessaloniki on Sunday morning. The murder followed an argument between husband and wife. It is the 14th case of femicide in Greece in 2024. The perpetrator, an Albanian national, …

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A man died in Halkidiki as the storm weather BORA has been hitting also northern Greece since Sunday. The man fell into a deep ditch with his truck and was found 8 hours later, early Monday morning. He most likely died of hypothermia. The 57-year-old man is the third victim …

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The “green” electricity tariffs for December 2024 range from 15.5 cents per kilowatt-hour to over 20 cents, according to the Regulatory Authority’s website where the new prices were posted on Monday. The tariffs are higher than in November due to the rise in prices on the Energy Exchange. Within the …

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Storm weather BORA hit the island of Rhodes with heavy rainfalls wreaking havoc and despair. Homes and businesses have been flooded, large areas turned into mud fields and and people were trapped in their cars and their homes. Authorities imposed a 24-hour traffic ban until all the roads have checked, …

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Two men died on the island of Lemnos in northern Aegean Sea and residents in several regions including Attica and Rhodes received warning messages of intense weather phenomena and flood as storm weather BORA is sweeping across the country. Lemnos A 57-year-old farmer was found dead by firefighters in the …

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With kettledrums and trumpets, the Metro of Thessaloniki began running on the tracks, 40 years after the original idea was captured, decades of delays and cost overruns. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis pressed the button for the start during a festive inauguration at “Venizelos” station early Saturday afternoon, on the “historical …

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Greece’s Development Ministry has fined a total of 2.2 million euros on 14 companies for misleading advertising in the run-up to Black Friday. The business’ evasive practices were identified by the ministry’s auditing service using a digital tool. Five of the 14 companies have been named as Kosmos Sport SA …

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