Attiki Odos highway tolls will be reduced from 2.80 euros to 2.50 according to the new concession contract. The contract, which was approved by the board of directors of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) and sent to the finance and infrastructure ministries for comments, stipulates that the tolls …

Schools in several areas of Attica will remain closed on Thursday due to snow and cold weather front “Philip”, Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Christos Stylianides decided on Wednesday. The schools are in areas of north, east and west Attica. The specific areas affected by this decision were announced …

The Infrastructure and Transport Ministry said on Wednesday that it is imposing a fine of 2 million euros to the managing companies of the ring highway Attiki Odos for the shutdown during the snowstorm last month. IT is the highest fine permitted by the law. Minister Kostas Karamanlis has decided …

Eight alleged members of the anarchist group Rouvikonas, who had been detained in connection with the attack on a building of Attiki Odos, the Greek Police announced on Tuesday. The building on Mesogion Avenue was attacked with sledgehammers in the early morning hours. building using sledgehammers, have been placed under …

The management company of the Athens highway ring Attiki Odos announced on Thursday morning that all parts of the motorway reopened at 08:00 on Thursday morning, with unobstructed flow of traffic on all sections of the road. No tolls will be charged until Sunday midnight, January 30, to facilitate drivers, …

Motorway operator Attiki Odos on Tuesday accepted the resignation of its CEO, Bill M. Halkias, after hundreds of motorists were trapped on the company’s tolled highway around Athens in the Elpida snowstorm. In a company statement, Halkias, CEO of the company since 1999, stated that the last motorists had been freed …

A man is carrying a little girl on his back on a snowed road in the middle of the night. The man is a policeman and the girl a patient who needs to be operated in a hospital early Tuesday morning. The picture was shot at half an hour after …

Dozens of people and vehicles remain stranded on Attiki Odos ring road of Athens still early Tuesday afternoon, as Army, Fire Bridges and Police try to evacuate them. After having been trapped in a car struck in snow for over 26 hours, five people suffered hypothermia and were taken to …

The outgoing Greek government issued a legislative order essentially forbidding a planned increase in the toll fees in the greater Athens area’s sole tollway Attiki Odos. The government order followed a a recommendation by Transportation Minister Christos Spirtzis. The government cited what it called “defense of public interests and the …

Tolls on the Attiki Odos national highway will rise in two stages, on July 1 and on January 1, 2020, the company said on Friday. The decision triggered the anger of Transportation Ministry. All categories of vehicles will see rises. For cars in particular, current tolls of 2,80 euros will …

All highways in Greece will be toll-free for private cars and motorcycles on elections Sunday, May 21, as well as on Saturday and part of Monday in order to facilitate transportation to and from voting locations. According to the decision by Deputy Infrastructure & Transport Minister Giorgos Karagiannis, tolls will …

Outrage for the torturous death of a pregnant donkey in Koropi, village in eastern Attica: the poor animal was found laying on the ground, tied to a tree, its legs tangled to the ropes. ATTENTION: GRAPHIC IMAGES Traces on the soil showed that she was trying for hours to get …

A prominent businessman and former publisher, Giorgos Bobolas has died at the age of 95, it was announced on Tuesday. The founder of the Technodomiki construction company, which merged with Aktor SA in 1999 to become Ellaktor, Bobolas also branched out into the media with the Pegasus publishing firm. Pegasus …

Schools and kindergartens in Attica will remain closed on Monday and public servants can do tele-working due to snow falls and adverse weather conditions authorities announced on Sunday afternoon. According to latest weather forecast, heavy snowfalls, sleet, powerful winds and icy conditions are due at the start of the week. …

Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY warns of cold weather front “Barbara” that will hit the country with main features locally dense snowfalls even in lowland areas, freezing temperatures,stormy north winds of up to 8-9  Beaufort and frost. Cold air masses will be  moving to the south from northern Europe and …

Large-scale police operations with dozens of police officers and special units have been taking place in Roma camps in western Athens since Thursday morning following ongoing riots over the shooting of a 16-year-old Roma boy by a policeman. Special units police officers with riot police squads and patrol cars moved …

Greece’s health authorities announce don Tuesday 61,139 coronavirus cases confirmed in the week October 31-November 6 (ISO week 44 /2022). The number of coronavirus deaths recorded in the same period was 134. Intubated Covid-patients in hospitals across the country stood at 89 on November 6. Rt: 097% According to National …

Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday, 53,436 coronavirus cases confirmed in the week of October 24-30, 2022 (ISO week 43/2022.) According to the weekly bulletin of the the National Public Health Organization (EODY), 164 coronavirus-patients died in the same period. Stand of intubated Covid-patients on Oct 30: 85 All confirmed …

The Pharmaceutical Association of Attica complained that there is a serious shortage of drugs as more than 400 essential medicines are not available. Pharmacists and patients are racing to secure some drugs, the FSA said in a statement on Wednesday. According to the FSA, the shortages concern irreplaceable drugs such …

Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday 51,184 coronavirus cases confirmed in the week October 309, 2022 (ISO week 40/2022). A total of 109 Covid patients lost their lives during the same period, while the number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals stands at 62. The National Public Health Organization (EODY) said …