July 3, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Ruling New Democracy lawmaker who served as minister of Mitsotakis government since 2019, Lefteris Avgenakis, was caught by security camera to get physical against an employee of the Athens International airport. Prior to the CCTV footage released on Wednesday, there was an official denouncement by the Athens Airport Employees union …
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June 5, 2024
Economy
Athens International Airport recorded an increase of 18.5% in passengers traffic in in May 2024 compared to the same month last year. Traffic in the Athens International Airport reached 3.01 million passengers in May 2024, up 18.5% compared to May 2023. Both domestic and international passenger traffic exceeded last year’s …
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April 30, 2024
Society, Strikes
The metro in Athens and other public transport means in the Greek capital will limit their service operation on Labor Day, 1. May 2024, due to the traditional strikes and work stoppages. As there has been confusion about the work stoppages up to last minute on Tuesday here is the …
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April 25, 2024
Society, Very Mix
A total of 314 German bombs from the second World War were found buried at Elliniko, the old national and international airport of Greek capital Athens. This was revealed by the mayor of Elliniko-Argyroupoli, Giannis Konstantatos, during a press conference on Thursday, aiming to inform residents about the sound of …
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February 23, 2024
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Flights to and from the airport “Nikos Kazantzakis” in Heraklio on the island of Crete, will resume operation as of 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. 24 February 24, 2024, the Greek Civil Aviation Authority HCAA announced on Friday. Cleaning works of the runway started on Friday, the HCAA added. Operation of …
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February 5, 2024
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
The airport of Heraklio on the island of Crete will close for five days in February, due to replacement of tarmac on the runway, media report on Monday. The airport “Nikos Kazantzakis” will be closed on February 19-24, 2024. The planned upgrade project is to be carried out in the …
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January 4, 2024
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Passenger traffic at the Athens International Airport set a new all-time record in 2023, totaling 28,174,150 passengers, breaking the 28 million passengers barrier for the first time and leaving behind the previous record of 25.57 million of 2019. Passenger traffic in December was 1.86 million, up 17.1% from 2022 and …
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November 15, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A 30-year-old foreign national was arrested for drug trafficking at Athens international airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” on Tuesday afternoon. The woman had over 35 kg of raw cannabis in her luggage. According to the police, an investigation in cooperation with the DEA office of the US embassy located the woman after …
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November 1, 2023
Greece, Politics
Twenty-one Italian Neo-fascists were detained at the Athens airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” and were taken to Police headquarters late on Tuesday. They were denied entry to Greece for “reasons of national security.” They had flown to Athens to participate to events marking the anniversary of the killing of two neo-Nazi Golden …
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October 26, 2023
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Τhere was some chaos at the international airport of Athens “Eleftherios Venizelos” at noon on Thursday, when the passport control machines stopped working. Passengers formed very long queues and tension at times was high. Affected were passport control machines at the arrivals and for travelers reportedly from non-Schengen countries. According …
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October 12, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A “bomb threat” on an airplane from Tel Aviv to Eleftherios Venizelos international airport in Athens on Thursday evening mobilized authorities and special forces until it proved it was a prank by an alleged Canadian journalist. According to preliminary media information, the man approached the info box at the airport …
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October 6, 2023
Economy
Passenger traffic at the Athens airport took off in September with the number of passengers traveling exceeding 3 million, the Athens International Airport said in a report on Friday. Passenger traffic totaled 3,006,870 in September, up 16.3% from the same period in 2022 and up 11.8% from the corresponding month …
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September 5, 2023
FEATURED, weather
Greek police has imposed a traffic ban on the island of Skiathos early afternoon Tuesday after severe storm weather front Daniel hit and flooded large parts of the Sporades island. The ban covers all except emergency services, roadside assistance and touristic buses transferring tourists to the airport. The ban will …
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September 4, 2023
FEATURED, weather
A heavy thunderstorm hit the island of Corfu early afternoon Monday causing problems in the electricity system, while heavy lightning disturbed the operation of the Ioannis Kapodistrias international airport. Eight flights were not able to land because of the thunderstorm, while three of them had to land at nearby airports. …
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July 28, 2023
Society, Very Mix
A private helicopter crashed on the runway of Samos airport on Friday morning thus leading to delays in air traffic. The helicopter operator, a Turkish national, is reported to be in good health. The helicopter of Turkish Mavi Air had taken off from the island of Paros and stopped to …
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July 23, 2023
environment, FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Greece’s Foreign Ministry has activated the Crisis Management Unit to facilitate the evacuation of foreign citizens from the island of Rhodes due to the ongoing forest fires. Furthermore, it will open a HELP DESK at the international airport of Rhodes on Sunday afternoon. In a series of tweets, the foreign …
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June 14, 2023
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
The management of Athens international airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” has installed an automatic system with tilting bars in the arrivals area, charging one euro per minute.. The aim is to charge the drivers of the cars waiting to pick up arriving passengers on domestic or international flights. According to newspaper citing …
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January 27, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Greek police was set on alert on Friday morning after new threatening e-mails were sent again to Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” as well as several hospitals and one church in the Greek capital. The e-mails warned of the existence of explosive devices, i.e. “mines” at the airport and the …
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January 12, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
An employee of the ground staff at Athens International Airport has confessed to stealing valuables from passengers’ luggage on at least 70 occasions. He was actively stealing since 2016. The 41-year-old man was arrested after police tracked him down by following the GPS signal from a pair of wireless headphones …
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December 16, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
French multinational rolling stock manufacturer operating in rail transport group Alstom is turning its attention to Heraklion, Crete. It brings back discussions about the construction of a fixed track network, which will connect the city of Heraklion with the new airport in Kasteli. According to news website hellasjournal, Managing Director …
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