Tag Archives: Athens Metro

The management of the Attiko Metro in Athens has decided to rename two metro stations. Line 3 station <Evaggelismos> will be renamed into <Pavlos Bakoyannis> and Line 2 station <Agios Dimitrios> into <Alekos Panagoulis>. The two metro station will no longer have a geographical specification but a reference to two …

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Four projects to extend and improve the Athens Metro system are stimulating the economy and improving air quality in the Greek capital. The metro system, which currently consists of three connecting lines, has, over the last two decades, helped to transform the city’s transport by reducing traffic congestion, reducing smog …

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“Ten thousand people committed suicide during the last five years, that’s the population of a whole city. One of them was my son.” Theodoros Giannaros, 58, is a broken man. May 22nd is a day that the governor of public hospital “Elpis” will remember all his life. His 26-year-old son, …

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Unprecedented!  A ticket controller slapped a woman in the face after he found out that the jobless had no valid ticket with her. The incident occurred at the Metro station Omonia in downtown Athens. The attacker and the victim turned to the nearest police station but the woman was not …

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Massive, illegal staff recruitment to satisfy favor requests – most probably in exchange of votes – caused damaged in the economic situation of Athens Metro, according to a report released by the Inspector of Public Administration Leandros Rakitzis. According to report findings, Athens Metro staff increased by 50% within a few years, …

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Workers at Athens Metro occupied the Metro depot at Sepolia suburb of north-eastern Athens, causing problems to thousands of passengers on Monday morning using Line 2 Agios Dimitrios-Agios Antonios. The occupation started at 2 o clock in the morning with the effect that a number of metro trains could not leave the depot …

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Workers at Athens Metro will launch a work stoppage on Saturday, 1. September 2012, from 5:30 a.m. until 12 o’ clock noon. The work stoppage will facilitate trade union members to attend the general union meeting and take decisions about mobilizations in order to protest austerity measures and wages cuts.  

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Greek Anti-Terror police is currently examining the security cameras of the Athens Metro and investigates the dangerous package on fingerprints and DNA material, after an explosive device was found at the Metro station “Aigaleo” at 6 pm on Saturday evening.  The package was found at the last wagon of the train by …

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This post would also worth to bear the title “How Germany ruined Greece economically” or what is Germany’s contribution to Greece’s economical collapse”. Yes! I’d love a satanic “hehe” here…  German weekly DER SPIEGEL brings into the spot light another bribes scandal. This time involved is the DBI – Deutsche Bundesbahn …

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