Police have arrested three suspects for the firing at a public bus with an airgun in Aspropyrgos, western Attica, on Sunday. Bus 866 Aspropyrgos-Agia Marina station was on the move on Sunday evening, when it was reportedly struck by bullets from a car with three men on it. One of …
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Trolley buses workers in Athens on 4h work stoppage, Oct 12 UPD
Workers on Athens trolley buses have announced a four-hour work stoppage on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. The work stoppage will take place between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. According to an announcement by the ILPAP Employees Union, the work stoppage aims to demand the immediate signature of a collective bargain …
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Athens Transport Workers on 24h strike Wed, Sept 21 UPDATE
Workers’ unions at all public transport means in Athens will launch a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, following a call by the Athens Labor Center. Buses and Trolley Buses, Metro, Tram and urban train ISAP will remain in the depots, forcing Athenians to seek alternative ways to reach …
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Bus carrying scouts catches fire in Bralos, central Greece (video)
A touristic bus carrying a scout troop caught fire on Thursday afternoon on the road to Bralos in central Greece. It was around 1 o’ clock noon when the bus cabin was suddenly filled with smoke. The driver pulled up on the side of the road and the scouts were …
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Public bus in Thessaloniki goes in flames as it drives to bus stop
A public bus in the city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, burst into flames as it was traveling in the district of Agios Athanassios, in Halkidona Municipality on Saturday. The driver and the passengers managed to disembark in time, no injury has been reported. The Fire Service rushed to the spot …
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Passengers escape sunken bus in Athens. Prosecutor investigates (vid)
The public bus trapped under a bridge on the old Poseidonos Avenue in Athens Riviera remains stuck in the flood still 27 hours after the incident on Thursday noon. The water height is hardly down and thus only due to workers pumping water. A prosecutor ordered an investigation on Friday …
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Poros: Drunken tourists steal public bus, drive around dancing naked
An incredible incident occurred on the island of Poros in the early hours of Thursday. A group of northern European tourists, most probably in a state of intoxication, broke into a public bus and drove twice around the island dancing inside the vehicle naked. The bus for the local transport …
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Greece’s Supreme Court prosecutor targets mask-deniers with arrest, imprisonment
The Supreme Court prosecutor in Greece has decided to take action against mask-deniers and issued a circular on Tuesday seeking the immediate arrest of people who refuse to wear a face mask in violation of public health safety rules or encourage other people to do so. Chief prosecutor Vassilis Pliotas …
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Segregation policy by Delta Municipality: Bus service for refugees only!
The Municipality of Delta by Thessaloniki took an unprecedented decision that reminds the Segregation policy on public buses in the dark mid-1950’s in the city of Montgomery US State of Alabama. In cooperation with Thessaloniki Urban Transport Organization (OASTH), the Municipality will have a bus service only for refugees. The …
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Kefalonia: Bus lands in hotel swimming pool (pictures)
A touristic bus landed in the swimming pool of a hotel in Travliata on the island of Kefalonia in the Ionian Sea. Local news website inkefalonia reports that there was only one passenger in the bus during the accident. Nobody was injured. The main scenario is that the handbrake went …
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Proastiakos train crashes on public bus in central Athens
A train of Proastiakos crashed with a public bus full with passengers on Friday morning in Athens. The accident occurred at the crossing of Liosion Avenue in central Athens short after 9 o’ clock in the morning. It was a miracle that there were no serious injuries as the bus …
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Crete: Tourists evacuated in time when bus bursts into flames
Tourists were evacuated in time and the worst was avoided when the bus they were on burst into flames. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning on the national road between Selinari and Neapoli in the Prefecture of Lasithi on the island of Crete. According to local media, the fire started …
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Athens: 24h Taxi strike, work stoppages at Buses, Trolleys & Metro on June 14
A hell of a day for motorists and commuters in Greek capital Athens, due to work stoppages in public transport means and a new 24-hour strike of taxi drivers. Main roads in the city of more than 4 million inhabitants are fully packed, since the morning. The situation is expected …
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Lighting strikes intercity bus in Northern Greece, burns it to the ground (video)
An unprecedented incident occurred in North-Eastern Greece, when a lightning stroke an intercity bus on a national road on Saturday afternoon. The bus was burned to the ground and it was due to the electric discharge system of the bus and the driver’s quick reflexes that averted a tragedy. The …
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Bus Express X80 connecting Piraeus, Acropolis, Syntagma resumes operation
The Bus Express route X80 connecting the port of Piraeus with the Acropolis and Syntagma Square is resuming operation as of Thursday, May 10th 2018. The express line connects the cruise ships terminal at the port of Piraeus (Akti Xavierou and Akti Miaouli), to the Acropolis and Syntagma Square in …
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Beautiful picture: Awesome couple in Athens bus after midnight
A provocatively beautiful picture. A man with his cat in an Athens bus after midnight. The picture was shot by photographer Victoria Alex and posted on Facebook on March 18th. She wrote a few sentences to this awesome contact. Passengers in Athens buses after midnight may be born in June …
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Athens: No buses and trolley buses for six hours, June 13/2017
Workers at buses and trolley buses in Athens will launch a six-hour work stoppage on Tuesday, June 13 2017. Reason for the work stoppage are the general assemblies of the two workers’ unions. No bus, no trolley bus from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13 2017.
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Athens: Anti-authoritarians set bus and trolley on fire, clash with police
A bus and a trolley bus were set on fire short after midnight in downtown Athens on Wednesday. Unknown perpetrators stopped a blue bus, ordered 15 passengers and the driver to get off and set it on fire. They stopped also an empty trolley and set it on fire as …
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Athens – Public Transport: ministry announces ticket prices “decreases” that was in fact “increases”
That’s certainly good news! The ticket price for metro and urban train ISAP is to be decreased from €1.40 down to €1.20. The price decrease in these two public transport means will consequently lead to a single ticket for all transport means in Athens. The single ticket will be valid for …
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Athens: Bus, Trolley passengers to pay higher prices, if purchase tickets from drivers
Passengers in Athens buses and trolleys will have to pay higher prices, if they purchase their tickets from the drivers of these two public transport means. Bus- and trolley drivers will sell the tickets at 1,50 euro. Currently the prices are: 1,40 euro for the combined ticket for more than one …
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