August 26, 2024
Society, Very Mix
Fire shots were fired when taxi drivers involved in a brawl in the intercity bus terminal KTE of Kifisos in western Athens in the middle of the day on Monday. One of the drivers was transmitted to a local hospital with bruises on the face and body. A brawl between …
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June 19, 2024
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
The Panhellenic Union of Railway Personnel sent two extrajudicial documents to a prosecutor and the Hellenic Train warning of the safety conditions in the country’s railway network. The first document is addressed to the Special Appellate Investigator of Larissa, central Greece. It makes known that there is recorded video material, …
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November 21, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
With a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, November 22, taxi drivers respond to the government’s tax bill affecting self-employed and free-lancers, taxing them with a deemed income, claiming tax evasion. It should be noted that also other sectors of self-employed and freelancers such as traders and scientists may participate in the …
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July 7, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
Taxi drivers on the island of Rhodes gathered at the port in order to block the disembarkation of a some 25 cars they said they were from a company that cooperates with Uber service on the island. According to local media rodiaki.gr, more than 200 local taxi drivers flocked to …
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June 9, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A total of 76% of Greek drivers talk on the phone while driving and 84% use smartphone apps during their driving, according to an Ipsos survey for Vinci Autoroutes Foundation released recently, quering 12,400 individuals in 11 European countries. For Greece specifically, the Eurobarometer 2023 research found that in recent …
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November 5, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
The first ambulance-taxis in Europe are on the streets of Greece. They have drivers certified in First Aid and first aid kits. the company is called Help Taxi. With drivers certified in First Aid, CPR and basic life support and “armed” with defibrillators, oxygen bottle and first aid kits, the …
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February 18, 2022
Society, Very Mix
At least two people, two truck drivers, are trapped on the burning Euroferry Olympia still Friday noon and are reportedly receiving instructions on how to reach the upper deck so that they can be evacuated with a helicopter. One of them is reportedly a Bulgarian national and the second one …
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October 2, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Greece
The Greek government efforts to find solutions to the crowding of commuters in public transport means in Athens has so far turned into a fiasco. The Transportation Ministry has been delaying measures to strengthen the bus network in the Greek capital of 4 million inhabitants, the daily coronavirus cases are …
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August 5, 2019
Greece
A fine of 1,500 euros and withdrawal of license for one month are threatening bus and taxi drivers as well as public drivers if they’re caught smoking, the Greek Health Ministry said in a circular. Fines will be much higher, in fact will double to 3,000 euros, if a child …
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September 12, 2018
Social, Society
Drivers in Greece will have to pass new tests if they are 74 years old and above, then they will need to renew their driving license. They will have to prove that they still have the knowledge and the reflexes for safe driving. According to a decision published by the …
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June 14, 2018
Strikes
Yellow cabs are back on the streets of Athens, after drivers suspended the 24-hour strike on Thursday afternoon, June 14th 2018. The powerful lobby of taxi drivers had earlier reached an agreement with Transportation Minister, Christos Spirtzis, to not cancel the clause the would allow the return of Uber. Taxi …
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March 6, 2018
Social
Angry taxi drivers on work stoppage attacked Uber drivers but also their colleagues who had refused to join the 9-hour work stoppage in Athens and Attica on Tuesday. strike. It was mostly Uber drivers who became the target of strikers as the operation of the transportation network company in Greece …
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March 5, 2018
Strikes
Taxi drivers in Athens and the broader Attica prefecture will launch a work stoppage, on Tuesday, March 6th 2018, to protest the “Illegal operation of Uber” as they say in a statement.. The work stoppage is scheduled from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Taxi Drivers Union of Attica (SATA) said …
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October 6, 2014
Very Mix
For many car drivers getting on board of a ferry boat can turn into a “high risk operation” when strong winds blow and the local ports miss the proper facilities. The footage below was filmed on October 3rd 2014 on the island of Alonissos, one of the Sporades island group. …
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