Tag Archives: highways

For about one hour farmers blocked both directions of the Athens-Lamia National Highway at the height of Atalanti earlier on Wednesday, as the primary sector escalates its mobilization and protest actions. The farmers passed through fields and managed to enter the Athens-Lamia highway in the direction of Athens, while some …

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Vehicles will use the E65 Aegean Motorway without paying tolls on the section between the Nikaia junction and Maliakos Bay until 6:00 on September 20, 2023, the Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Staikouras has announced. Also extended until September 20 is toll-free access for trucks (over 3.5 tonnes) on the …

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Toll-free highways for passenger cars and two-wheelers due to the elections in Greece scheduled on June 25, 2023. According to a decision of the Infrastructure and Transport Minitry the toll-free passage is:  For voters from 00:00 on Saturday 24 June 2023 (midnight Friday to Saturday) until 08:00 on the morning …

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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 …

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Greece’s Civil Protection announced on Wednesday a series of stringent controls at the main exits of Athens and other cities and suspended inter-island travel with a few exceptions. In an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus, authorities will intensify lockdown checks at highways and toll stations, ports and airports, …

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Motorists will travel through Greece’s highways toll-free on the day of European, local and regional elections on Sunday, May 26th 2019. The measure will be implemented in order to facilitate voters who have to travel to exercise their voting right. Toll booths will be open for toll-free passage from 00:00 …

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Thousands of Bulgarians have blocked major highways and roads on Sunday protesting fuel prices and rising cost of living. The blockades have the effect that dozens of truck drivers and private motorists are trapped not only inside Bulgaria but also in neighboring Greece and Turkey. The protests have spread across …

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Fuel prices have skyrocketed on the Greek islands and the country’s highways in the month of July. And this although there is no global fuel crisis or other factor to justify the hikes. The hikes coincide with the tourists’ arrivals, note the country’s media. On some islands, the price per …

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Construction of three motorways in Greece cost 1.2 billion euros more than it should. Furthermore the projects were poorly planned and significantly delayed, a report by the European Court of Auditors on public-private partnerships (PPPs) has found. The EU Auditors examined construction projects in four EU member states, that is …

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Toll fees for several highways in Greece have been increased as of 8. January 2018. Prices have risen in several places in Korinthos -Trikala, Kalamata-Athens, Athens-Lamia, the Antirio-Ioannina on the Ιonian Highway. The prices are increased from 5 eurocents to 30 eurocents per category and distance. For cars with 5 …

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Dozens of protesting farmers occupied tax offices in Lamia and Arta in Central and Western Greece, and Chania on the island of Crete, hindering employees from entering their work place. Two days before the general strike on Thursday, the farmers have intensified their protests and close to traffic Greece’s main …

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