March 20, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Sea water leaked in the Metro in Piraeus, stagnant water, in addition to the stench, soon began to cause intense oxidation to various metal elements of the Metro railway infrastructure, just months after its inauguration in November 2022. This was reported by a group of independent journalists over the weekend …
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March 15, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
For a second day within a week Greece will be paralyzed due to a 24-hour strike of the public and private sector unions demanding justice foe the train collision victims and safe transport in the country. Journalists are holding a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, March 15, in order to be …
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March 12, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Athens metro stations “Syntagma” and “Panepistimio” have been shut down since 10:30 Sunday morning due to protest rallies in downtown. The trains will pass through the two stations without stopping. They will open again upon a police order. The protest rallies start at 12 o’ clock noon. Public sector union …
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March 8, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis claimed in an interview with UK’s BBC that the “new metro in Thessaloniki was “up and running.” In an interview with BBC Hardtalk, Mitarakis was invited to speak about the deadly train collision last week, however, he obviously chose to speak about the achievements of …
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March 8, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Greek Police shut down five central metro stations in downtown Athens making it difficult for strikers and protesters to join the big rally on Wednesday. These metro stations are: Syntagma, Panepistimio. Omonoia, Monastiraki, Evangelismos. Open metro stations are around 500 meters away from the meeting point at Klafthmonos Square. These …
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March 4, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Workers at Athens Metro Lines 1, 2 and 3 will launch a 24-hour strike on Sunday, March 5, in order to participate in the protest rally at 11 a.m. at Syntagma square. Metro unionists will join their colleagues at the Hellenic Train and other train unions who called for the …
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March 2, 2023
Society, Strikes
Workers at Athens Metro Lines 2 and 3 as well as at Proastiakos have launched a 24-hour strike to protest the deadly train crash at Tempi, where at least 43 passengers and 10 crew members have been killed. In a statement, Metro workers union said that they have similar problems …
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March 1, 2023
Society, Strikes
A planned strike action on Metro Line 1 in Athens has been suspended due to the deadly train collision at Tempi, northern Greece, the STASY workers’ union announced on Wednesday morning. Trains resumed their normal operation after 10.30 a.m. “With deep sorrow in our hearts for today’s tragic accident, perhaps …
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February 28, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Workers at Metro Lines 2 and 3 as well as at urban train ISAP (Metro Line 1) will launch a work stoppage on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, thus causing troubles to commuters. The issue is particularly complicated to ordinary people as the work stoppage will last shorter than originally scheduled, …
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February 23, 2023
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
Greece’s Presidential Guards, the famous Evzones, go to Metro exhibition at Syntagma square in downtown Athens. Photographer Dimitra Hatziadam exhibits photos under the title “EUZONES – The guardians of the invisible.” The exhibition runs from March 1 to 31, 2023. Photographer Hatziadam will present part of the photo exhibition inauguration …
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February 14, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Workers at the Tram and Metro Line 1 in Athens will hold work stoppages on Wednesday, February 15, 20223. Workers at Metro Line 1, the overground electric railway from Piraeus to Kifissia, have announced a warning work stoppage from 10 p.m. until the end of the shift on Wednesday. The …
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January 30, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
A three-hour work stoppage will be held at the Athens Metro Line 1 on Thursday, February 2, 2023 the Athens Urban Rail Transport’s (STASY) union has announced. The stoppage will take place 12:00-15:00 due to the union’s extraordinary general assembly meeting. The work stoppage will affect the Piraeus-Kifissia urban train …
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January 3, 2023
Culture, Eat-Drink, FEATURED
Locally produced food delicacies from the northern section of the island of Evia will be on show at the Syntagma metro station exhibition hall in downtown Athens from Friday to Sunday, January 6-8, 2023. The three-day mini food expo aims to showcase to Athenians the broad selection of foods produced …
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December 5, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Metro station <Panepistimio> in downtown Athens will remain closed from 9:00 a.m. and until further notice on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, by order of the police, due to the events on the anniversary of the assassination of teenager Alexandros Grigoropoulos in 2008. Metro trains will pass through the station without …
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November 16, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Greek Police has ordered the shut down of three metro station in downtown Athens on Thursday due to the marches on the anniversary of the Polytechnic school Students’ Uprising on 17. November 1973. According to a statement by the Urban Rail Transport (STASY) on Wednesday noon, the following metro stations …
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November 14, 2022
Society, Very Mix
A request to the Council of State (CoS), Greece’s highest administrative court, by residents in the Athens district of Exarchia to “freeze” the metro station construction project currently underway in the area’s central square was on Monday rejected by CoS. The residents’ representatives argued that the metro station will cause …
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November 9, 2022
Society, Strikes
Public transport means are on work stoppages or 24-hour strike, ships and ferries remain docked, trains are parked and even taxi drivers have pull the handbrake to raise their voice against the rising prices and the cost of living. The situation in the Greek capital Athens is for commuters even …
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October 26, 2022
Tourism
Athens metro will cancel some of its schedules between Piraeus and the Athens International Airport on Wednesday and Thursday due to the visit of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, following the order of the Hellenic Police. All stops between Piraeus (‘Dimotiko Theatro’ stop) and the Athens International Airport will be affected …
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October 10, 2022
FEATURED, Tourism
Three new stations on the extension of Metro Line 3 -blue line- to Piraeus start their operation at 2 o’ clock Monday afternoon, October 10, 2022. The new stations directly link the port of Piraeus with the Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” in a rail route that lasts just 55 …
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October 6, 2022
Society, Tourism, Travel
Three new metro stations in Piraeus will be inaugurated on October 10. The new metro stations will link the port of Piraues with the Athens International Airport. The new metro stations called “Maniatika”, “Piraeus” and “Dimotiko Theatro” are expected to increase the total passenger traffic on the metro network to …
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