December 12, 2024
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
The picturesque Little Train of Pelion – also known as Moutzouris – will begin operating again on Saturday, December 14, 2024. According to a Hellenic Train announcement, the Pelion Train will depart every Saturday and Sunday from Ano Lechonia at 10:00 and will return from Milies at 15:00. A a …
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November 30, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
With kettledrums and trumpets, the Metro of Thessaloniki began running on the tracks, 40 years after the original idea was captured, decades of delays and cost overruns. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis pressed the button for the start during a festive inauguration at “Venizelos” station early Saturday afternoon, on the “historical …
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November 19, 2024
FEATURED, Strikes
Public transport will be heavily affected especially in the Greek capital Athens by the 24-hour general strike on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, declared by the private and public sector unions ADEDY and GSEE. According to public transport workers’ unions, there will be two workout in the morning and the evening …
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November 1, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Starting on Friday, November 1, 2024, the Athens Metro Lines 2 and 3 will extend their operation hours until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. According to an announcement from STASY, the organization that manages the metro system of the Greek capital, the last trains will depart from the …
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February 23, 2024
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Flights to and from the airport “Nikos Kazantzakis” in Heraklio on the island of Crete, will resume operation as of 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. 24 February 24, 2024, the Greek Civil Aviation Authority HCAA announced on Friday. Cleaning works of the runway started on Friday, the HCAA added. Operation of …
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July 20, 2023
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
The Culture Ministry announced on Thursday that operating hours of archaeological sites in Greece are being modified due to the heatwave with temperatures up to 44 degrees Celsius. Visitors will not allow visitors from 12 noon until 05:30 p.m. from Thursday to Sunday, July 20-23, 2023. “In the event of …
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July 14, 2023
Archeology, Culture, weather
The Acropolis of Athens will be closed to public for several hours on Friday, July 14, as the heatwave that hits Greece reaches its peak with temperatures over 41 degrees Celsius also in the Greek capital. Friday morning, a tourist fainted apparently due to the heat, while on the Acropolis …
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July 5, 2023
environment
Eldorado Gold announced the restart of operations for the development of gold and copper fields in Skouries, Chalkidiki, with the aim to begin commercial production by the end of 2025, early 2026. Construction work began in 2017 and have been completed up to 50% with an investment worth 550 million …
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June 14, 2023
Society, Very Mix
An amusement park in Athens that had been operating for 17 years without a license was shut down last month by the National Transparency Authority (EAD), it was announced on Tuesday. The authority had issued an ex officio order to check the legality of the licensing and operation of the …
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May 12, 2023
Archeology, Culture
Some archaeological sites, monuments and museums will close early on Sunday, May 21, 2023 due to the general election, Greece’s Culture Ministry announced on Friday. While most sites will operate on elections day according to the summer schedule Athens sites like the Acropolis, the Ancient Agora, the Roman Agora and …
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April 3, 2023
FEATURED, Tourism
Τhe first passenger trains resumed service on Monday morning more than a month after the deadly train collision in Tempi. As expected the restart of the service turned into a PR show by the government, despite the fact that deficiencies in the rail network remain. The first Hellenic Train service …
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March 31, 2023
Economy
The trade association of Athens on Friday announced the proposed working hours for Athens’ stores during the Easter holiday season. According to the proposal, the Easter shopping holiday season seems to be extended, while it usual starts on Holy Monday. With the Greek Orthodox East on April 16, the shopping …
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March 31, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
With an unprecedented regulation the Greek government decided to have commercial stores open overnight and thus from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. the next day. The amendment has been submitted by the Ministry of Development and provides for the overnight operation of commercial stores. In the relevant introduction, the Ministry …
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March 22, 2023
Society, Very Mix
Some train services in Greece resumed on Wednesday for the first time since the deadly train collision that killed 57 people and injured dozens on February 28. The first train started at 4:45 a.m. from Larissis central train station in Athens for the village of Oinoi in north-western Attica. Even …
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November 23, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
In a large operation at “Prosfygika” area in downtown Athens, Greek police arrested a total of seventy-eight people on Tuesday. Among the arrestees was a award-winning photojournalist and member of the Foreign Press Association, Nikos Pilos. He was covering the police operation and was arrested despite showing his camera and …
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November 1, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
The Hellenic Coast Guard said one of its vessels was harassed by a Turkish Coast Guard boat in Greek territorial waters south of the island of Samos on Tuesday during a Search And Rescue operation for migrants. According to Greek authorities, the Turkish vessel entered Greek waters and performed dangerous …
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August 25, 2022
animals, FEATURED
A huge mobilization with rescuers of EMAK fire service and volunteers was launched with the aim to save a duck from immediate danger in Lake Beletsi. The adult animal had a damaged soda can stuck on its lower beak and it was at risk to die of starvation and thirst. …
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August 9, 2022
Politics, Turkey-GR
With a helicopter Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan landed on drill ship “Abdulhamid Han” docked at the port of Tasucu in Mersin province early Tuesday afternoon to attend the farewell ceremony before it set sail to Yorukler-1 exploration well in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Prior of attending the ceremony, Erdogan …
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July 6, 2022
Economy
The Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) natural gas pipeline will start its operation by the end of July, Environment and Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas. The IGB pipeline will have the capacity to transport 3 billion cubic meters of natural gas, with option to upgrade to 5 billion cubic meters, the minister said. He …
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June 8, 2022
Greece, Politics
A pilot program extending all-day kindergartens and primary schools to 17:30 will go into effect as of September, Education Minister Niki Kerameus told a congress on demographics named “Demographics 2022: The great challenge” on Wednesday. Kerameus said the pilot program is addressed to all students of these ages throughout Greece, …
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