April 26, 2024
Society, Very Mix
Traffic restrictions will be temporarily implemented in Athens and Attica due to the Olympic Torch Relay and the handover to the Paris 2024 Olympic Committee at the Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro) on Friday, April 26. Restrictions will be implemented at different time slots during the day, starting 08:00 in Megara, Marathonas, …
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April 15, 2024
environment, FEATURED
Restrictions for the fire season start earlier on the island of Crete and the islands of South and North Aegean and thus as of today, Monday, April 15, 2024. regarding the use of fire of the fire season The restrictions regard the use of flame outdoors and specifically in the …
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March 7, 2024
FEATURED, Sports
Traffic restrictions will be implemented in Athens on Sunday, March 10,due to the Athina Half Marathon race and related events. The traffic restrictions will be in effect from 6:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The half-marathon will follow a course roughly resembling a ‘V’ and will include Syntagma Square and the …
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February 19, 2024
Society, Very Mix
Greek police announced on Monday the traffic restrictions to be implemented when farmers will arrive by tractors and buses in Athens on Tuesday, to demand more measures for the high cost of production. Police representatives said the main concern was to ensure there was no excessive interruption of traffic in …
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November 15, 2023
Uncategorized
Extensive road traffic restrictions will come into effect ahead of the 50th Athens Polytechnic Uprising anniversary, to be commemorated with a mass rally across the city center on Friday, November 17, 2023. Road traffic will gradually be restricted until it is closed off entirely on the day, starting at 06:00 …
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November 10, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Traffic restrictions will be introduced early on Saturday morning and stay in place until late afternoon on Sunday due to the annual Authentic Marathon race and other smaller races over the weekend. Bicycle riders and pedestrians are not allowed on the streets runners will use, and they are also not …
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October 15, 2023
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Traffic restrictions in central Athens, in an area known as the “daktylios” (ring), will resume on Monday, October 16, and will stay in effect until Friday, July 19, 2024, the transport ministry announced on Sunday. From Mondays through Thursdays (7 a.m.-8 p.m.) and on Fridays (7 a.m.-3 p.m.) cars will …
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July 20, 2023
Society, Very Mix
The traffic restrictions in the inner zone of central Athens known as Traffic Ring or “Daktylios” will be suspended for cars as of Friday, 21 July, while measures remain in effect for trucks until the end of the year. This is THE JOKE of the year as everybody driving into …
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June 9, 2023
Society, Very Mix
Road traffic restrictions will be put into effect in central Athens on Sunday, June 11, to facilitate the ‘Run-Bike-Care’ cycling race. From the hours of 07:30 until 10:30 in the morning, segments of major roads will be gradually closed off, including the following avenues: Sygrou, in the direction to Syntagma …
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April 12, 2023
Greece, Politics
Israeli police will curb the number of worshippers in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem for safety reasons during Orthodox Easter ceremonies on Saturday, drawing anger from church leaders who said they would not cooperate. With huge crowds expected in the cramped alleyways of the Old City, …
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March 23, 2023
Society, Very Mix
Traffic restrictions will be implemented in downtown Athens for the military and students’ parades celebrating Greek Independence Day on March 25, the Greek Police said on Wednesday. The schools parade takes place on Friday morning, while the military parade takes place on Saturday. March 24-25, 2023. On Friday, stopping and …
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January 16, 2023
Society, Very Mix
Traffic restrictions are in place between 06:00 and 14:00 on Monday around the Athens Metropolitan Cathedral (‘Mitropoli’) near Syntagma Square because of the funeral of the former king of Greece Constantine, Hellenic Police headquarters said on Sunday. No cars will be allowed on Mitropoleos street, on Eolou str between Adrianou …
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November 14, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Over 5,500 police officers are being deployed across Greek capital Athens for the events of November 17, when Greeks will honor the 49th anniversary Students’ Uprising against the military junta. The 3-day events start on Tuesday at the Athens Polytechnic School in downtown Athens next to the National Museum and …
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October 14, 2022
Very Mix
The municipality of Marathon, North-East Attica, will impose traffic restrictions on Sunday, October 16, 2022, due to the “7th Half Marathon in Marathon Town 2022.” Restrictions will include street shutdowns, while traffic to the center of the city will use Fidippidou and Artemidos streets. More details on the traffic restrictions …
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October 12, 2022
Politics, Turkey-GR
Two amendments introduced by Democratic Senators Bob Menendez and Chris van Hollen restricting the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey have been dropped from the Senate version of the annual US defense spending bill. The Senate formally kicked off debate Tuesday on the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), …
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October 8, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A measure aimed at reducing traffic in downtown Athens, by which cars with license plates ending in an odd number can enter the city center on odd days of the month and those with even numbers on even days, is set come back into effect on Monday, October 10. The …
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August 11, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The supply of the new, updated vaccines against Covid-19 will take place in two phases until the end of the year, Greece’s health minister Thanos Plevris said on Thursday. Initially, the updated vaccines for the Omicron mutation are expected, followed by the even more updated ones for sub-variants 4 and …
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June 16, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
“There will be a new summer wave of coronavirus infections that will not affect us,” Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Thursday, adding, however that “new restrictions will not be will not be necessary.” “We expected this increase and it makes sense given the presence of variants that are more …
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March 1, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Restrictions to prevent Covid-19 transmission will be gradually lifted from mid-March and a ‘normal’ Easter will most likely follow, Greece’s Health Minister Thanos Pleveris said in an interview on Tuesday. He predicted a “normal” spring and summer, however, he warned of the course of the pandemic “next autumn.” In an …
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February 22, 2022
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
European Union member countries agreed Tuesday that they should further facilitate tourist travel into the 27-nation bloc for people who are vaccinated against the coronavirus or have recovered from Covid-19. The European Council is recommending that EU nations next month lift all testing and quarantine requirements for people who received …
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