January 16, 2025
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Traffic restrictions will be implemented on Panepistimiou Avenue, a major thoroughfare in downtown Athens Athens, starting Saturday and lasting for one month to accommodate roadwork, Greek police has announced. The restrictions, in effect from January 18 to February 18, 2025, will periodically block a 30-meter section of the road’s right-hand …
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January 16, 2025
Economy, FEATURED
More than 36 million passengers were handled in 2024 at the 14 regional airports managed by Fraport Greece, the company announced on Thursday. According to a Fraport Greece statement, passenger traffic increased by 6.4% compared to 2023, handling around 2.1 million more passengers. The number of domestic flights increased by …
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November 28, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The government unveiled on Thursday a new plan to install 1,388 advanced traffic cameras nationwide to improve road safety and enforce traffic laws more effectively. The initiative seeks to reduce the number of accidents, particularly in urban areas where traffic fatalities have risen despite improvements in highway safety. The traffic, …
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November 22, 2024
Economy, FEATURED
Passenger traffic in Greek airports are heading for a new record, with the numbers in the first ten months of the year already surpassing the annual total for 2023, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) chief Giorgos Saounatsos has said. Passenger traffic totaled 72.8 million from January to October, an 8.9% increase …
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November 7, 2024
FEATURED, Very Mix
Traffic restrictions and changes in the public transport routes are in effect in downtown Athens as early as Thursday morning, November 7, due to the 41st Authentic Marathon race and other smaller races over the weekend, November 9-10, 2024. On Saturday, two consecutive 5km races will start at Amalias Ave …
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September 16, 2024
Economy, FEATURED
Passenger traffic at the 24 airports managed by Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) increased 5.4% according to provisional figures for January-August 2024 released on Monday. In total, there were 8,184,830 passenger arrivals and departures on both foreign and domestic flights, up from 7,762,918 during the same period in 2023. The …
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June 5, 2024
Economy
Athens International Airport recorded an increase of 18.5% in passengers traffic in in May 2024 compared to the same month last year. Traffic in the Athens International Airport reached 3.01 million passengers in May 2024, up 18.5% compared to May 2023. Both domestic and international passenger traffic exceeded last year’s …
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April 26, 2024
Society, Very Mix
A court in Athens found the police officer involved in a traffic accident that cost the life of 23-year-old student Iasonas Lalaounis guilty and sentenced him to a 3 years imprisonment suspended sentence. The trial of the driver, a police officer, where the young motorcyclist was killed started yesterday, Thursday, …
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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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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 21, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
They came to Athens on Tuesday, they honked in front of the Parliament and left at noon on Wednesday. At least 6,600 farmers with over 160 tractors and agricultural machinery as well as 112 buses gathered at Syntagma Square demanding from the government to meet their demands for lower production …
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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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February 1, 2024
Economy
The handling of containers in Piraeus appears to have dropped by approximately 30% compared to last year, due to the ongoing crisis in the Red Sea, which has forced a very large part of the commercial ships to sail around Africa. Greek transporters and importers are increasingly expressing concerns about …
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January 3, 2024
Society, Very Mix
A bus carrying tourists, including eight Greeks, collided with a truck and went off the road on Tuesday in Bulgaria. A total of 10 people were transferred to the hospital, including eight Greeks and two Romanians. Ten people were slightly injured in the accident, Bulgarian news agency BTA reported. The …
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November 23, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
In the first ten months of 2023, Greece’s 14 regional airports served 32.3 million passengers, up 8.4% compared to 2022 and 12% up compared to 2019, managing company Fraport said on Tuesday. The data was presented by George Vilos, Fraport Greece’s Executive Director for Commercial & Business Development, at a …
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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 25, 2023
Society, Very Mix
Part of Poseidonos Avenue in Glyfada suburb in southern Athens will be closed to traffic on Thursday, October 26, after a World War II bomb was found. The bomb was found during construction works at the old Athens airport. A controlled explosion is planned to neutralize the ammunition. Part of …
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October 16, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Greece’s Traffic Police was finally ordered to conduct intensive road safety checks and limit the anarchy on the streets of the country. Within just two weeks, over 250,000 control checks were carried out recording thousands of dangerous violations. Excessive speed, dangerous maneuvers, use of mobile phone while driving and red …
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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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