April 15, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Public and train transport and maritime traffic in Greece will paralyze on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, after several unions declared to join the 24-hour strike organized by the Confederation of Private Sector Workers (GSEE). The strike is expected to impact public transport services on land and the sea across the …
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January 4, 2024
FEATURED, Social, Society
Instead of banning public transport means when they have no infrastructure for people with disabilities, Greece’s Transport Ministry allows drivers of public transport means to refuse boarding of disabled people on public transport if the infrastructure is not suitable. In the event that the transport infrastructure does not comply with …
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October 3, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis,told his European Union colleagues that Greece is ready to transport Ukrainian grain via the ports in the North. At the EU Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Kyiv, Gerapetriris referred to the “immense” repercussions of the collapse of an agreement with Russia for the safe export of Ukrainian …
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March 1, 2023
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis submitted his resignation on Wednesday afternoon, 17 hours after the deadly train tragedy in Tempi. His resignation comes following public fury and immense pressure on social media and thus as elections near. Karamanlis submitted his resignation after he returned from a visit to …
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September 20, 2022
Society, Strikes
Workers’ unions at all public transport means in Athens will launch a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, following a call by the Athens Labor Center. Buses and Trolley Buses, Metro, Tram and urban train ISAP will remain in the depots, forcing Athenians to seek alternative ways to reach …
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May 31, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
After almost two years, masks will no longer be mandatory indoors in Greece from Wednesday, 1. June 2022. Exceptions for health facilities and public transport means. According to the government, the lifting of the mask measure refers to the fine of 300 euros and its suspension will be valid until …
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April 5, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Strikes
Public transport, sea and air traffic will be heavily disrupted or just paralyzed on Wednesday, 6. April 2022, as several transport workers unions have declared to participate in the 24-hour general strike. For 24 hours, ferries will remain docked at the ports and airplanes will be grounded at the airports, …
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June 9, 2021
Society, Strikes
The general 24-hour strike launched by public and private sector umbrella unions ADEDY and GSEE is expected to paralyze Greece on June 10, 2021. The strike will cause disturbances to transport of people and goods. Ferries and ships will be docked at the ports and trains of Trainose and Proastiakos …
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February 16, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, weather
Thousands of households in dozens of suburbs in Athens are without electricity for over 14 hours, some even without water. Public transport in Greek capital collapsed due to snowfall that is claimed to be the “heaviest in the last 15 years.” Covid-19 vaccinations have been suspended. Supermarkets will close at …
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December 26, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Tce, riot police and anti-terror squads in an operations carried out “in strict secrecy,” as media claimed. Secrecy? HA! Each step of the vaccines transfer, delivery and storage was closely monitored by the Civil Protection as well as dozens of cameramen and photo-reporters who were invited to cover the – …
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October 2, 2019
Strikes
Workers at Athens Metro Lines 1, 2 and 3, and at the Tram have announced to launch work stoppages on Thursday, October 3, 2019. Train and Proastiakos workers have declared a 24-hour strike on the same day. Affected by the work stoppage are Metro Lines 2 and 3, Urban train …
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October 23, 2018
Social
This is not a picture shot in some remote area in undeveloped world. This picture has been shot in Greece on 18. October 2018. Fifteen children are been transported on an open farmer’s truck. This is the only way for the elementary pupils to reach their school in Chrysopigi, 6 …
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June 3, 2018
animals
A video posted on social media has triggered a storm of outrage about the cruelty donkeys and mules on the island of Santorini have been exposed to. The video shows a donkey overloaded with black garbage bags. The load is so heavy that the poor animal can hardly walk, it …
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March 20, 2018
animals
Yannoula is a special needs young sheep walking with the help of a wheelchair. She desperately needs transport to her new forever home in a UK sanctuary. Ever since she was found as a tiny little lamb she has been living in an apartment in Irakleio, Crete. She was a …
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February 2, 2018
Very Mix
Police will closed three metro stations in downtown Athens on Sunday, February 4th 2018, for security reasons due to the Macedonia protest rally. Metro stations <Syntagma>, <Panepistimio> and <Omonoia> will be closed as of 10 a.m. Sunday. Metro trains will pass through but will not halt. They will open again …
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January 6, 2018
Greece, Politics
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pledged to support financially the transport between the islands with the mainland. He said he will subsidize ferry tickets for islanders and the extra cost of transporting goods to and from the islands. Our goal is that this measure to not apply only to the Dodecanese …
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August 11, 2017
Very Mix
An unbelievably tragicomic incident although it is in fact just tragic. A woman was drowned in Glyfada area on the island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea. Neither the Port authorities nor the police not even the ambulance appeared at the scene and let the corpse floating in the sea …
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June 8, 2017
Strikes
Workers at buses and trolley buses in Athens will launch a six-hour work stoppage on Tuesday, June 13 2017. Reason for the work stoppage are the general assemblies of the two workers’ unions. No bus, no trolley bus from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 13 2017.
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April 5, 2017
Society, Very Mix
Motorists will be surprised to see a war plane on the Athens-Lamia highway on Wednesday, April 5th 2017. According to a statement issued by Greek Traffic police, motorists on the highway lane to Athens are requested to drive at a speed no higher than 50 km per hour and thus …
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February 12, 2017
Politics, Refugees, Society
Greek soldiers safely defused a 250-kilo bomb from the World War II found under a petrol station in Thessaloniki. Prior to the bomb neutralization operation, more than 72,000 people, including refugees and migrants form a hot spot nearby, were evacuated. “End good, all good!” Sunday afternoon, Regional Governor Apostolos Tzitzikostas …
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