The Athens metro, buses and trolleybuses will operate from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on May Day, due to the decision of transport workers to participate in a strike, unions have said.
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Aegean Airlines’ investment in Spanish Volotea eight months ago essentially marked its first investment step at a European level.
Long delays have been reported on a central thoroughfare heading into Athens after a truck carrying vegetables overturned.
The government unveiled reforms on Monday aimed at enhancing railway safety and increasing the flexibility of the state-run Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE), following the deadly 2023 Tempe disaster.
In the first quarter of 2025, Greek airline SKY Express recorded strong growth in all key indicators. In particular, it recorded a 10% increase in passenger traffic and 8.5% growth in revenue compared to the same period in 2024.
A bus driver for KTEL Thessaloniki was violently assaulted Monday afternoon by a high school student in the Lagadas area, local media reported.
Greece will launch a new digital platform to allow citizens to track train locations in real time, Deputy Transport Minister Konstantinos Kyranakis announced Monday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined key provisions of an upcoming bill on the safety and modernization of Greece’s railway network during a Cabinet meeting on Monday. He emphasized that the goal is to restore public trust in the network, which has been severely undermined by the 2023 Tempe train collision, the deadliest in Greek history.
The deadly Tempe train collision is back on the political agenda this week, as a new judicial file concerning the potential liability of former Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis is set to be sent to Parliament.
Gale-force winds have disrupted ferry services in the Aegean Sea.
Greek maritime workers will launch a 24-hour nationwide strike on Thursday to mark May Day and protest ongoing labor rights violations, their union announced. The strike, which covers all categories of ships, will begin at 12.01 a.m. Thursday and end at midnight.
The government will present, on Monday, a draft bill to the Cabinet that will introduce a comprehensive set of measures aimed at upgrading rail safety, strengthening control mechanisms, and establishing uniform supervision across the entire national rail network.
A 55-year-old taxi driver was arrested in central Athens by police for forgery and driving without a valid license.
Traffic on the Athens-Corinth highway eased Friday afternoon after heavy congestion earlier in the day due to the Easter holiday exodus.
Public transportation in Athens will operate on modified schedules from Good Friday through Easter Wednesday.
A 20-year-old man was arrested late Wednesday for driving 200 kilometers per hour on the Ymittos Ring Road near the northeastern Attica neighborhood of Pallini, police said.
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