The tax authorities are increasing the pressure on state debtors through the creation of two new Centers for Certification and Collection of Debts (KEBEIS) in Athens and Thessaloniki as it accelerates the procedures for debt certification and collection.
The Greek government was supposed to install a safety system nearly three years ago that was designed to prevent the kind of head-on train collision that resulted this week in the worst railway disaster in the nation’s history.
The sole survivor on the first carriage of the passenger train involved in Tuesday’s deadly train collision in central Greece remains hospitalized in critical condition, reports said Friday.
Anger and sorrow grew in Greece on Thursday over a devastating train crash that killed dozens of passengers along with crew members near the central city of Larissa in the country’s worst rail disaster.
The official confirmed death toll of the Tempe rail crash rose to 57 late on Thursday night, with 56 passengers still missing according to the latest release by the Hellenic Fire Service.
Greece’s annual European Union-harmonized inflation rate fell to 6.5% in February from 7.3% in January, Eurostat said in its flash estimate on inflation trends on Thursday.
Family members awaited the results of DNA testing to identify victims of a train crash that killed nearly 60 people in Greece, as workers went on strike Thursday saying the rail system is outdated, underfunded and dangerous.
After Elon Musk bought Twitter last year and eliminated thousands of its employees, many users were so alarmed by the cuts that #RIPTwitter and #GoodbyeTwitter began trending.
According to the Cyprus Boat Owners Association, a protest event will be held in Larnaca on Sunday between 10.30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in response to the increases in boat mooring fees spearheaded by Kition Ocean Marina with the encouragement of the Ministry of Transport.
The Larissa station master knew about the track a freight train was on 17 minutes before it crashed head-on with a passenger train on Tuesday night, Greek TV station Star reports.