A post regarding the farmers’ mobilizations was published by the president of the Hellenic Hoteliers Federation Giannis Hatzis, calling for normal traffic to resume on the road network.
Public transport services across the greater Athens area will operate on a reduced, Sunday and public-holiday schedule on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, with less frequent services on all bus routes and rail lines.
Rainy weather is forecast for the Christmas holidays in Greece, with conditions deteriorating from Tuesday night. Heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected initially in western regions, particularly the Ionian Islands.
A 35-year-old man believed to be a member of a major crime group allegedly led by an ethnic Greek from the former Soviet Union known by the nickname “Entik” was arrested on Tuesday in Kalyvia, a settlement in East Attica.
A maintenance worker was seriously injured on Tuesday in an elevator accident at a supermarket in Ilisia, central Athens, authorities said.
The grandfather of a three-year-old boy who recently died of starvation in Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, is expected to be discharged from the city hospital on Tuesday.
Police arrested a 33-year-old woman and two men aged 34 and 70 on Monday on the island of Kalymnos on charges of illegally supplying, transporting and possessing explosives.
Greek tourism’s dynamic growth trajectory continues, as the year is expected to close with record arrivals and receipts exceeding €23 billion euros.
All three auctions for booking capacity for natural gas supply in January along the Vertical Corridor held on Monday did not draw any interest from companies, revealing the challenges that the project is facing to become commercially viable.
A total of 450,233 animals have been killed as part of government measures to control sheep and goat pox, according to data from the Rural Development Ministry’s National Scientific Committee for the Management and Control of Sheep and Goat Pox.