Power grid operator HEDNO said on Monday that there have been electricity cuts in a number of areas in Attica, including Rafina, Neos Voutzas, Mati and Nea Makri as well as in and Athens in Kifissia, Iraklio and Psychiko and Grammatiko, Dionysos, Marathonas, Kato Souli, Nea Filadelfia, Vrilissia and Halandri.
Police urged drivers on Monday to use snow chains when driving in central Athens due to the heavy snowfall.
Athinon Avenue suffered major losses on Monday, with the picture on the stock board matching the terrible weather outside.
The government is expected to declare Tuesday a public holiday, in the public and private sector, it was reported on Monday, after a blanket of heavy snow immobilized much on the country.
Financial prosecutors have shelved an investigation into two leading New Democracy politicians, Adonis Georgiadis and Dimitris Avramopoulos, after finding no evidence of any criminal activity in an alleged drug bribery case involving Swiss drugmaker Novartis.
The Head of the Athens Prosecutor’s Office Sotiria Papageorgakopoulou has ordered an investigation on Monday into the failures of the Attiki Odos ring road to maintain normal traffic conditions to establish whether any charges of hindering traffic can be levelled at the managing company.
Greek tourism has proved that it is strong and constitutes the locomotive of the Greek economy, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said on Sunday in an interview with newspaper Rhodes Dimokratiki.
Cyprus’ president has scrapped plans to grant free-of-charge, around-the-clock use of state-financed luxury vehicles to top civil servants amid a public outcry over a perceived waste of taxpayers’ money, a government spokesman said Monday.
The fifth session of the Greek-Turkish Joint Economic Committee concluded in Athens on Monday with the signing of a protocol by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Economic Diplomacy and Openness Kostas Fragogiannis and Turkish Deputy Minister of Trade Mustafa Tuzcu.
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation is launching a five-year program aimed at bolstering mental health services for children in different parts of the country.