Transport and Networks
Greece
New Iraklio Airport Aims to Open 2018 With Low Fees
The new airport at Kastelli in Iraklio, Crete is expected to start operating within four years and to avoid high charges, Greek media reported Monday.
The Kastelli Airport will replace the existing one, whose only runway points in the wrong...
Diaspora
Toll Increase of up to 60% in Greece
The route from Athens to Thessaloniki is going to cost more than 56 euros.
New toll increases are coming in 2014, with the new tariffs to be applied in all motorways. It is indicative that the tolls on the route...
Greece
Athens: Construction of Mosque Finally Begins
After thirteen years of delay, the Greek government announced on Thursday, that the construction of the first mosque in Athens will finally begin.
According to the The Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks, a Greek consortium has been chosen. The five previous attempts of...
Greece
Ellinikon International Airport Officially Abolished
The Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks with a decision that was published in the Government Gazette (the official journal of the Government of Greece) and at diavgeia.gov.gr (a site that contains every government decision) put an end to...
Greece
Greece OK's $1.25M For Mosque
The Greek government has given the go-ahead to release 964,000 euros ($1.25 million) for the first official state-sponsored and funded mosque in the country, the alteration of an old building in an Athens neighborhood that has drawn fire from...