Greece

A group of anarchists belonging to the group Rouvikonas attacked the building of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks in downtown Athens on Friday night. The group threw paint at the building, before they disappeared. No arrests were made. In a...

In an interview with ANA-MPA, Infrastructures, Greek Transport and Networks Minister; Christos Spirtzis spoke about three draft bills for public works and public contracts. Spirtzis said he is firmly against the privatisation of public transport. "This will not happen" he noted adding that...

The left-led SYRIZA government is rushing through a new wave of austerity measures ahead of a crunch Eurogroup meeting of eurozone creditors in Brussels on Monday. Thousands of Greek protestors took to the streets ahead of a vote in...

The Greek Public Order and Citizen Protection Ministry traffic police department sent a document to Parliament, which states  that thousands of vehicles have no  insurance and haven't passed technical tests for roadworthiness (KTEO). In a document signed by the former...

The Infrastructures, Transport and Networks Ministry is proceeding with the deregulation of the public passenger vehicles (taxis) sector, continuing the task of general structural changes being promoted by the government. Minister Dimitris Reppas said Thursday the changes being promoted, aim...

A sweeping reshuffle of the government was announced after midnight on Monday.  This occured less than a year after the elections that brought  ruling socialist PASOK party in power last October. Government spokesman George Petalotis who will remain in his position,...

Striking truck owners and Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Minister Dimitris Reppas were in talks for some four hours on Thursday in a last-ditch effort to reach a compromise that would defuse the tension and peacefully end a strike...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is preparing a substantial structural overhaul of his cabinet that includes the establishment of new ministries and renaming of others, with his decisions having been approved already by the Council of State. It is uncertain...

The decision for the establishment of Greece’s first hydroplane airport was signed on Monday, December 22, by the Minister of Mercantile Marine and Aegean, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, and the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, Transportation and Networks, Michalis Papadopoulos. The hydroplane airport will be built in...

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...

Greek production and exports are the antidote to the ongoing economic recession. The fourth generation of the car manufacturer company, Namco, is prepared under secrecy to start functioning once again, something that will result in the creation of new...

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...

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...

Thirty-five special guards are going to be on Greek trains as ordered by the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks after a series of negative events on many routes. Incidents caused by marginal elements, threats by fare evaders and what...

An amount of 54,251 euros is going to be offered for the instrumentation procurement and installation of an active system for monitoring volcanic activity that will sense ground motion and store the resulting signals in a local data acquisition...