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Transport Ministry Mandates Stricter Driving Tests

The Transport Ministry is devising new measures to crack down on widespread corruption in driving tests which  include a random selection of driving test examiners and the use of video monitoring. Examiners routinely accept money from driving school instructors...

Infrastructures, Transport & Networks Ministry Plans Deregulation of Taxi Market

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...

Greek Ministry of Interior, Attica Officials Authorize Help for Fire Victims

Five different financial resources will be granted to the fire victims of the Varympompi area after forest fires laid waste to their homes.

Greek Environmental and Energy Ministry Buys Electric Cars and Bicycles for Staff

Greece's Environment and Energy Ministry received the first electric cars and bicycles that will be used exclusively by the ministry's staff on Friday. Environment and Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis stated "We have an ambitious green agenda and we must prove...

Cyprus Transports Stranded, Fatigued Pelicans to Greece by Airplane

An extraordinary and beautiful story of humans helping animals took place recently in the air between Cyprus and Greece. Two young rosy pelicans which had failed to complete their migration and became "stranded" on the island nation of Cyprus were...

General Strike on Wednesday to Bring Greek Public Transport to a Halt

Greek unions have called for a 24-hour strike on Wednesday in protest at the government’s new labor laws that are included in an omnibus bill tabled by the Development and Investment Ministry. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ government plans to change...

Greek Government Announces Measures to Improve Samothrace Transport

The Greek government announced five measures on Monday afternoon which it hopes will address the problem of transportation between the island of Samothrace and the port of Alexandroupolis on the Greek mainland. The government announced steps to deal with the issue following...

Greek Anarchist Group Attacks Ministry (video)

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...

Athenians Suffer Long Lines for New Electronic Public Transport Tickets

Tens of thousands of Athenians wait in long lineups every day to get the new personalized electronic pass cards for the public transport system, or in other words, to pay their toll to the Greek Bureaucracy Beast (GBB). In order...

Greek Transport Minister Slams German Company for Poor Running of Regional Airports

Greece's Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Christos Spirtzis on Tuesday launched an attack against German company Fraport for not sufficiently running the 14 regional airports that were privatized last year. Speaking on the radio station of the Athens Macedonia News...

Union of Bulgarian Transport Workers to Protest at Kulata Border Checkpoint with Greece on May 29

The Union of Bulgarian Transport Workers says that it is going ahead with a protest at the Kulata border checkpoint with Greece on May 29, contradicting a statement by Bulgaria's Interior Ministry that the protest had been called off. The...

Cyprus Foreign Ministry Urges Turkish Government to Cooperate Concerning Missing Persons Issue

The Cyprus Foreign Ministry is urging the Turkish government to cooperate for the resolution of the missing persons issue, including granting the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) all information and data that from the Turkish military archives. Turkish-Cypriot “Afrika” reported...

'No' to Privatisation of Urban Transport, Says Transport Min Spirtzis

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...

Greek Ship Transporting Refugees to Dock at Piraeus Port After Route Changes Once Again

Passenger ship "Eleftherios Venizelos," which departed with 1,700 Syrian refugees from the Greek island of Kos on Wednesday morning, changed its final destination yet again. According to information provided by the Greek Coast Guard on Wednesday evening, the ship will eventually dock at...

Greek Finance Ministry Explains New Public Asset Fund

In order to secure a bailout deal with international creditors, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had agreed to establish a fund that would monetize 50 billion euros of Greek public assets through privatizations and other means. The fund's headquarters will...