Greece

An Israeli consortium of the firms SK Group and Plasan intend to acquire 90% of the Hellenic Vehicle Industry (ELVO), which will manufacture tanks for the Greek Army as well as the Greek police. As reported in Auto News, the...

The luxurious vehicles which once belonged to Greece's former royal family are undergoing complete restoration as part of an ambitious Ministry of Culture project to revive the former summer palace in Tatoi, north of Athens. Minister of Culture and Sports,...

Greece's Speaker of the House Constantinos Tasoulas tool some of the latest electric cars available in the country out for a spin on Thursday, ahead of Parliament's decision to replace some of its fleet with eco-friendly vehicles. The underground parking...

The Greek government will provide incentives for people, and companies, to replace their old cars with zero-emission ones starting next year, Deputy Finance Minister Apostolos Vesyropoulos said. "Motorists will be motivated to buy clean and electric cars. We want to...

The President of the Association of Firefighters, Phillipos Panteleakos, has said there are many damaged firefighting vehicles in garages all over the country awaiting maintenance. Their transfer to the garages should have taken place in April but was delayed as...

Greece's city of Trikala continues its tradition of innovation, being the first Greek -- and one of the very few European cities -- to offer electric vehicles to its visitors and residents for public use. Following the introduction of driverless...

The Greek government has updated the rules of driving vintage cars on the roadways as of Friday. The new rules come as a joint decision by the Transport and Economy ministries following reports that drivers were not adhering to the...

Soon, Greek citizens and tourists alike will have the option of catching a ride in a new type of auto rickshaw. Also known as a "tuk-tuk," the small, efficient, electrically-powered vehicles are common sights throughout many Asian countries. The tuk-tuk...

An exposition of light-duty electric vehicles will take place in Trikala, Central Greece, on September 18th as part of the ELVITEN project and the European Mobility Week 2018. After becoming the first European city to have a driverless bus pilot...

New rules say visitors from non-European Union countries are now only allowed to rent a vehicle in Greece if they have an International Driving Permit. Would-be drivers must also produce a license issued by their home country, according to the...

The state's confusing messaging on whether or not owners of uninsured vehicles will have to pay the 250 euro stamp duty became even more confusing as leaks from the Finance Ministry on Monday stated that the stamp duty would...

If you received an electronic message via Taxisnet from the Independent Authority for Public Revenue asking to pay a stamp duty of 250 euros as dictated by law, you are among over 1 million who are being asked to pay...

The economic crisis in Greece has forced public organizations to keep in use vehicles that should have been scrapped years ago, according to a Kathimerini newspaper report. Most ambulances of the National Health System are hardly operational, drivers and paramedics...

According to the BBC, the mayors of Athens, Mexico City, Madrid and Paris made a pledge to ban diesel vehicles by 2025. The news source reported that the agreement between the mayors took place on Friday at the C40 Mayors Summit...

The Parliament plenum on Thursday passed an amendment submitted by Infrastructure, Greek Transport and Networks Minister Christos Spirtzis that will ban heavy vehicles of over 3.5 tons from using toll-free service roads running parallel to highways, instead of Greece's...