Arta

The Greek Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Christos Spirtzis announced today, February 2 that it is technically feasible to restore the historic bridge in Plaka, Arta which collapsed on Sunday due to bad weather conditions. Spirtzis immediately traveled to...

The incessant rain fall in all four prefectures of Epirus has created serious damages and problems to infrastructure, crops and flooding in basements, shops and farms. The historic bridge of Plaka collapsed due to heavy rains that hit the area...

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck Western Greece early Saturday, the country's earthquake observatory said, with no reports of victims or major damage. The tremor struck at 3:16 am (0016 GMT), with its epicentre 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the western town...

A serious road accident occurred on Thursday afternoon in the national road outside the city of Arta, central Greece. According to preliminary information, a commuter bus crashed with a passenger car when the car driver lost control of the vehicle. Ambulances...

The court of Arta, Greece imposed a two-year suspended sentence on a teacher that apparently made his students slap their 8-year-old classmate. This unprecedented incident created a hurricane of reactions from the local community as well as all of Greece....

A 50-year-old teacher is detained in the Police Department of Arta, central Greece, following a complaint made ​​by the mother of an 8-year-old student. The mother reported that the teacher urged her son's classmates to slap him, as a...

An incident occurred earlier today at the vocational lyceum (EPAL) school in the city of Arta in Epirus, Greece, when local authorities were alerted to the presence of an unknown airborne chemical substance. Three teachers from the school were hospitalized with breathing...

In the midst of the summer season in Greece, the Financial and Economic Crime Unit (S.D.O.E) conducted extensive spot checks all around the country. In four cases, the auditors discovered serious discrepancies and  shut down four businesses. In particular, during...

BBC's Mark Lowen roams throughout Greece sending reports from the ground to describe the actual situation of the country affected by crisis.  His latest report titled "Greece sees exodus from city to country life'" is from Pahikalamos village in...

Spyros Kostadimas was elected President of the Pan Epirotic Federation of Europe by the members of the Federation, who recompensed his long lasting contribution to the Pan Epirotic issues. The Federation meeting took place in Frankfurt, Germany and included representatives...