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Trade Unions in Greece Strike Against New Labor Bill

Trade unions in Greece have called for a 24-hour general strike on Thursday against a new labor bill currently being discussed in Parliament. The strike is supported by major unions, including PAME, Civil Servants’ Confederation (ADEDY), Federation of Secondary State...

Strike Halts All Public Transportation in Athens

A 24-hour strike will halt all public transportation in Athens on Wednesday as workers’ unions will participate in the industrial action called for by the Athens Labor Centre (ΕΚΑ). Facilities affected will include the: Athens Metro, Athens Green Line Train...

Public Sector Strike Slows Down Greece Amidst Lockdown

Metro services in Athens will be affected on Thursday, due to the participation of workers in the 24-hour strike, which has been announced by trade unions. ADEDY, the public service union, is also carrying out a nationwide strike, demanding, among...

Face-Masked Greeks Take First Steps After Coronavirus Quarantine

Greece partially opened up on Monday with the opening of small retail stores and hairdressers and the free movement of people within the prefecture of their permanent residence. Greeks took the first tentative steps back to normal life after more...

Three New Athens Metro Stations to Open in June

Three new stations of Athens' Metro Line Three are due to open in June, according to information an Attiko Metro operator shared with the state-run AMNA news agency on Thursday. The stations are Agios Nikolaos, which is in Nikea, and Agia...

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...