traffic

The number of road traffic deaths in Greece has plummeted during the years of the economic crisis, according to figures presented on Tuesday at the Institute of Public Health of the American College of Athens (IPHACA). The data show that...

The daily commute for thousands of Athenians was disrupted on Wednesday morning due to a 24-hour nationwide general strike. The labor action was called by the General Confederation of Employees of Greece (GSEE), Greece's largest union for private-sector workers. Metro,...

The island of Mykonos is collaborating with the Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas (CERTH) on plans to relieve congestion on the popular island, where tens of thousands of tourists converge in the summer months. CERTH’s director Evangelos Bekiaris said that...

With the approach of the Aug. 15 holiday, the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, the last wave of Athenians left the capital city for their summer vacations on Tuesday, putting the coast guard and traffic police on standby. The highways...

The Athens Metro came to a standstill on Thursday when workers in the Greek capital began a 24-hour strike to oppose the planned privatisation of the rail operator. The strike disrupted the daily commute for thousands of Athenians and caused...

International passenger traffic in the 14 regional airports managed by a Fraport-led consortium posted a 14.1% jump in the first seven months of the year compared with the same period of 2016, the company said on Wednesday. According to the...

Traffic police on Thursday announced special traffic measures in the center of Athens on Friday and Saturday, due to the school and military parades taking place in Greece's capital to mark the March 25 Independence Day anniversary. Cars will be...

Roads will close and traffic will be diverted in Athens and Piraeus on October 28, to make way for the parades commemorating the national Oxi Day, Attica police said. In Athens, traffic will stop from 9 a.m. until the end...

  Tourists to Thessaloniki watched dumbfounded as the driver of their sightseeing bus got off the bus and onto the street for a fist-fight with two other motorists after a red mini cooper blocked Ermou Street for about quarter of...

Greek statistics for road accidents rose by 12.3 percent in April compared to the previous year, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority of Greece (ELSTAT). The data included road accidents that caused death or injury. The number of accidents...