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Oct 25, 2024 · Hotel and accommodation owners had complained to media on Thursday of quite some cancellations of bookings. The strike started on Monday, October 22, and was scheduled to end in the early morning hours of Saturday morning, October 26, 2024.. In a statement the PNO reportedly said that they end their strike as of 2 p.m. on Friday after Maritime Minister Christos Stylianidis committed himself to ...

Dec 2, 2024 · This chilling message brought back painful memories from the tragedy that cost the lives of 57 people in February 2023, an eyewitness and passenger wrote in a report to documentonews.gr.. Passenger were waiting for two hours for authorities to decide what will happen, whether the Hellenic Train will either get permission or a ban on the rout to Athens.g for either permission from the Greek ...

Oct 2, 2024 · In all developed countries there has been a sustained transfer of wealth from the middle classes to the wealthiest in society since 1971. As the middle classes get increasingly empoverished they reduce the number of children they have.

Dec 2, 2024 · The “green” electricity tariffs for December 2024 range from 15.5 cents per kilowatt-hour to over 20 cents, according to the Regulatory Authority’s website where the new prices were posted on Monday.

Oct 24, 2024 · Clocks in Greece will be set back an hour on Sunday as daylight saving time ends, following European Union directives. Early on Sunday, 27. October 2024, clocks will be reset from 04:00 to 03:00.

Oct 31, 2024 · Kantanos is one of the first villages leveled by the German soldiers in World War II. They burned houses, killed residents. A day earlier they had already wreaked havoc on Kontomari and Alikianos, followed by Viannos and other villages.

3 days ago · Greek authorities have called on residents and visitors of the islands of Santorini and Amorgos to stay alerted due to increased seismic activity in the area. Seismologists and citizens are concerned. Over 250 earthquakes have occurred in the area between Amorgos and Santorini since January 24 ...

Jan 29, 2025 · The Greek government has been forced to modify its narrative after the spontaneous mass protests over the Tempi train disaster in over 100 cities across Greece and 13 cities abroad on Sunday as well as the strong suspicion that the freighter train was illegally transporting flammable substances causing an explosion responsible for the death of at least 30 out of 57 in total people.

Oct 10, 2024 · Several regional airports in Greece will shut down briefly and gradually between November 2024 and February 2025 for runway upgrades, the managing company Fraport Greece announced on Wednesday.