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1. Greece’s new Traffic Code brings significant changes & heavy fines (Full Details)

   The new Traffic Code comes into force in Greece today, September 13, 2025 and brings significant changes aimed at reducing road accidents in Greece, as well as steep fines. The most fundamental change brought about by the new Traffic Code is the introduction of the concept of recidivism. For the first time, penalties for frequent […]

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2. Greece’s Civil Servants to launch a 24h nationwide strike

   The Federation of Greece’s Civil Servants unions ADEDY will launch a 24-hour nationwide strike on 1 October 2025. The main demands of ADEDY are: Restoration of the 13th and 14th salaries, along with pay increases Collective agreements in the public sector Abolition of the new disciplinary law Withdrawal of the 13-hour bill and the establishment […]

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3. Hellenic Train: Athens-Thessaloniki route changes as of Sept 15

   Changes to the Athens-Thessaloniki-Athens route, as well as to certain local routes on the network, will take effect on Monday, September 15, due to railway infrastructure upgrade works being carried out by the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE). The works aim to improve damages caused by the Storm Daniel that hit Thessaly in September 2023. According […]

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4. Car bursts into flames after wrong-way driver collides with heavy vehicle

   A motorist driving against the traffic flow on Corinth-Patras new national road collided head-on with another vehicle. The wrong-way driver was charred on the spot. One passenger of the vehicle died, another is hospitalized, seriously injured. It was around 8 o’ clock on Thursday evening when the car of a 70-year-old local woman collided with […]

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5. One arrest after minister files for threats he received on social media

   A 52-year-old man has been arrested in central Macedonia, after Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis filed a criminal complaint at the Cyber Crime Unit of Greek Police for threats and insults he received on social media. It was the minister who made the incident and the arrest public on Friday morning, saying that the man was […]

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