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Athens Christmas Tree 2025 has been illuminated
Hundreds of Athenians and visitors flocked to Syntagma square in downtown Athens on Thursday evening to attend the ceremony where the Mayor of the Greek capital traditionally turns the lights on of the Christmas Tree. Despite the rain the crowd watched the ceremony with open umbrellas and enjoyed the music program that followed. The Athens […]
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Storm Adel floods Athens with just 40mm of rain (videos)
Storm Adel: Huge amounts of rainwater accompanied by furiously falling hail balls hit the Greek capital Athens in the early morning hours of Friday flooding main roads and creating chaos in short time. Ισχυρή ⛈️ χαλαζόπτωση Και στην περιοχή της Βάρκιζας Βίντεο : Stamatis Pouloglou pic.twitter.com/N6BJwBp92J — Forecast Weather Greece (@ForecastGreece) November 28, 2025 Mostly […]
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Athens Metro Lines & the Tram on Work Stoppage, Nov 29
Workers in Athens Urban Rail Transport -Metro Lines 1, 2 & 3 and the Tram – will hold a work stoppage on Saturday, November 29, in order to bid a final farewell to their colleague, Nikos Vardas, who died while on duty at the Line 1 maintenance base in Piraeus on Wednesday. The work stoppage […]
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14 defendants in OPEKEPE scandal get …suspended sentences
A Greek misdemeanors court on Wednesday convicted all 14 defendants in a case involving fraudulent EU agricultural subsidies issued by the country’s payments agency OPEKEPE, judicial officials said. The Single-Member Misdemeanours Court handed down suspended prison sentences ranging from 10 to 18 months. Only one defendant was granted a mitigating circumstance for “sincere remorse,” the […]
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Emergency Work Stoppage at Athens Metro & Tram after fatal labor accident
Workers at Athens Metro, urban train ISAP and the Tram launched an emergency work stoppage on Wednesday, to protest the killing of a 50-year-old colleague in a labor accident earlier in the morning. The victim, a STASY employee and foreman, was killed when he was crushed by reportedly 200-kilo heavy machinery and despite the rapid […]
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