Transport Ministry
Bus, metro service frequency increasing as on Monday
As more businesses and public offices open their doors to the public on Monday following a government decision to further lift lockdown measures, public transportation services are also expected to pick up after seeing passenger numbers nosedive since the start of the coronavirus crisis.
Safe distancing at driving school
The Transport Ministry has announced protective measures that must be adopted by driving schools in light of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Turkey opens new city hospital in Istanbul amid pandemic
Turkey has demonstrated "its power of standing on its own feet" at a time when international organizations have "lost their sense" over the novel coronavirus pandemic, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on April 20.
Stricter fines mulled for traffic violations
The Transport Ministry is reportedly re-examining the size of fines for specific violations of the highway code and the way they are collected.
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First ATR 72-600 aircraft enters TAROM fleet
TAROM national airlines received the first aircraft from the series of nine ATR 72-600 airplanes, currently being the only airline in Romania which included in its fleet this type of aircraft, with this configuration, a release sent to AGERPRES on Wednesday informs.
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Tender for Kanal Istanbul expected this year: Minister
The zoning plan for Kanal Istanbul has been approved, paving the way for the construction of the artificial seaway, Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Cahit Turhan has said.
"We have arrived at the stage of holding a tender for Kanal Istanbul. We will launch the tender for the project, and construction work will start this year," Turhan told a press conference in Ankara.
A poster on the metro
"The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously," the American politician Hubert H. Humphrey said. Neither does it oblige one to offer a platform to the speaker in question, one might add.
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Anti-abortion posters taken down from Athens metro
Anti-abortion posters were taken down from metro stations in Athens Monday after an intervention by the Transport Ministry which deemed them an affront to women's rights.
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Athens-Thessaloniki by rail in three hours by 2021
The new management of the Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) is working toward reducing the four-hour train journey from Athens to Thessaloniki to three hours by 2021, in cooperation with the Transport Ministry.
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Hasty move
If there's one thing that Greece's new conservative government has managed to prove since its rise to power, it is that it has the ability to work at full speed.
However, moving at a quick pace can in some cases lead to hasty decisions and solutions that have not been discussed in depth, even if the intentions are well-meaning.
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