Geography of Greece
Artemissio Tunnel on Corinth-Tripoli highway to close on Tuesday
Authorities will conduct an emergency response drill at the Artemisio Tunnel, on the section of the national highway between Corinth and Tripoli in the Peloponnese, between 9 p.m. on Tuesday and 6 a.m. on Wednesday.
During those hours, both lanes between the Sterna and Tripoli-Voreia intersections will remain closed.
Thessaloniki Port expects 2014 to be record year
Thessaloniki Port Authority (OLTH) expects 2014 to be the best year for the countrys second port since OLTH was founded.
It estimates that some 350,000 containers will have passed through the port by the end of 2014, with total load reaching 4.6 million tons.
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Suspended policeman chief suspect in cousin’s murder
A 27-year-old police officer who has been suspended from duty since 2013 for extortion, is being treated as the chief suspect in a murder committed in a suburb of Piraeus on Thursday.
Police arrested their fellow officer in the early hours of Friday. Investigators believe he murdered his cousin, a 30-year-old man who ran a betting agency, and that money played a role in the motive.
Stocks give up 0.37 percent in quiet session
The bourse benchmark managed to recover most of the losses incurred during Thursdays session at Athinon Avenue, having dropped as low as 966 points, to close at just over the 990-point mark.
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Lab experiment goes dangerously wrong in Thessaloniki
Seven people were transferred to a Thessaloniki hospital for precautionary reasons on Thursday following an explosion in the food technology department of the northern ports technical college.
Highway traffic to be disrupted on Corinth-Patra route
Traffic was expected to be disrupted on a section of the national highway between Corinth and Patra in the Peloponnese from Thursday evening to early Friday morning for roadworks, it was announced on Thursday.
Strong winds hamper sea travel
Winds reching 7 and 8 Beaufort led to disruptions in Saronic Gulf sea travel services from and to Piraeus, the Greek coast guard said on Thursday morning.
Services were also disrupted on the Salamina-Paloukia and Aghia Marina-Nea Styra routes.
Travelers were advised to contact local port authorities for more information.
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TBEX brings together 800 travel bloggers in Athens
Over 800 travel bloggers and writers were expected to meet in Athens on Thursday, the first day of the TBEX Europe 2014 conference, an annual gathering of travel industry professionals.
Besides bloggers, the event brings together new media content creators and social media experts from 50 countries.
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Ancient Greek well yields rare wooden statue
Archeologists in Greece have uncovered a rare wooden statue preserved in the muddy depths of an ancient well in Piraeus, the port of Athens.
A Culture Ministry statement said Tuesday that the roughly half-meter (20-inch) high dressed male figure was found... ...
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Third-division Iroditos punished heavily after fan death
Greek third division team Irodotos has been docked 15 points and ordered to play 10 matches behind closed doors following the death of an Ethnikos Piraeus supporter, the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) said on Wednesday.
In one of the heaviest punishme... ...