Nafpaktia

The Rio-Antirrio ferry service was suspended on Thursday due to strong winds in the area.

For the same reason, empty trucks, motorcycles and bicycles were barred from crossing on the Harilaos Trikoupis bridge linking Rio with Antirrio.

Το πρόγραμμα μετάδοσης από 19 έως 28 Mαρτίου 2021 

Αναφορές από το Ματζικέρτ έως τον Σαγγάριο

State privatizations fund TAIPED has proclaimed an international tender for the utilization of a property of 165,460.40 square meters at the former working site supporting the construction of the Rio-Antirrio bridge.

Schools in Attica will remain closed Monday until 10 a.m. due to problems raised by a storm, authorities said, after storms caused serious problems, leading to two deaths off Antirrio, western Greece. 

A 23-year-old man died on Wednesday after falling off the busy Rio-Antirrio bridge in western Greece.
No details were immediately available as to how the incident happened. Some unconfirmed reports in Greek media suggested the man was cycling when he fell off  the cable-stayed bridge.

Passenger ferries remained docked in ports around Greece Friday, cutting off connections between the islands and the mainland, as winds reached speeds of 9 and 10 on the Beaufort scale.

There were no ferry services from the main ports of Piraeus, Rafina or Lavrio.

Traffic on the busy Rio-Antirrio bridge in western Greece was disrupted on Thursday after a container detached from a truck and smashed into a traffic sign above the highway.
No injuries were reported.
A local news website said the container was blown off the vehicle due to the gale-force winds blowing over the Patraikos gulf.

European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu said on Wednesday the EU will fund with 121 million euros a motorway connecting the Aktio peninsula to the Ionia highway, a key transport section serving Western Greece.

The announcement came during a meeting with  Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis, as part of her three-day official visit to Greece.

If you love direct contact with nature and are looking for a destination off the beaten path, the uplands of the region of Nafpaktia will charm you. The Ano Chora is the most developed village in the area in terms of tourist infrastructures. It is built amphitheatrically on a slope of Vardousia Mountains.