Tripoli, Greece

 Asteras Tripolis and Panathinaikos go down at home in the Europa League

By George Georgakopoulos

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The Corinth-Tripoli national highway in the Peloponnese will be completely closed off to traffic from 9 p.m. on Tuesday night to 6 a.m. the following day as an emergency drill is carried out at the Artemisio Tunnel.

The drill will close off the entire section of the highway from the Sterna interchange to the off-ramp for North Tripoli.

By George Georgakopoulos

PAOK has opened a five-point gap at the top of the Super League after beating Ergotelis in Crete, while Olympiakos dropped two more points away from home, this time at Asteras Tripolis.

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.

Maintenance work at the Artemisio Tunnel on the section of the national highway between Corinth and Tripoli in the Peloponnese, will result in south-bound traffic being redirected from Monday and until Friday and 4 p.m.

Trucks carrying hazardous materials will not be allowed to travel through the tunnel between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Maintenance works on the Artemisio Tunnel on the section of the national highway between Corinth and Tripoli will result in Corinth-bound traffic being subject to disruption from the morning of Monday, October 13, until 4 p.m. on Friday, October 17.

 Panathinaikos loses at home to Dinamo Moscow

By George Georgakopoulos

Greek teams produced a patchy record on the opening night of the Europa League group stage on Thursday, as PAOK thrashed Dynamo Minsk, Asteras Tripolis snatched a draw at Besiktas and Panathinaikos lost at home to Dynamo Moscow.

Following Thursday night’s high, when all three Greek teams competing in the Europa League made it into the group stage of the competition, a harsh reality struck Friday as they found out who they will be facing next.

There was a triple success for Greek soccer on Thursday as PAOK, Panathinaikos and Asteras Tripolis made it through to the Europa League group stage.

PAOK had a challenging task after a 1-0 defeat in the first leg of its playoff tie to Zimbru Chisinau in Moldova. But the Thessaloniki side made light work of its visitors, winning Thursday's match 4-0.

The Tsakona Bridge, the last remaining stretch of new highway yet to be built near Kalamata, is due to be completed by the end of the year, Infrastructure Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis said on Wednesday during a visit to the worksite.

The bridge will stretch over some 300 meters when completed and will cost around 19 million euros.