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Trade Unions in Greece Strike Against New Labor Bill
Trade unions in Greece have called for a 24-hour general strike on Thursday against a new labor bill currently being discussed in Parliament.
The strike is supported by major unions, including PAME, Civil Servants’ Confederation (ADEDY), Federation of Secondary State...
Greek News
Strike Halts All Public Transportation in Athens
A 24-hour strike will halt all public transportation in Athens on Wednesday as workers’ unions will participate in the industrial action called for by the Athens Labor Centre (ΕΚΑ).
Facilities affected will include the: Athens Metro, Athens Green Line Train...
Greek News
Greece Public Transport Strike to Disrupt Travel on May 1st
Public transport services across Greece are affected by union strikes on May 1 as employees commemorate Labor Day.
Energy
New Electric-Powered Buses Start Trials in Athens
Electric buses are being introduced to the wealth of public transport options available to those in Athens on Monday.
Greek News
Greece Braces for General Strike Against New Labor Law
Greece is bracing for a 24-hour general strike on Thursday called by country's trade unions, in protest of the government's labor bill.
Greece
Public Sector Strike Slows Down Greece Amidst Lockdown
Metro services in Athens will be affected on Thursday, due to the participation of workers in the 24-hour strike, which has been announced by trade unions.
ADEDY, the public service union, is also carrying out a nationwide strike, demanding, among...
Greece
Face-Masked Greeks Take First Steps After Coronavirus Quarantine
Greece partially opened up on Monday with the opening of small retail stores and hairdressers and the free movement of people within the prefecture of their permanent residence.
Greeks took the first tentative steps back to normal life after more...
Greece
Three New Athens Metro Stations to Open in June
Three new stations of Athens' Metro Line Three are due to open in June, according to information an Attiko Metro operator shared with the state-run AMNA news agency on Thursday.
The stations are Agios Nikolaos, which is in Nikea, and Agia...
Greece
Athenians Suffer Long Lines for New Electronic Public Transport Tickets
Tens of thousands of Athenians wait in long lineups every day to get the new personalized electronic pass cards for the public transport system, or in other words, to pay their toll to the Greek Bureaucracy Beast (GBB).
In order...
Greece
Thessaloniki Transport Workers' Strike not Illegal, Court Finds
A Thessaloniki first-instance court on Wednesday rejected a request by the Thessaloniki public transport company's (OASTh) management for a temporary injunction declaring a strike by its workforce illegal.
The court said that the management's request had no basis in the...