Athens Informer

Public HIV testing clinics have stopped checks since last month because of budget problems, the Athens medical association said yesterday, attacking Deputy Health Minister Fotini Skopouli for blocking funding to the centers. The allegations came as… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Public HIV testing clinics have stopped checks since last month because of budget problems, the Athens medical association said on Friday, attacking Deputy Health Minister Fotini Skopouli for blocking funding to the centers. The allegations came as data s… … Full News here – Latest News

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The endless paperwork that generally hampers transactions in Greece’s public administration will soon be a thing of the past if a draft presidential decree foreseeing the exclusive use of electronic files in the public sector is approved. The decree,… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Public transport services will run a restricted service over the Orthodox Easter holidays while national railway services and the Proastiakos suburban railway will be disrupted due to strike action by employees protesting the government’s plans to privati… … Full News here – Latest News

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Public transport services will be disrupted on Wednesday as a number of unions go on strike to mark May Day. Buses and trolley buses are expected to run between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., while the metro and the Piraeus-Kifissia electric railway (ISAP) will opera… … Full News here – Latest News

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Greece’s two largest unions have called for “mass participation” in a 24-hour general strike and demonstration called for Wednesday, May 1, to mark Labor Day. The strike – focused on demands to end the austerity measures – is expected to affect all… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Athens municipal police will be intensifying inspections on cafes, kiosks and other businesses that use public sidewalks and squares for seating or to display their wares, following a crackdown in the popular central district of Gazi last week. According … … Full News here – Latest News

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Greek schoolteachers are planning a protest rally in central Athens on Sunday at 6.30 p.m. following an announcement on Wednesday by the Education Ministry that they would be made to work two additional hours a week in a bid to cut down on the cost of hir… … Full News here – Latest News

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The government will choose which public organizations should merged or shut down by next month, Administrative Reform Minister Antonis Manitakis said on Thursday. Responding to a question in Parliament, Manitakis said the decisions regarding which bodies … … Full News here – Latest News

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Passengers began using the new metro stations at Peristeri and Anthoupoli in western Athens for the first time on Saturday. The opening of the Line 2 stations means that commuters will be able to travel from Anthoupoli to Syntagma in central Athens in jus… … Full News here – Latest News

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A new Ministry of Justice directive has tightened rules governing the publication of names and photographs of suspects arrested over serious felonies. Under the new law prosecutors must state exactly when personal details can be divulged and which… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Public servants were set to participate in a rally on Wednesday in protest to the government’s austerity measures. The rally was being organized by ADEDY, the country’s main umbrella union representing civil servants and was scheduled to start on Klafthmo… … Full News here – Latest News

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Sell-off fund TAIPED insisted on Monday that it is continuing its work unhindered despite the change at its helm, and announced the start of the process for the sale and leaseback of 28 state buildings. In the wake of charges of breach of duty leveled lat… … Full News here – Latest News

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Oconee St. park and ride opens to the public Almost 10 years in the making, the Oconee Street Park and Ride complex is now up and running. The genesis of the new parking lot at Oconee Street and the Athens Perimeter came in 2004 with a $ 2.4 million earmark from then-U.S. Rep. Max Burns. [...]

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higher power charges and a property tax levied by the power board outside the Athens headquarters of the Public Power Corporation yesterday. Protesters complain that PPC has been cutting off the electricity of poor Greeks unable to pay their bills. Full News here – Kathimerini English

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