Yesterday’s News Wrap-up includes the following:
The airport accounts for approximately 35% of the country’s total air traffic, serving over 28 million passengers in 2023. Passenger traffic has already surpassed pre-Covid-19 levels, outperforming the recovery performances of many European airports.
The most popular models were petrol-driven (gasoline) vehicles in the 1.0 to 1.2-liter range, while there was also a significant surge in sales of hybrid vehicles. The latter now accounts for 32% of new car purchases, as per 2023 figures.
The Greek economy is facing 8 chronic impediments fuelling inflation which can be distilled to a mix of Greed for profits by businesses “Greedflation”, dependence on domestic production and consumption on imports, the pandemic, the energy and climate crisis, along with low wages.
Greece assumed the command of the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG2). During the handover ceremony, which took place at the Italian Naval Base La Spezia, Greek Commander Captain Fotios Paraskevas took over from his Italian colleague Commander Ettore Rongo.
But did you know when the first car accident, fatal at that, was officially recorded in Greece? It happened on Sunday, March 4, 1907, at approximately 11:30 in the morning, on Syngrou Avenue after Hadrian’s Gate at the height of the FIX factory in Athens.
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