Opposition with hard facts

Greece was not "cut in two" by the closure of a section of the national highway between Athens and Corinth because of a fire on a truck, as the pro-SYRIZA website Left.gr argued. The area of Kakia Skala is simply not the center of Greece - unless, of course, you listen to a few Peloponnesians who believe Greece to be the Morea and the "new countries" above it.

Now, an accident or even a sprinkling of snow on the old national highway could indeed cut the country in two back in the day when there were no alternative routes linking north to south on continental Greece. Thanks to the Ionia Odos Highway (plus Egnatia in the north), however, Greece is only cut in two if both the old and newer highways are shut down at the same time for some reason. Sure, the events on the national highway on Thursday were anything but pleasant for the thousands of motorists stuck in their cars for...