Metro station

Rescuers have recovered the body of a man who fell onto the tracks of an Athens metro station.

Six firefighters attended the scene at Kallithea station, which is on green Line 1.

The circumstances of the incident remain unclear.

During the operation, services were temporarily suspended at the station.

Gunfire broke out in a metro train carriage at the Sofia metro Airport station.

Several teams of police and emergency services have been sent to the scene.

The evacuation and demolition of commercial spaces illegally located on the public domain of the state started on Wednesday morning at the Stefan cel Mare metro station, the Ministry of Transport announced.

Part of the third metro line will start working by the end of the month. Eight of the stations are now ready and testing of the trains between them have started.

The Syntagma metro station will close down at 9.30 a.m. Sunday "at the suggestion of the police and to ensure the passengers' safety," metro operator Stasy (Urban Rail Transport SA) has announced.

An anti-migration rally will take place at Syntagma Square.

Students threw a smoke ball under the wagon of the station of the Serdika metro station. The police station and the fire department immediately arrived at the station.

Employees of the Athens Urban Transport Organization (OASA) on Friday gave out thousands of electronic tickets for free to commuters at several Athens metro stations in a campaign aimed at raising awareness about the e-cards among the Greek public.

Syntagma metro station in central Athens will be closed on Monday morning for security reasons as Israeli President Reuven Rivlin conducts an official visit to Greece.

Trains will not be stopping at Syntagma station.

The station will reopen on the orders of the Greek Police. 

Although new barriers that work with the recently launched electronic transport tickets were due to be activated at all metro stations in Athens on Wednesday, just six were in operation.

Transport authorities hope to activate the barriers at a minimum of one more station by the end of this year.

The metro station of Sofia Airport is leaking after the snowfall in the capital in the last two days. The station has been in operation since 2015.