Playground

The Interior Ministry this week ordered the shutdown of dozens of playgrounds and amusement parks across the country after concerns emerged about the quality of their safety certifications.

A mayor in a northeastern municipality has shut down all 11 playgrounds in his area because none of them have a safety certificate.

Sithonia Mayor Ioannis Mallinis ordered the playgrounds to close, according to state broadcaster ERT.

Twelve playgrounds in the Municipality of Athens will close for safety reasons as they lack an updated operating permit, following a decision of the city council on Wednesday.

The playgrounds will receive extensive renovation before they reopen to the public, which is expected to be in June for some of them.

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Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said on Monday that, as of 16 May, "it is certain" that the restrictions regarding the movement within localities will be eliminated, however, he mentioned that the movement between localities will be made only with certain restrictions, which are to be established. "In terms of the interior of the locality, it will be a movement without restrictions.

Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis on Wednesday unveiled plans to revamp 19 playgrounds across the capital as part of his broader plan to improve the daily life of city-dwellers.

Taking the first step in its bid to finally enforce a ban on smoking in public places that was introduced a decade ago, the Health Ministry on Monday sent a circular to regional and inspection authorities, instructing them to intensify checks. 

Amidst feverish preparations for the Piraeus mayor election in May, Mayor Yannis Moralis outlined the major public works in the Piraeus city centre that have been completed during his term in a post on his personal Facebook account wall.

Two 18-year-olds and a 25-year-old were arrested on Friday for trying to plant heroin in a children's playground in the western port city of Patra.

According to reports, the three men refused to stop for a check by police on a street and ran off to a nearby playground where they were nabbed as they tried to hide a package containing 206 grams of the drug.

A football goal fell over a 13-year-old child on a playground in Pazardzhik. The boy was admitted in the intensive ward of the District Hospital in Pazardzhik in an extremely severe condition. The incident occurred over the weekend, but no information has been provided so far by the relevant institutions.