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Post:
The Greek postal service is run by ELTA. The main post office
is situated on
Syntagma Square and is open 08:00-20:00 Monday to Friday, 08:00-14:00
Saturday and Sunday 09:00-13:00. Otherwise post office hours
are generally 07:30-14:00 Monday to Friday; the airport and
railway station post offices have longer opening hours.
There
are Poste Restante facilities at most post offices in the city.
Advance notice is required except at the central office and
a passport must be shown on collection. Other post office facilities
include fax and courier services. Postage takes approximately
five days to the rest of Europe, six days to North America and
seven days to Australia. There are stamp vending machines and
post boxes outside all main post offices. Post boxes and post
office signs are bright yellow.
Courier services:
The post office provides an international Express Mail Service
and domestic porta-porta courier mail service. Courier services
are also offered by DHL International Hellas AE, Alimou 44,
174 55 and TNT International Hellas Ltd, El. Venizelou 32, 166
75 Glyfada.
Press:
There are 18 daily newspapers in Athens including Ta Nea, Eleftherotypia
and Eleftheros Typos. The English-language dailies are the Athens
News and the Athens Daily Post. The Hellenic Times is published
weekly. Major international newspapers are also available usually
late in the morning. Entertainment listings in English can be
found in the monthly Athenian magazine, the daily Athens News
and the weekly Athenscope magazine.
Telephone:
The Greek telecommunication network supplier is Organismos Telepikinonion
Ellados or OTE (pronounced oh te). The network is undergoing
a modernization program to digitalize the system. Public card
phones are ubiquitous and cards can be purchased at kiosks or
at local OTE offices. Calls can also be made from OTE offices
and telephone kiosks. The OTE office near Syntagma Square at
Stadiou 15 is open 24 hours daily (tel: 134). Local and long
distance calls are cheaper on Sunday, after 22:00 on weekdays
and after 15:00 on Saturday.
Mobile phones:
There are two frequencies for mobile phone use in Athens: GSM
900 and GSM 1800. Visitors from the USA and Canada will need
to buy or hire a European-standard handset and use it in conjunction
with a SIM card in order to make a call in Greece. All foreign
visitors should consult their service provider for details of
roaming agreements that will allow them to use their mobile
phones in Greece.
TV and radio:
Most TV stations carry some English-language programs. Satellite
stations, such as CNN, Euro news and TV5, are available on UHF
channels. Radio news is broadcasted in English on Athens 98.4
FM at 08:30, 09:30, 12:30, 16:30 and 19:30 daily, and at 07:40
daily on Greek Radio 1 (91.8FM). Galaxy Radio features the CNN
Radio News every hour on the half hour (92.1FM).