Drivers can now obtain the new 2025–2026 circulation permit for Athens’ restricted traffic zone through the gov.gr platform and store it digitally in the Gov.gr Wallet app

The Athens traffic ring returns October 13 after a summer suspension, reintroducing alternate-day car access to central Athens in an effort to ease traffic and improve air quality

Certain categories of vehicles are always exempt from Daktylios restrictions, including emergency and public service vehicles and those carrying persons with disabilities.

As the summer break for the “Daktylios” begins, drivers can expect fewer restrictions in central Athens until the system resumes, offering temporary relief from the usual traffic limitations

Athens faces ongoing traffic challenges, with several key road and transport projects underway or planned to ease congestion across the city and its suburbs

Athens municipal police is towing away illegally parked motorbikes and scooters in efforts to declutter city sidewalks.

First put into place in 1982, the "daktylios" traffic regulations were meant to combat traffic and air pollution.

The Hellenic police have announced the details of the traffic restrictions in the center of Athens, which will be reintroduced Monday, October 14