ELTA to close more than 200 post offices nationwide

The Hellenic Post (ELTA) will adjacent much than 200 of its branches nationwide starting Friday, authorities said, sparking widespread backlash from section officials.

Notices were posted Wednesday astatine the 204 branches scheduled to close. On Crete, agencies successful Ierapetra, Makriy Gialos, Elounda and Neapoli will cease operations arsenic of Friday, with much closures expected from the opening of adjacent week.

Postal sources said message shipments person dropped by astir 80% implicit the past decade, leaving operating costs acold higher than revenue. Dozens of station offices successful Attica, including Alimos, Dafni and Nikaia, will besides close, leaving residents without adjacent services. In some prefectures, ELTA branches will run lone successful the capital.

Tyrnavos Mayor Stelios Tsikritsis said, “We will not let the closure of the station office, we will not judge immoderate further degradation of our place,” calling for wide information successful a planned mobilization Friday. Mayors of Lokra, Erymanthos and Pramanta person reported akin protests.

ELTA, successful a related statement, said that the closures target branches with minimal activity, which lend little than 10% of gross but relationship for implicit 50% of operating costs. 

The determination is portion of a wider modernization, with services continuing done 1,400 postmen, mobile units, spouse points, and integer tools to service citizens, including those successful distant areas.

Postmen and associates are present equipped to supply transactions astatine home, ensuring work continuity. ELTA has besides invested successful courier, e-commerce, and electrical mobility infrastructure, aiming to grow modern, flexible, and sustainable postal sum while maintaining universal work obligations.

This story has been updated.