Greek Post Office fined for failing to deliver mail on time

Greece’s postal service has been fined for its failure to deliver international mail on time, a regulatory agency said Thursday.

The post office, which uses the ancient Greek messenger god Hermes as its logo, was only able to deliver between 31 percent and 57.2 percent of first-class mail from five European countries within three days period, the National Committee of Telecommunications and Posts said.

Mail from Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Norway and Portugal was the worst affected, while between 43.2 percent and 61 percent of first-class mail from the other European countries was delivered within three days.

The postal service, known by its Greek acronym ELTA, was fined 200,000 euros (dlrs 174,000) for its failure to deliver on time, the committee said.

The regulatory agency said it was the third time in two years that ELTA has been fined for its slow international mail delivery
AP Worldstream