The road connects the villages of Patiopoulo and Perdikaki in Aitoloakarnania and is included in the list of the 12 deadliest roads compiled by British company Driving Experiences.

Events will be hosted by the local Jewish community, the municipality and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), as was announced in a press conference on Wednesday.

Concern has spread across the Christian community after Turkish media suggested that the Basilica of Hagia Sophia, could become a centre of Islamic worship.

The tunnels at the Athens-Thessaloniki national highway, at the level of Tempi and Platamonas will be given to circulation by August next year.