Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority extended the flight ban from several non-EU countries until the middle of the month August 2020 as the obligation to citizens from specific countries to enter only with negative Covid-19 test. These are new air instructions (notams) issued by the Civil Aviation Service, will be valid …
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Greece bans again local festivals to contain spread of coronavirus
Greece has decided to temporary suspend local festivals and similar public gatherings following health experts recommendations in order to stem the spread of coronavirus in the country. According to the joint ministerial decision published on Tuesday, July 14, the temporary ban is valid for the period of July 13 until …
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Greece CAA revises flight ban to UK, bans flights to Serbia, changes PLF
Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority issued three aviation directives (notems) regarding the ban of direct flights to/from Serbia, the revision of the flight ban to/from UK and changes about the time travellers must fill the “Passenger Location Form” (PLF) before they arrive in Greece. The Greek government spokesman announced on July …
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TUI charter from Sweden lands on Rhodes despite direct flight ban
A chartered flight landed on the island of Rhodes from Stockholm on Thursday afternoon, although there is an official direct flight ban from Sweden until July 15, 2020. “There was a permit for a marketing flight,” Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis said. However, neither journalists nor TUI executives were on board …
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Greece may not open its borders for 9 countries on July 1
Greece is opening 41 gateways to foreign travelers on Wednesday, July 1, 2020, and these include regional airports, ports and border crossings. However, 9 countries will most likely be on travel ban list on July 1 due to epidemiological data and spike of coronavirus cases, state broadcaster ERT and other …
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Greece travel updates: Lifts ban on IT, NL, SP earlier, opens all borders July 1
Greece announced on Friday that it will open all airports, ports and land borders on July 1, 2020 and will lift its flight ban on Italy, Netherlands and Spain on June 15. This was announced during a live press conference held by Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis and Health Minister, Vassilis …
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Greece extends flight ban to/from 7 countries, entry of non-EU citizens
Greece ‘s Civil Aviation Authority has extended on Monday, June 1, the ban on flights from seven countries as well as on the entry of non-European citizens, At the same time, it also extended the obligatory quarantine for travelers entering Greece for the month of June. Quarantine The measure of …
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Outcry after Gov’t bans cars from downtown Athens, fines 150 euros
The government shocked Athenians on Friday morning with a joint ministerial decision banning cars traffic in a large part of downtown Athens, including main avenues. Restrictions will be valid from mid-June and for a period of 3+3 months. Violators are threatened with a fine of 150 euros. Officially, reason for …
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Greece extends ban for flights to/from 7 countries and non-EU nationals
Greece extended on Friday afternoon the flight ban to/from seven European Countries, while all international flights will be allowed to land at Athens International Airport only. At the same time, the ban on non-EU nationals remains in force until end of May. According to a statement issued by the Greek …
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Greece is considering to “ban cars from the streets” over Easter weekend
The Greek government is determined to contain the spread of the coronavirus over the Easter holidays and it is even considering to impose a “curfew” for cars over the weekend April 18-19, 2020. Citing government sources, media report on Tuesday that the government may impose a ban on the circulation …
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“No visits to relatives & friends over Easter,” warns Greece’s gov’t spokesman
This Easter will be different, without any traveling, gatherings or visits to the churches, while visits to relatives’ and friends’ houses to celebrate are not permitted, Greece’s government spokesperson Stelios Petsas warned on Monday, right at the beginning of the Holy Week. “We disapprove incidents like those in Koukaki and …
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Swimmer in Crete fined €150 for violating the coronavirus “swimming ban”
The first fine was imposed on a swimmer in Chania on the island of Crete on Wednesday for violating a new lockdown ban, the swimming ban, hardly known to the broad public. The woman was enjoying the sea on Wednesday afternoon, when she heard the siren of the local Coast …
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Coronavirus: Only permanent residents can travel to Greek islands
The Greek government decided to ban the move of mainland Greeks to the islands as they thought they will have protection from conoravirus there. However, authorities think otherwise and therefore, only permanent residents will be allowed to travel to the islands. The measure to contain the spread of the pandemic …
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Greece bans gatherings of 10+ people out-/inside, fines violators, more restrictions
Greece bans gatherings of more than 10 people and will impose administrative fines to each person above the cap, head of Civil protection Nikos Hardalias announced on Wednesday afternoon. Government spokesman Stelios Petsas clarified that the ban refers to gatherings not only outside but also inside. “there cannot be that …
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Coronavirus: Trump suspends travel from Schengen countries to US
US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new travel restrictions on Europe in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus. But he said the “strong but necessary” restrictions would not apply to the UK, which has 460 cases of the virus. “We will be suspending all travel from …
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Patras: Tension between local clubs and police due to Carnival ban (videos)
Despite the official cancellation of all carnival events due to coronavirus, some local clubs of the famous Patras carnival insisted in holding a parade. They put their costumes on and went downtown. Hardly had make their appearance in the streets of Agios Georgios Square, several policemen on motorcycle rushed to …
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Ferries remain docked due to powerful winds in Aegean, Ionian Sea
The Greek Shipping and port authorities imposed a sailing ban for ferries and ships sailing in certain parts of the Aegean and the Ionian Sea early Wednesday afternoon. Reason for the ban are the powerful winds blowing with intensity of up to 8 and 9 Beaufort. Some ferries schedules especially …
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North Macedonia bans the Vergina Sun from public spaces
A ban on the use of the Vergina Sun in all public spaces in North Macedonia came into effect on Monday, as the neighboring country implements the conditions of the name deal it signed with Greece last year. The agreement, which was approved by both national Parliaments in early 2019, …
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Health Ministry: Heavy fines of up to €3,000 for smoking drivers
A fine of 1,500 euros and withdrawal of license for one month are threatening bus and taxi drivers as well as public drivers if they’re caught smoking, the Greek Health Ministry said in a circular. Fines will be much higher, in fact will double to 3,000 euros, if a child …
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Greeks send Golden Dawn member on trial to EU Parliament
Greek voters have sent member of far-right Golden Dawn Yiannis Lagos to the European Parliament although he is on trial and not allowed to leave Greece. According to the elections results so far, GD won two seats in the EP. Together with other GD members Lagos is on trial as …
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