April 6, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Greece extended the validity of vaccination and recovery certificates in order to comply with the European Union directive and the extension went into force on Monday, April 5, 2022. The validity of vaccination certificates is herewith extended to 9 months – from 7 months previously-, while the validity of recovery …
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February 7, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
People over 18 years old who have been administered two doses of vaccination at least seven months ago but failed to receive the booster shot will be considered as “unvaccinated” and will lose the benefits of “vaccinated” as of today, Monday, February 7, 2022. Their vaccination certificates will expire. According …
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December 13, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) issued air directives (notam) for international and domestic flights regarding the validity period of Certificates of Covid-19 illness. According to the current legislation on the COVID-illness Certificates validity in effect from December 13, the illness-certificates validity period is reduced to 3 months from 6 as …
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November 25, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
A pharmacist, two police officers and eight members of the Armed forces are among those sixteen people arrested in Orestiada, north-eastern Greece, for bogus certificates of negative Rapid Tests essential for going to work and social activities. According to media reports, the pharmacist was supplying customers with fake certificates showing …
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November 22, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
The Prosecutor’s office in Kardista, western Macedonia, filed severe charges against people who organized fake vaccinations against Covid-19 at the health center in Palamas area, last month. Four to five people are facing serious criminal charges including those of establishing a criminal organization and money laundering. Dozens of people also …
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November 3, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
With a new application for mobile phones and tablets, citizens in Greece have the ability to store COVID-19 certificates for vaccination, disease or diagnostic certificates. The application COVID FREE GR WALLET has been released today, Wednesday, November 3, 2021. The application created by the Ministry for Digital Provenance significantly simplifies …
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September 8, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
This seems to be the new “pandemic” in Greece: fake vaccination certificates and fake documents certifying illness with Covid-19. Authorities have taken under scrutiny at least ten vaccination centers across the country as denouncements keep coming in. Involved seem to be in the majority doctors, nursing personnel and administrative staff …
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September 5, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
A public prosecutor investigates at least 47 fake vaccination certificates issued at a public hospital in Karditsa, northern Greece. An employee was falsely certifying vaccinations against Covid-19 to residents of the broader area. The bogus certificates were issued at the Palamas Hospital in the month of August. The scandal was …
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July 5, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
With a new ministerial decision, regulations for traveling to/from the Greek islands and between islands by ferry, ship or airplane have been updated. The new regulations come into force on Monday, July 5, 2021, with the aim to contain the spread of Covid-19. For traveling from mainland to islands Ferry/Ship …
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April 20, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
A foreign national was arrested by Greek police for supplying patient attendants in hospitals with fake certificates of negative Covid-19 molecular tests and rapid tests. The 31-year-old woman was selling the certificates for 10 euros, when a PCR test costs 60 and a rapid test 30 when carried out in …
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March 29, 2021
FEATURED, Tourism
Greece will accept vaccination certificates from Serbia, Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis said during a meeting with his counterpart Tatiana Matic on Monday. The two sides agreed to act on the basis of EU proposals and to mutually implement three protocols at the entrances into their country so as not to …
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January 14, 2018
Greece, Politics
Greece is poised to strike a critical blow against its notoriously Byzantine bureaucracy with the introduction of a new electronic Register of Citizens. The plan is scheduled to go online on January 22, and will act as a central database for registry offices and municipalities throughout the country. According to …
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September 17, 2012
Economy
It looks as if property owners in Greece will have to put their hands even deeper in their pockets. After the several property taxes will allegedly be unified into one tax, when the new taxation system will be due, the state will seek other ways to make property owners regret for …
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