Hardly had inspectors left the island of Naxos and the sunbeds and the umbrellas returned to the island’s beaches. Shortly after the controls carried out at the beaches about violations regarding illegal sunbeds and umbrellas , some business people put the sunbeds back in their old places again, even in …
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Holy Synod says Churches cannot monitor compliance with Covid-restrictions
The Holy Synod of the Greek Church said on Monday that churches cannot ensure compliance of the faithful with the government measures to contain the spread of Covid-19. The new restrictions in force since Monday morning, November 22, oblige the unvaccinated to show a negative Rapid test before entering churches. …
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Santorini municipality to distribute free masks to tourists
Authorities on the island of Santorini are on alert seeing tourists arriving from Paros and Mykonos where strict measures have been imposed due to epidemiological load. Local authorities plan to distribute face masks free of charge to Greek and foreign visitors arriving on the island and strengthen controls to avoid …
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Greece tightens lockdown checks, suspends inter-island travel with few exceptions
Greece’s Civil Protection announced on Wednesday a series of stringent controls at the main exits of Athens and other cities and suspended inter-island travel with a few exceptions. In an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus, authorities will intensify lockdown checks at highways and toll stations, ports and airports, …
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Greece lockdown: Controls and fines, police officers often without precautions
Police officers flowed out as early as 6 o’ clock Monday morning, the time the total lockdown went into effect, and started controlling pedestrians and motorists checking whether they had the essential Home Exit certificates. However, there have been reports that police officers do not take essential precautions. Κυριότερη εστία …
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Bank of Greece to recommend fully lifting of capital controls
The governor of Bank of Greece, Yannis Stournaras, revealed on Friday that he intends to recommend a complete lifting of capital controls. Stournaras made the statement after a meeting Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. During their meeting on Friday, the prime minister and central banker discussed broader developments in the Greek …
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Germany abolishes systematic border controls for flights from Greece
The German Ministry of Interior has decided to abolish the systematic border control checks for airline passengers coming from Greece, German media report on Wednesday citing a relevant report by French news agency AFP. According to the same information, German Interior Minister Horst Seehoffer has reportedly informed the European Commission …
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After Germany, also Belgium suspends Schengen for flights from Greece
More and more countries seem to increase security measures for flight passengers arriving from Greece. Following Germany and Italy, strict controls are also imposed by Belgium. There are several reports that security controls have increased at the airport in Brussels and passengers arriving from Greece have to stand in long …
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Greece launches “Super-Weapon” to combat tax evasion with audits back to 2002
Greece launches a new Super-Weapon, a powerful application against tax evasion. Audits will go back to 2002. The software will automatically trace tax evaders, crosschecking bank deposits and tax declarations. Within just two minutes. Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos presented on Thursday the new tool that is activated in the hope …
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One in three petrol stations cheat on their customers, earn up to €750 black per day
€One in three stations have made changes in their pumps, thus stealing 5% to 11% from the vehicles tanking and up to 15 cents per liter form the drivers’ pockets. Control checks conducted by the Finance Ministry and the General Secretariat of Metrology Industry during one month ended to these …
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EU ministers: Also EU citizens to be checked at Schengen external borders
In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, interior ministers from EU member states decided today in Brussels to impose stricter and systematic controls at the external borders of the Schengen area also for the citizens of the European Union. The decision seems to be justified with the allegation the organizer …
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