Tag Archives: curfew

Greece’s  Civil Protection announced emergency measures for Attica late on Thursday due to bad weather front Ballos that is forecast to strike again from the early morning Friday, October 15, 2021. Measures have been announced also for regions forecast to be hit Ballos, too. The measures were decided during an …

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Greece’s health and civil protection authorities announced on Wednesday afternoon the scraping of obligatory face masks outdoors independently of whether people are inoculated or not, as well as the end of the night curfew currently from 1:30 until 5:00 a.m. They also announced the lifting of some other restrictions and/or …

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Greece lifted major lockdown restrictions on Friday, however, some measures remain and citizens must continue to implement the rules for personal protection. Otherwise they face a fine of 300 euros. Wearing masks in- and outdoors is a must and the measure is implemented also in vehicles when driver and passengers …

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Greece ‘s authorities announced on Wednesday the much anticipated lifting of major lockdown restrictions such as the sending of sms to leave home, for shopping and other activities and the inter-regional travel. Furthermore, it shortens further the night curfew. From early Friday morning, 14. May 2021, the following is in …

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Greece has lifted some lockdown restrictions in view of the Easter holidays, however, the obligation to send sms to leave home remains in force. Head of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias announced on Wednesday evening that the sms to <13033> will remain in force until May 15, when the ban on …

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Head of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias and the general secretary for Trade and Consumers Protection, Panagiotis Stamboulidis announced the restriction measures during the Holy Week and the Greek Orthodox Easter as well the working conditions for shopping and restaurants. The measures include provisions for religious services and shorten night curfew …

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There will be no curfew violation for anyone leaving a restaurant at 11 p.m. when it closes, Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis said, referring to the planned opening on May 3. “There is no question of a fine,” he said in an interview with Mega TV on Saturday. Restaurants will close …

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After long consultation of Greek epidemiologists with government officials and several leakages to the press regarding the gradual lockdown lifting, head of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias finally announced relaxation of some restrictions. However, some of the lifted lockdown restrictions are bound to other restrictions that make them practically non-existing for …

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Head of Greece’ Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias announced the measures for the additional, hard lockdown in Athens and Attica that is imposed from 6:00 a.m. Thursday, February 11, until Sunday, February 28, 2021. The measures include restrictions in movement with extended curfew on Saturdays and Sundays, the closure of close …

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Greece’s epidemiologists and government officials worked out a very complicated set of additional restrictions for the residents of Athens, the regional units of Attica, Thessaloniki and Halkidiki to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Restrictions will be tighter on the weekend while the churches still remain open, and economic activity …

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Health experts recommend stricter lockdown and curfew extension for the regional unit of Attica due to an increase of coronavirus infections. This was decided on Thursday at a meeting of members of the health experts committee advising the government on issues of the pandemic. The last word depends on the …

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A reminder of the SMS codes during lockdown and night curfew in Greece due to the pandemic. It is recalled that next to SMS to 13033, citizens can also have either a printed form or a handwritten. Note that this sms codes system works only with Greek mobile operators. SMS …

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One the first night of the curfew in Greece authorities conducted thousands of control checks and fines fell like raindrops on the heads – better say: the pockets – of those who violated the measure and entertained themselves in bars and other facilities like every other Saturday night before the …

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Head of Greek Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias rushed to Kranidi in eastern Peloponnese on Tuesday morning, after over 100 asylum-seekers were tested positive to coronavirus. 148 people out of 475 in the accommodation structure were tested positive, and so did one hotel worker and an employee at the Migration organization. …

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Turkey’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu resigned on Sunday night, citing his failure in successfully steering the country’s 31-province wide weekend curfew. Soylu’s resignation came an hour before the 48-hour curfew ended. “In a process carried out diligently and meticulously, the responsibility for all implementation of the weekend curfew to stem …

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The second confirmed case of coronavirus on the island of Mykonos has forced Greek authorities to impose additional lockdown measures. Among others, the additional restrictions impose curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. and suspends three of the six options in total on the Movement Permits. The measures go into …

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Greece’s authorities have imposed night curfew in five municipalities and one of them also in quarantine due to high risk of coronavirus spread. At the same time, authorities have suspended three out of six options in total on lockdown movement permits in these five municipal units. Citizens there will no …

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 German Chancellor Angela Merkel stunned 200 parliamentarians and journalists in Europe Parliament when she fiercely opposed Greeks launching strikes and protests. “You have to tell them, ‘It is not right, that every time I go on strike when a privatization is due,  it is not right that a railway company is not …

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