The Christmas Holidays 2024 extended shop hours in Greece, ware scheduled to start on upcoming Thursday, December 12, and run until the end of the year, December 31. According to the holiday schedule, retail stores will be open from Monday to Friday from 9:00am-9:00pm, and on Saturdays 9:00am- 6:00pm. For …
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Athens Metro Lines 2 & 3 extend night operation Fridays & Saturdays
Starting on Friday, November 1, 2024, the Athens Metro Lines 2 and 3 will extend their operation hours until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. According to an announcement from STASY, the organization that manages the metro system of the Greek capital, the last trains will depart from the …
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Greece’s Fire Service extends fire season until Nov 15 (MAP)
Greece’s Fire Service has announced the extension of the fire ban period in several regions across the country until November 15, 2024. According to a statement, the fire ban period is extended in the following areas: -Attica Region: Central Athens, Northern Athens, Southern Athens, Western Athens, Piraeus, Islands, Eastern Attica …
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Income tax filing deadline extended to Aug 31
The deadline for the filing of income tax returns for 2022 has been extended to August 31, following the passing of an amendment in parliament. However, the payment deadline for the first tax instalment remains July 31. In effect, this means that taxpayers who submit their returns by the new …
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Deadline for tax returns declarations extended to July 31
The deadline for filing 2022 income tax in Greece is extended until 15:00 on July 31, 2023. The relevant decision was signed on Tuesday by Deputy Finance Minister Apostolos Vesyropoulos. The deadline applies to individuals and legal entities. For those who owe taxes, the first installment must be paid by …
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Duration of Greek passports to be extended to 10 years
Duration for which Greek passports remain valid is to be doubled to 10 years, Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos announced on Thursday. while speaking on SKAI television on Thursday. Speaking to Skai TV, the minister pointed out that Greece was one of a handful of countries in the EU and …
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PowerPass deadline for electricity rebates extended to July 5
PowerPass applications on the online platform where citizens can submit their requests for rebates on electricity bills will be extended to July 5, 2022. The deadline was June 30. Government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou made the announcement on Twitter early Tuesday afternoon. Due to the continuous flow of applications and in …
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Mini Lockdown in 3 more regions, extension in 5 others (COVID-MAP)
Greece’s Civil Protection place three more regional units in northern Greece in “increased epidemic surveillance” on Thursday and imposed a mini lockdown. At the extended the restrictions in another five regions in Macedonia and Peloponnese. The regional units of Kastoria, Xanthi and Drama are placed in mini lockdown in effect …
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Greece extends air travel restrictions, decreases quarantine days, increases children’s age
Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced on Sunday the extension of an emergency directive (notam) on air travel restrictions to prevent the spread of Covid-19, The travel restrictions are extended until 6:00 on Monday, June 14, 2021. The new notam decreases the period of quarantine for arriving travelers tested positive …
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Lockdown on Kalymnos island extended for one more week
Greek authorities extended the tough restriction measures for the island of Kalymnos for one more week as the epidemiological load remains high. In a statement issued on Saturday night, the Civil Protection said that the tough restrictions are extended until 6:00 a.m. on May 25, 2021, for reasons of public …
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School year extended to June 25, university exams on June 14
Greece’s Education Minister Niki Kerameos announced on Thursday that the school year for primary schools and kindergartens will be extended until June 25 and until June 11 for high schools and lyceums. Further, she announced that the nationwide university entrance exams will start on June 14. The end-of-year internal exams …
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Greece extends travel restrictions for international flight passengers
Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) extended the travel restrictions for international flight passengers due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement issued on Sunday, February 21, the CAA said that the air instructions (notams) are extended until 06:00 a.m. Monday, March 8,2021. The restrictions refer to EU and non-EU passengers …
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Greece extends travel restrictions: flight bans, Covid-19 test, non-EU countries
The Greek Civil Aviation Authority extended the current flight restrictions between Greece and several countries until September 15, 2020. The extensions aims to safeguard the public health against the coronavirus. The restrictions include flights ban from certain countries or a mandatory negative Covid-19 test for travelers from specific countries. The …
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Greece bans flights from Barcelona, extends travel restrictions
Greece will ban flights to and from Barcelona from Monday, August 31, 2020,, health authorities said on Friday, as they extended most of the travel restrictions for foreign visitors by three weeks due to a surge in Covid-19 infections. The rise in coronavirus cases in recent weeks has forced Greek …
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Greece extends closure of shops, beaches until April 27
Authorities in Greece have extended the suspension of operation of shops and businesses but also of beaches until April 27, 2020. According to the decision published in the Official Gazette on Saturday, excluded from the suspension are e-commerce offered by the shut down facilities. The decision includes also the operation …
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Extended opening hours for Greece’s shops over Easter time
Shops in Greece will operate with extended opening hours ahead of the East time, twoards the end of April 2019. Shops will be open as follows: April 20: Sunday (Palm Sunday) 11:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m. April 21-25: Monday-Thursday 09:00 a.m. to 09:00 p.m. April 26: Good Friday 01:00 p.m. …
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Athens archaeological sites and museums extend opening hours as of April 12
Archaeological sites, monuments and museums in Athens begin their operation with extended summer opening hours as of Friday, April 12, 2019. The new summer hours are 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. In other parts of Greece, summer opening hours will start by the end of next week, the Greek Culture …
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Greece’s archaeological sites & museums extend opening hours as of April 1
Major Greek museums and archaeological sites will extend their opening hours as of 1. April 2019. Other sites and museums will also gradually extend opening hours as soon as more seasonal staff is hired over the next months, the culture Ministry said on Tuesday. In Athens the opening hours will …
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Greek FinMin extends bank holiday to July 16/2015, expands bank operations
Greek Finance Ministry extended the bank holiday to July 16th 2015 and also expanded bank services and operations. In a statement released on Tuesday night, the Finance Ministry said: Bank holiday is extended up to July 16, 2015, while expanding banking operations by the new legislative act published on 07.14.2015 …
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UPD Greece extends Bank Holiday to 13/7/15; Banknotes in ATMs “sufficient until Monday night”
Greek Finance Ministry announced on 8. July that banks will remain closed until at least midnight on 13 July 2015, that is one day after the EU Summit on Sunday. The Finance Ministry further announced that * Daily withdrawal from ATM remains at €60. *Pensioners without credit or debit …
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