October 25, 2020
FEATURED, Tourism
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in Greece has extended a series of travel restrictions “aiming to protect passengers and citizens from the Covid-19 pandemic,” as noted in a press release issued on October 25, 2020. The air directives (notams) regarding travel restrictions from certain countries and Non-EU citizens, negative Covid-19 …
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October 9, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Greece is temporarily freezing plans to introduce new restrictive measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus because citizens are fatigued, government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Friday morning. He even announced that the government may consider to extend the operation of restaurants, bars and similar facilities until 1 o’ …
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August 30, 2020
FEATURED, Turkey-GR
Turkey’s foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday that if Greece extends its territorial waters from 6 to 12 miles this is “a cause of war.” He announced that the seismic vessels Oruc Reis will remain in the east Mediterranean Sea for 90 days – even if the European Union …
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August 26, 2020
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
“Greece is growing. We are expanding the territorial waters in the Ionian Sea from 6 to 12 nautical miles,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis revealed on Wednesday. He announced this historic decision during the plenary debate for the ratification of the maritime agreements with Italy and Egypt. With the phrase “nothing …
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July 23, 2020
Greece
Main opposition leader and former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday he told Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis that Greece should deter the Turkish seismic research vessel Oruc Reis “if it attempts to operate inside the country’s continental shelf.” He said further that her advised the PM to extend the …
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July 14, 2020
Archeology, Culture
The works to extend the Athens metro Line 3 towards Piraeus have included large-scale salvage excavations by archaeologists to depths unusual for such projects, with associated finds that include rare wooden remains from homes and even tree branches of antiquity. The excavations have brought to light more details in the …
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July 5, 2020
Refugees
Greek authorities have extended the lockdown in all refugee camps for two more weeks, until July 19, 2020. The joint ministerial decision on Saturday comes more than two months after lifting restrictions for the general population and just four days after the country opened wide its gates to international tourists. …
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May 18, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism
Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority extended on Monday the mandatory 14-day quarantine rule for all passengers arriving from abroad until midnight May 31, 2020. The quarantine was first imposed on March 16 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The CAA recalled in a statement that the quarantine is for all citizens arriving …
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April 23, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Lockdown restrictions are extended for one more week, until May 4, 2020, government spokesman Stelios Petsas announced on Thursday. According to the last decision, the lockdown restrictions were to expire on April 27, but like many other countries, Greece also evaluates the development of the coronavirus curve every two weeks …
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April 4, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Greece has extended the lockdown measures for another three weeks, until April 27, 2020, head of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias announced during the daily briefing on Saturday evening. He warned with additional measures to restrict movement and contain coronavirus spread, if the few who keep on defying them will not …
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March 29, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Death toll due to COVID-15 rose to 38 from Saturday to Sunday after six patients passed away, health authorities announced at the daily briefing of coronavirus in Greece. With 95 new confirmed cases, the total number of infections across the country is at 1,156. The latest victim is a 76-year-old …
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June 27, 2019
Economy
The Finance Ministry has extended the implementation of reduced Value Added Tax V.A.T. for five islands in the Aegean Sea for another six months. The five islands are these that have been receiving the largest migrants inflows. According to the Finance Ministry decision the reduced V.A.T. will be valid for …
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April 11, 2019
World
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras favors extension of Brexit process until March 2020 and he even hopes that Brexit could be reversed. European leaders have to decide on the issue of Brexit by taking into account their historical and political responsibility, Tsipras told European leaders at the Extraordinary Summit on …
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April 10, 2019
Greece
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras supports a flexible extension to the Brexit deadline, government sources told Greek media. The Greek prime minister is participating in the emergency summit of the European Council on Brexit (Article 50) on Wednesday. The European Council is examining British Prime Minister Theresa May’s request for an …
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February 22, 2019
Economy
Athens International Airport (AIA) SA paid the full amount agreed for the extension of the Athens “Eleftherios Venizelos” airport concession by 20 years. The payment of €1.403 billion, including VAT, concludes the process for extending the concession contract. According to estimates, the total amount that the Greek state stands to …
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April 25, 2018
Economy
The IMF and World Bank Spring Meeting have put an end to speculation about a possible extension of Greece’s third financial assistance programme, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici said on Tuesday in an interview with Agence Europe. The French Commissioner said he was in favor of …
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March 27, 2018
Turkey-GR
The prosecutor of the court in Edirne – Adrianoupolis – extended on Tuesday noon the custody for the two Greek soldiers currently in high security prison of the city. Their lawyers had submitted a release application. Now they will be allowed to submit a new release application after one month, …
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April 6, 2017
Tourism, Travel
US authorities extended the visa waiver program for Greece until March 31, 2018. Greek nationals wishing a trip to the US will not need a visa. According to the National Herald in New York, the participation of Greece in the US Visa Program Suspend (US Visa Waiver Program -VWP) has …
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October 13, 2016
Economy
The increased pressure of Berlin and other Central European governments for the return of the IMF in the Greek program is directly related to the expansion of bailout terms but also a new bailout program. According to financial news website Capital.gr, on the sidelines of the IMF general assembly last …
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May 4, 2016
Politics, Refugees
For one more time, our European partners and the European Commission are using Greece as pretext to extent internal Schengen border controls for another six months and for only 5 countries which are in fact the following two: Germany and Austria. Despite the presence of the NATO force, the enhancement …
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