June 17, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
The helicopter carrying Deputy Defense Minister, Nikos Hardalias, to the island of Agios Efstratios was harassed by Turkish authorities on Friday. The helicopter was flying in the direction of the island on Friday when the pilots heard on the communication radio “You are flying in area under control of FIR …
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August 16, 2021
Greece, Politics
Head of Greece’s Civil Protection and Deputy Minister for Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias was hospitalized on Monday after an ischemic event. With a new fire on Monday morning in eastern Attica, Hardalias was at the Civil Protection Operations Center when the event occurred. He was transferred to Agia Olga public …
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August 10, 2021
Greece, Politics, Uncategorized
In a rare press conference in presence of journalists who were allowed to ask questions about the ongoing fires in Greece, Head of Civil Protection and Deputy Minister for Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalias, justified the operational management of the forest fires burning across the country since August 3. The aim …
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July 15, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Unvaccinated workers in food service, tourism businesses and ships will have to do two Covid-19 tests per week at their own expenses, head of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias announced on Thursday. The measures goes into force from Saturday, July 17, 2021 and will be implemented in areas with high epidemiological …
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July 7, 2021
Greece, Politics
Daily Efimerida Ton Syntakton alleged on Wednesday that by order of the head of Civil Protection members of a Turkish basketball team were allowed in the country without obligatory quarantine although they had symptoms of Covid-19. In the published text messages between officials at the Athens airport, it is further …
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September 15, 2020
Uncategorized
Greece’s Civil Protection tightened the restrictive measures in the region of Attica to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The measures include the mandatory use of masks in work places of the private and public sector but also outdoors where crowding is inevitable. During the live briefing on Tuesday evening, …
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September 8, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism
Head of Greek Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias said on Tuesday, that the epidemiological data on some islands do not justify England’s decision to put them on quarantine list and place arrivals on quarantine. Specifically, he spoke about the islands of Tinos, Serifos and Zakynthos. Speaking at the live briefing on …
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August 18, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Tourism is not to blame for the resurgence of the pandemic in Greece, 83% of the cases are domestic, head of the Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias said on Tuesday during the weekly live briefing on the course of the coronavirus. Together with deputy Health Minister Vassilis Kontozamanis, dismissed reports that …
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August 11, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
In his weekly briefing on the course of the pandemic in Greece, Head of Civil Protection and Deputy Minister for Crises Management Nikos Hardalias stated that there have been 961 confirmed coronavirus cases last week and that this “fact that led to the government’s decision to impose additional measures in …
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August 4, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
The recent spike in coronavirus cases in Greece is cause for concern, professor for Infectious Diseases Sotiris Tsiodras, representative of the Health Ministry, and head of Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias said during a live press conference on Tuesday evening, the day were a new jump with 121 new cases …
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July 31, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The spike of new cases on Friday, forced the Greek government to impose new restrictions in order to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the Country. In an extraordinary live streaming on Friday evening, head of Greek Civil Protection and Deputy Minister for Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias announced a …
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July 28, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Greece has extended the mandatory use of mask to broader public and private facilities. The mask will be mandatory by both employees and the public. Head of Civil Protection, Nikos Hardalias, announced on Tuesday that the measure goes into effect as of Wednesday, July 29, 2020. The facilities where employees …
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July 21, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
After two months break, the live briefing on coronavirus by the Civil Protection resumed on Tuesday and the Head Nikos Hardalias gave some figures about testing and confirmed cases both in the local community and among tourists. A total of 918,032 people have entered Greece in the period July 1-19, …
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May 26, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
“Without restriction measures, we would have 13,685 deaths,” spokesman of National Health Organization and Professor for Infectious Diseases, Sotiris Tsiodras, said on Tuesday evening, on the last live broadcast briefing on the course of the pandemic. He announced 10 new confirmed cases with eight of them being related to another …
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May 21, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Many Greeks were shocked on Wednesday to hear the country will open its gates to foreign visitors in three weeks, tourists who will not need to undergo a Covid-19 test or be placed in a 14-day quarantine as the measures have been so far. On Thursday, head of Greece’s Civil …
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