January 9, 2025
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Four people were injured when a lift at Erythros Stavros hospital in Athens fell, after one of its cables snapped. The lift fell through two floors and landed at the second basement. The incident took place at noon on Thursday in one of the big elevators of the hospital that …
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September 10, 2024
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
The Central Port Authority of Volos announced on Monday the lifting of the swimming ban at beaches in the broader Volos area. Swimming is now permitted at all beaches from Agria to Agios Georgios of Kynigos. The swimming ban was imposed in the area on September 2, following concerns about …
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January 22, 2024
Tourism, Travel, weather
The ban on ferries sailing from the port of Piraeus will be gradually lifted on Monday afternoon as according to the National Meteorological Service’s forecast the strong northern winds will gradually fade from the north, media report. However, ferries will remain docked at the ports of Rafina and Lavrio in …
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June 1, 2023
Greece, Politics
The plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels voted earlier on Thursday in favor of lifting the immunity two Greek MEPs: Alexis Georgoulis from SYRIZA and Maria Spyraki from New Democracy. Georgoulis has been facing charges for alleged sexual abuse, while Spyraki is under investigation for alleged Georgoulis, an …
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March 14, 2023
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Measures to prohibit coronavirus infections will be lifted, except in the case of public and private health facilities and nursing homes for the elderly, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. According to media, the measures to be lifted include: masks to be abolished everywhere and in public transport – except …
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December 15, 2022
Greece, Politics
The European Chief Prosecutor has requested the lifting of immunity of two Greek Members of the European Parliament. The request for lifting of immunity of Maria Spyraki (ND/EPP) and Eva Kaili (PASOK/S&D) is due to a suspicion of fraud detrimental to the EU budget, in relation to the management of …
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May 31, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
After almost two years, masks will no longer be mandatory indoors in Greece from Wednesday, 1. June 2022. Exceptions for health facilities and public transport means. According to the government, the lifting of the mask measure refers to the fine of 300 euros and its suspension will be valid until …
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April 13, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Life in Greece will return to normal as of May 1, Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced on Wednesday adding that the measure of showing a Covid-Pass to enter facilities and retail stores will be lifted on May 1, while the measure of mandatory mask indoors will be abolished on June …
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February 22, 2022
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
European Union member countries agreed Tuesday that they should further facilitate tourist travel into the 27-nation bloc for people who are vaccinated against the coronavirus or have recovered from Covid-19. The European Council is recommending that EU nations next month lift all testing and quarantine requirements for people who received …
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February 21, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
More freedom for vaccinated citizens will come by the end of March, health minister Thanos Plevris said on Monday morning adding that unvaccinated citizens will have to live longer with restrictions against the spread of the coronavirus. Speaking to ANT1 TV, Plevris said “There is still no discussion about lifting …
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February 17, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism
All the countries at the EU Health Ministers Council meeting said that they aim to lift remaining restrictions to control the transmission of the coronavirus by mid-March, depending on the pressure facing individual countries’ health system,” Greece’s Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Thursday. Speaking to Skai TV, Plevris said …
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February 12, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
As Greece is preparing to lift some restrictions currently in force with the aim to contain the spread of the coronavirus ahead of the Greek orthodox Easter and the opening of the tourism season. The government and health experts has decided to work in this direction, even though the harsh …
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January 27, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece is relaxing some of the restrictions against Covid-19 due to the recent decrease of daily infections. Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced on Thursday evening that the closure of restaurants and other venues at midnight will be lifted and so the ban of music that now will be allowed again …
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June 25, 2021
Greece, Politics
Six Greek politicians have submitted a request to judicial authorities to remove the whistleblowers’ identity protection who have implicated them into the Novartis scandal. The request was submitted to the judicial council of the Special Court on Thursday. The whistleblowers, “code-named ‘Kelesi’ and ‘Maximos Sarafis‘ had alleged that the high-profile …
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June 17, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Outdoor playgrounds, amusement parks and bazaars, along with spas and other wellness services, will be allowed to go back into operation as of Saturday, Greece ‘s Civil Protection announced on Thursday. Speaking at the Health Ministry’s briefing, Deputy Minister for Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias announced also the reopening of indoor …
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April 26, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Civil Aviation Authority in Greece announced that it lifts the 7-day quarantine also for travellers from seven more non -EU countries. In a statement issued on Sunday, the CAA said also that arriving children over a certain age will need a negative PCR test. The CAAt extends restrictions on domestic …
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June 5, 2020
Tourism
The European Union has pledged to lift border controls inside its territory by the end of the month, while extending a ban on travellers coming from outside the bloc until 1 July. The extension of the ban on non-essential travel by foreign nationals into the EU’s border free-travel zone was …
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June 8, 2019
Tourism
It needed the tears of a 12-year-old school boy to draw attention to a problem that again sheds bad light to Greece: The platform lift for the transfer of wheelchairs up to the Acropolis has been out of order for several months. The wheel-chair-bound school boy was shocked to realize …
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May 23, 2019
World
Democrats and Republican US Congressmen tabled a bill to US Congress introducing the lifting of arms embargo on Cyprus. The arms embargo was imposed in 1987. Congressmen Ted Deutch and David Cicilline from the Democrats and Gus M. Bilirakis from the Republicans introduced on Wednesday the bipartisan, bicameral Eastern Mediterranean …
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September 15, 2018
Economy
Greece plans to further loosen capital controls and to lift restrictions with regards to cash withdrawals and opening bank accounts. This is what Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said in an interview on Saturday. “We will have new easing [of capital controls] very soon,” Tsakalotos told newspaper Naftemporiki , however, he …
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