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Police on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes arrested the owners of two beach-side restaurants on Monday as part of an ongoing crackdown on rampant zoning and environmental violations across the Greek isles. The two owners, aged 49 and 72 years old, both run restaurants on Ialysos Beach, a popular …

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Greece’s Epidemiologists Committee decided on Thursday to recommend the suspension of Covid-Pass and European Digital Covid-Certificate (EUDCC) from May 1, 2022. The suspension affects vaccinated and unvaccinated citizens in the country but also tourists arriving in Greece. Details will be clarified in the forthcoming joint ministerial decision. But roughly seen …

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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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Greece allows unvaccinated teenagers and children in closed restaurants areas provided they can prove a negative Rapid or Self-test, depending on the age group. A a ministerial decision ruled a day after the new restrictions for unvaccinated citizens went into effect on Monday. According to the ministerial decision published in …

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New public health rules kick off across Greece on Friday, with leisure and entertainment venues like restaurants, bars, cinemas and theaters having to declare whether they operate for vaccinated customers only or mixed, vaccinated or vaccinated. The rules are to be implemented until August 31, 2021, and for seated customers …

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Only a few owners of restaurants, cafes, bars and clubs plan to use the model of Covid-free and turn their facilities into venues for vaccinated customers only.  The majority of restaurants and coffee bars owners say that they will open the indoor spaces of their facilities for “mixed” customers, that …

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In an extraordinary live announcement early Tuesday evening, head of Greece’s Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias announced that restaurants, bars and clubs will operate exclusively with seated guests. Heavy fines for violators. The measure goes into force from Thursday, July 8, 2021. Hardalias said drawing attention to the spike of coronavirus …

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Greece has announced a two-tier system for inoculated and Covid-recovered citizens and not vaccinated citizens in the sectors of entertainment, dining and recreation on Tuesday. The separation measures come amid strong reactions by owners of restaurants in first place. According to the new measures restaurants, cinemas and theaters, for example, …

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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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The SMS system to <13033> to leave home during the lockdown in Greece will be scrapped and inter-municipality movement will be allowed again on Monday, May 3, when restaurants will reopen, media report on Tuesday. Speaking to ANT1 TV, Digital Governance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis said “We are very close to …

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Restaurants customers will not need to send an sms and can move to different municipality, Secretary General for Trade and Consumer Protection Panagiotis Stampoulidis said in an interview with ANT1 TV on Monday morning. “Inter-municipal movement will be allowed from May 3” and “citizens will not have to send an …

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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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Greece Greece aims to reopen restaurants early next month, state minister George Gerapetritis said on Wednesday, as the country is desperate for more economic sectors to resume operations ahead of its vital summer tourist season. Greece, which coped relatively well during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, was forced …

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Restaurants and bars will reopen after the Easter holidays, initially only serving customers outdoors, Alternate Development Minister Nikos Papathanassis said in an interview with MEGA TV on Tuesday. “The hospitality businesses will be allowed to reopen in outdoor and semi-open areas when the time is right. It appears that this …

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Hotel restaurants will not be permitted to open neither on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, nor on New Year’s Eve and the New Year’s Day, Greece’s Development Ministry said on Wednesday. Reason for this decision was that several hotels advertised on social media for “reveillon and festive fine dine” during …

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Greece extended part of the lockdown restriction until the first week of the new year. Schools, courts, restaurants, recreation and sports activities, including ski resorts, will remain closed until January 7, 2021, government spokesman Stelios Petsas announced on Monday. The night curfew will remain in place and so will the …

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Saturday a package of measures to contain the rapid speed of the coronavirus in the country. The so-called “action plan”  places several regional units into partial lockdown that will go into force at 06:00 a.m. Tuesday, 3. November 2020 and will be valid …

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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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Greece’s catering sector plan to shut down their businesses for one week if the government does not take immediate support measures. The Greek Association of catering and entertainment PASKEDI has reportedly decided to shut down all facilities form September 16 to 22, as the only way to put pressure on …

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Six business owners were arrested on the Ionian islands and fines worth several thousands euros were imposed because they operated their bars and restaurants beyond the midnight curfew. Among those arrested on Saturday, were two facility owners on the island of Corfu and one on Paxos. Each one was fined …

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