Deputy Infrastructure and Transport Minister and other high-ranking officials flew in the first test flight with a seaplane on Saturday. The test flight was carried out by Hellenic Seaplanes on Saturday and the plane took off from the Lavrio seaplane field. Operation of hydroplanes and the development of a network …
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Hydrogen bus tested under real traffic conditions in downtown Athens
The first Greek urban bus running on hydrogen was tested on regular schedules on Wednesday by OSY SA, which runs the buses and trolleys for the Transport for Athens (OASA Group). “The bus has been operating in the center of Athens for around a month on the cyclical route of …
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Greece scraps mandatory Covid-test for travelers from USA, Canada, Australia
Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority modified its latest air directive (NOTAM) and scrapped the requirement of mandatory Covid-19 for travelers from the United States, Canada and Australia. Travelers from these three countries will not longer have to present a negative Covid-19 test, provided they have a vaccination certificate or a certificate …
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Greece scraps mandatory test for travelers with active European vaccination certificate
Travelers with active European vaccination certificate will no need a mandatory Covid-19 test, Greece’s Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced Friday noon. The European certificate is valid for nine months, while in Greece it will be seven months from next Monday. The measure will go into force as of Monday, February …
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No need for PCR confirmation if a vaccinated person gets infected, says Greek Minister
People who test positive to the coronavirus after a rapid test do not need to follow it up with a molecular PCR test, unless they are unvaccinated and want a certificate they have contracted the virus, Alternate Health Ministry Mina Gaga said on Thursday. “Because there are many infections right …
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Kafkaesque-situation on Crete, when man positive on self-test seeks PCR-confirmation
Seeking to have a molecular PCR-test on Christmas Day turned into a small adventure for a young man in Heraklio on the island of Crete. Twice tested positive on self-tests, the young man sought to confirm the illness with a PCR-test. Mission impossible. The 24-year-old man felt ill on Saturday …
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No lockdown over holidays; thoughts of mandatory Covid-test for all, says Health Minister
Health Minister Thanos Plevris ruled out a new general lockdown but stated that the government will enforce any measure necessary including much more testing, ahead of the projected spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant. Speaking to Mega TV on Sunday, Plevris said that measures should be primarily directed towards the …
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Greece’s official travel rules: PCR/RAPID test for all Dec 19-Jan 10
Greece published in the Official Gazette the new travel rules that make mandatory Covid-19 test for entry in the country over the Christmas and holiday season. The conditions for mandatory PCR or RAPID test are valid from Sunday, 19. December 2021, until 10. January 2022. According to the decision published …
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Greece changes again travel rules: Mandatory PCR 72 hours or Rapid Test 24 hours
For the fourth time in 24 hours, Greece changed again the travel rules for all passengers arriving from abroad and now allows entrance also with negative Rapid test, next to the PCR test. Deputy Health Minister Mina Gaga said at the coronavirus live briefing on Thursday evening that next to …
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Greece introduces mandatory PCR test to all travelers from abroad UPDATE2
Greece Health Ministry announced on Wednesday evening that all travelers will have to show a mandatory negative PCR test. The measure affects all travelers, whether they are vaccinated against Covid-19 or not and independently of the country of departure. Only exception is for travelers from Greece who have been in …
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Greece tightens restrictions for unvaccinated citizens: RAPID TEST RULE
Greece restricts access to unvaccinated citizens in a series of activities including non-essential shopping and work if they cannot prove with a negative RAPID or PCR test that they are not infected with the coronavirus. A negative test will not be necessary to access churches, supermarkets and pharmacies. The measures …
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Emergency sirens to be tested across Greece on Sept 28
Greece will be testing its Civil Protection emergency alert systems on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, with sirens sounding at 11:00 a.m. and 11:05 a.m. throughout the country. Both siren alarms tests will last 60 seconds each, with the first one sounding intermittently and at varying levels and the second one …
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Unvaccinated teens, children in Greece’s closed restaurants areas with negative test
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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Mandatory Covid-19 test on arrival for unvaccinated passengers from 16 countries
Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority extended the air directive (notam) regarding Covid-19 requirements and conditions of international flight passengers to enter Greece. At the same time, the notam provides that unvaccinated passengers arriving form 16 countries will have undergo a Covid-19 test upon arrival regardless of their nationality. The notam is …
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Greece fines asylum-seekers with €5,000 for arriving without Covid-test UPD
Greek Police has been imposing fines of 5,000 euros to asylum-seekers entering the country by boat under the pretext of violating the coronavirus protocol and not showing or having a Covid-19 test upon arrival. Sheer racist vindictiveness or just an mean trick to increase revenues from the needy ones? In …
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Flight passengers from 13 countries to be tested for Covid-19 on arrival to Greece
Passengers who arrive in Greece from 13 specific countries, regardless of their own nationality, will be required to submit to a coronavirus test upon arrival in the country, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said in a new air directive (notam) on Thursday. At the same time, the CAA extended the …
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Greece’s new prices for PCR and Rapid Tests at private laboratories
The new significant lower prices for molecular PCR tests and Rapid tests at private laboratories lasted less than week after the Development Ministry announced them. The Ministry quickly bowed to the strong reactions of the sector that threatened to stop carry out such tests. 10 euros were added to the …
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Greece closes some land borders to contain spread of coronavirus in the North
The Greek government has decided to close some of the border crossings in northern Greece and increases Covid-19 test demands in an effort to contain the rapid spread of coronavirus in the broader area. Closed is one border crossing with Albania, while one border crossing with Bulgaria will remain open …
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Where and how to get a free Covid-19 test in Greece
The Greek Health Ministry and the National Public Health Care Organization EODY are offering Covid-19 tests free of charge. The tests are carried out in specific public hospitals in several cities and under specific circumstances. The offering of the free tests take place as Attica remains the epicenter of the …
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Did Turkey proceed with testing its S-400 air-defense missiles?
A missile was fired into the sky on Friday on Turkey’s Black Sea coast town of Sinop where the military was expected to test its newly purchased Russian-made S-400 defence systems. Testing of S-400 could create tensions between Turkey and the United States and the NATO, as the purchase from …
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