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Blue Freedom

The Greece Tourism Season That Never Should Have Been

2021-08-12 by Phil Butler

Greek Prime Minister

With wildfire ravaging the country, and the coronavirus resurging, will Greek officials finally admit the 2021 tourism season was a mistake?

Tags: Blue Freedom, fires in Greece, Greece 2021, Greece COVID, Greece COVID-19, Greece fires, Greece tourists, Greece vaccines, Greece wildfires, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mitsotakis administration, Theoharis

World Leaders Push For Tourism – Putting Us All in Harm’s Way

2021-08-07 by Phil Butler

COVID nightmare

World leadership during the coronavirus pandemic has failed the people of Earth miserably. It’s a time wen economics was chosen over people.

Tags: Blue Freedom, COVID restrictions, COVID-19 Greece, EU, EU Travel, Greece amber list, Greece travel, Greece vaccine rollout, Greece vaccines, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mykonos, red list, vaccines

Greece’s South Aegean Islands Go ‘Dark Red’ as Blue Freedom Blows Up

2021-07-30 by Phil Butler

MYK Boat Club

The Greek government’s “Blue Freedom” scheme to put fill remote islands with tourists this summer just blew up in their political faces.

Tags: Blue Freedom, COVID vaccine, COVID warnings, crete, Crete COVID, Dark Red COVID List, EODY, Greece tourism, Harry Theoharis, Ios Island, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mykonos, Rhodes, Tinos island, vaccines

Greek Official Confirms Island Vaccination Plan Was About Economics

2021-05-30 by Phil Butler

Celestial Cruises

Greece now readily admit that the “Blue Freedom” island vaccination plan to help cruise companies. The sad thing is, nobody seems to care.

Tags: Blue Freedom, COVID-19 Greece, Cruise industry, cruise news, Dr. George Pavlakis, Greece 2021, Greece tourism, Greece vaccinations, Greek Islands, Harry Theoharis, Heraklion, Ioannis Plakiotakis, MSC Cruises, TUI, TUI Cruises

The Most Important Travel News You Will Read Today

2021-05-13 by Phil Butler

Nikos Igoumenidis

The reopening of Greece to travelers has brought praise from economists and the WTTC, but on Crete leaders say the people have been let down.

Tags: Blue Freedom, COVID-19 Greece, Gloria Guevara, Greece, Greece coronavirus, Greece lockdown, Greece vacation, pandemic lockdowns, Summer 2021, tourism, WTTC

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Following heavy rainfall, Crete’s dams experience a massive surge in water levels. The latest data for Faneromeni, Aposelemis, and Potamon.

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Rethymno Prepares for the 2026 Cretan Diet Festival

2026-03-28 By Iorgos Pappas

Rethymno Town Hall hosted a strategic meeting to elevate the 2026 Cretan Diet Festival.

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Fodele Orange Festival 2026: A Sensory Celebration in El Greco’s Birthplace

2026-03-27 By Manuel Santos

Join the village of Fodele this Sunday, March 29, for the 11th Orange Festival, with traditional Cretan flavors, music, and art.

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