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Top Greek Marine Micro-Biologist Gives Summer Beachgoing Advice

2020-05-07 by Phil Butler

Kokkinos Pyrgos

A Greek Professor of Marine Microbiology at the University of the Aegean gives sound advice on summer beachgoing.

Tags: Adamantia Efstratios, Aegean beaches, beaches, beachgoing, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19 response, Dr. Adamantia Efstratios, Greece beaches, marine biology, SARS-CoV-2

Greece Transport Minister Karamanlis Says Monday Begins Next Phase

2020-05-07 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Athens bus

Greece Transport Minister says starting next Monday, Greece’s infrastructure will enter the next phase of COVID restrictions easing.

Tags: Athens buses, coronavirus Greece, Greece, Greece flights, Greece lockdown, Greece transportation, Greek coronavirus, Greek infrastructure, Kostas Karamanlis, transport minister

Intensive Covid-19 Testing Continues for Greece Arrivals

2020-05-07 by Argophilia Travel News

Katerini

Greece’s Secretary-General of Civil Protection says intensive inspections for the coronavirus continue for those arriving from abroad.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, Greece, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism report, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece, Vassilis Papageorgiou

Aegean Airlines Seeks Government’s Help to Weather Pandemic

2020-05-06 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Aegean Airlines

Greece’s AEGEAN is asking the government’s help after the company suffered massive losses due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.

Tags: Aegean Airlines, airfares, Airline stocks, coronavirus Greece, Credit, Eftichios Vassilakis, flights, Greece airlines, Greek business, Greek Tourism Confederation, SETE, stocks

TUI Pushing Hard for Early Tourism Invasion of Greece

2020-05-06 by Phil Butler

Mykonos

This week in Greece, citizens are emerging from a weeks long lockdown. Meanwhile, TUI and other big travel businesses push ahead hard.

Tags: Balearic Islands, Coronavirus 2019, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, crete, Cyprus, Fritz Joussen, Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, portugal, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, TUI, TUI Cruises, TUI profits, TUI stocks

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis Announces Coronavirus Restrictions Easing

2020-04-29 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced that the nationwide coronavirus lockdown is to be gradually lifted as of May 4.

Tags: Coronavirus, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, Greece lockdown, Greek news, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, pandemic

Greece Heads Into Post-Coronavirus Land With Zero Deaths News

2020-04-26 by Phil Butler

Archanes Village

Greece’s leadership is expected to lift of many of the restrictions put in place to stem the spread of the coronavirus starting next week.

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, Greece, Greece economy, Greece lockdown, pandemic, school openings

Greece’s Yaroufakis Warns of Catastrophe Without Decisive EU Moves

2020-04-24 by Phil Butler

Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former finance minister says his country will be the hardest hit by the economic turmoil.

Tags: Brexit, coronabonds, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, EU bonds, EU response, Greece austerity, Greek economy, Grexit, IMF, Italy, Italy economy, Matteo Salvini, Spain, Spain economy, Yanis Varoufakis

From Crete Island: An Indespensible Pandemic Lesson

2020-04-22 by Phil Butler

Ioannis Liapakis

Lessons from Crete during the time of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Traditional values, steadfastness, and duty should rule all our hearts.

Tags: Chef Grigoris Koudounas, Coronavirus 2019, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, crete, Crete people, economic crisis, Greece, Greece COVID-19, Ioannis Liapakis, Minas Liapakis

Coronavirus Restrictions in Greece May Be Eased From May 4th

2020-04-20 by Argophilia Travel News

The Greek government is considering a gradual easing of coronavirus restrictions to curb the spread of the virus starting May 4th.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, coronavirus response, coronavirus restrictions, COVID-19, Greek government

Open Tourism and the University of Piraeus COVID-19 Impact Survey

2020-04-20 by Argophilia Travel News

Open Tourism Research

Open Tourism and the University of Piraeus, has carried out the first research regarding the impact of COVID-19 on Tourism in Greece.

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, coronavirus Greece, coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19, Dr. Georgia Zouni, Greece recovery, Greece tourism ministry, Greek tourism, Open Tourism, tourism, University of Piraeus

Greece Blocks Dutch and German Flights Over Coronavirus

2020-03-29 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Nikos Hardalias

Greek officials have temporarily banned passenger flights from Germany and the Netherlands. The ban for Germany allows traffic from the central European country to Athens only. The measure is the latest in a series of Greek crackdowns to ensure the public is protected from COVID-19. Greece’s Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos […]

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, Greece flights, Greece tourism, Nikos Hardalias

Scientists Now Say Worldwide COVID-19 Spread a Near Certainty

2020-02-26 by Phil Butler

Turkey pedestrians

Tourism professionals should not hold out false hope for a kill-off of COVID-19 spread. Experts say the virus may affect all countries.

Tags: CDC, China travelers, Coronavirus, Coronavirus 2019, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, Grand Hotel Europa, Greek tourism report, Greek tourism statistics, Hotel H10 Costa Adeje Palace, Marc Lipsitch, pandemic, reece, SARS, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece, WHO

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A Sunday morning beer-bottle siege in Malia escalated into an international incident involving the Embassy in Bucharest, Interpol, and a 17-year-old with a hatchet.

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Decades-old vendors opt out of returning to the renovated Chania Municipal Market as new municipal rent prices spark outrage across Crete.

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Spanish Tourist Unsure How 19 Kilograms Of Loud, Pungent Herbal Material Sneaked Into Her Carry-On

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Kolymbari Beach Littered with Plastic

2026-07-28 By Manuel Santos

Active Citizens of Platanias condemn municipal indifference as Kolymbari Beach in Crete is left littered with plastic waste and abandoned fishing gear.

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2026-07-27 By Arthur Butler

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