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COVID-19 Greece

Argo News Brief: COVID, IMF, and This Week’s Tourist Trends

2021-04-08 by Argophilia Travel News

This week travel experts discuss the need for Greece to adapt in the wake of COVID-19, and more news on the economy and summer vacations.

Tags: Bank of Greece, COVID-19 Greece, ETC, European Travel Commission, Greece economy, Greece tourism, Greece vaccine rollout, IMF, newsbriefs, vaccine rollout, vaccines, WTTC

Latest COVID Reports: Greece Records 3,232 New Cases in 24 Hours

2021-04-04 by Argophilia Travel News

EODY logo

The National Public Health Organization (EODY) reported on Saturday 3,232 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours.

Tags: COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, EODY, Greece Health Ministry, pandemic Greece

“Remain Calm” Greek Ministers Have “Everything” Under Control

2021-04-03 by Phil Butler

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

The people of Crete are weary of ongoing COVID-19 restrictions and the seeming inability of Greek leadership to protect them.

Tags: Corporate Watch, COVID vaccine, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, Harry Theoharis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mitsotakis administration, Summer 2021, third wave, Tourism in Greece, Tourism Minister Theoharis, TUI

Greek Disease Experts Mull Over Lockdown Reopenings

2021-03-27 by Argophilia Travel News

Mitsotakis

Greece’s Health Ministry’s committee of experts is now considering which activities will restart in the country when new cases of COVID begin to decline.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 response, Greece lockdown, Greece reopening, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, pandemic Greece, Vana Papaevaggelou

Ryanair Plays the Odds: Adds New Connections to Greek Islands in 2021

2021-03-19 by Argophilia Travel News

Ryanair

The low-cost airline, mindful that Covid restrictions change regularly, has announced three new connections to Greek islands of Mykonos, Rhodes and Skiathos in 2021.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, Greek Islands, Harry Theoharis, MITT, MITT 2021, Romanian tourists, Russian tourists, Ryanair

TUI’s Greece Bookings Skyrocket – Greeks Only Want Their Lives Back

2021-03-17 by Phil Butler

Moderna

With the pandemic still ravaging Greece’s citizens and the country’s economy, foreign business interests seem to be calling all the shots (pun intended).

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, Greece 2021, Greece summer, Greek holiday, Harry Theoharis, Kara Godfrey, Kos Island, Kos Vacations, Noel Josephides, OKU Kos, Sunvil Group, TUI, TUI Cruises, TUI Holidays, vaccine schedule

Greece COVID-19 Vaccinations to Exceed 1 Million Within a Week

2021-03-02 by Argophilia Travel News

BioNTech Pfizer

National Vaccination Committee President Maria Theodoridou says vaccinations in Greece will exceed one million within a week.

Tags: COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 Vaccine, Greece pandemic, Greece vaccinations, Greece vaccine rollout, Maria Theodoridou

EU Citizens! Time to Give Ursula von der Leyen the All-Important “WTF?”

2021-03-01 by Phil Butler

Ursula von der Leyen

If the vaccines don’t arrive soon, Greece will be out of the tourism business for 2021 and beyond. But the wider news is far worse.

Tags: AirBnb, bankrupt hotels, COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, economic catastrophe, EU COVID response, hospitality, human tragedy, pandemic, Steak & Shake, UK COVID, world media, world response

Heraklion MP Igoumenidis Lambasts Mitsotakis Over Heraklion “Red” Alert

2021-02-20 by Phil Butler

Nikos Igoumenidis

In a just-published press release from Heraklion MP Dr. Nikos E. Igoumenidis, the cardiologist parliamentarian lambasts the Mitsotakis administration over Heraklion, Crete’s current coronavirus “red” status.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, Crete pandemic, Greece health system, Heraklion MP, Heraklion pandemic, Mitsotakis, Nikos E. Igoumenidis, Nikos Igoumenidis, PAGNI Hospital, Pandemic red zones, red zones, Venizelio Hospital

Alexandros Vassiliko Says the Pandemic Is a Natural Disaster

2021-02-12 by Phil Butler

Alexandros Vassilikos

The president of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels (HCH), Alexandros Vassilikos, is calling for an injection of capital.

Tags: Alexandros Vassilikos, COVID-19 Greece, Greece hotels, Greek hotels, HCH, Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, hotel industry, SETE, Sustainable Greece, sustainable hotels

Greece’s Daily COVID-19 Report Reveals 1,113 New Cases in 24 Hours

2021-02-07 by Argophilia Travel News

EODY logo

According to Greece’s National Public Health Organization (EODY) there were another 1.113 new coronavirus cases recorded on Saturday.

Tags: COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, EODY, pandemic Greece, pandemic response

Greek Officials Fear Third Wave of COVID Cases Imminent

2021-02-03 by Argophilia Travel News

Vaccine

Earlier this week news outlets reported on the New Democracy government’s concerns the third wave of coronavirus might be fueled by a stopgap COVID-19 strategy.

Tags: Athens coronavirus, Attica, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, ESY, National Health System, New Democracy, Pfizer COVID vaccine, third wave, vaccine, Vassilis Kikilias

2020 in Focus: The Worst Tourism Season in History

2021-02-01 by Argophilia Travel News

empty airports

According to the latest Global Barometer of Tourism of the UNWTO the collapse of international travel represents an estimated loss of $1.3 trillion.

Tags: Bookings, COVID tourism, COVID-19 Greece, COVID-19 response, economic catastrophe, international tourism, pandemic effects, tourism decline, tourism economy, tourism slump, UNWTO, world tourism

Greece Offers Tax Breaks to International Remote Working Professionals

2021-01-19 by Delia Gavrilescu

Kissamos taverna

Greece set to lure international professionals to work remotely with tax breaks that could reverse the brain drain the country suffers of.

Tags: brain drain, COVID-19 Greece, crete, Greece, Greece immigration, Greece incentives, Kissamos, Working in Greece

Greek Officials Extend Lockdown Measures Until January 18th

2021-01-09 by Argophilia Travel News

Nikos Hardalias

Greece’s Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias announced on Friday the extension of the country’s COVID-19 lockdown measures until Monday, January 18.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, Greece lockdown, lockdown, pandemic lockdowns

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2021-04-08 By Argophilia Travel News

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Latest COVID Reports: Greece Records 3,232 New Cases in 24 Hours

2021-04-04 By Argophilia Travel News

The National Public Health Organization (EODY) reported on Saturday 3,232 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours.

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