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Kalymnos Goes Back Into Lockdown Mode Days Before Tourism Opening

2021-05-05 by Argophilia Travel News

Kalymnos

Athens has announced reverting to lockdown measures for Kalymnos Island just days before a general reopening of tourism.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, Greece lockdown, Greece pandemic, Greece tourism, Kalymnos, lockdown, Summer 2021

Greece Tourism Friday News Brief: COVID News and More

2021-04-02 by Argophilia Travel News

Alexandros Vassilikos

Friday has been a pretty busy news day where the tourism sector is concerned. Here’s a brief rundown of the news and events from Greece.

Tags: Alexandros Vassilikos, Dimitris Fragakis, GNTO, Greece pandemic, Greece tourism, hotels, Mitsotakis administration, New Democracy

A Statement About Greece Tourism, COVID, the Vaccine, and Patience

2021-03-12 by Phil Butler

Phil Butler

A candid statement from the editor of Argo Travel News, about the untenable pandemic situation, people, and ministry in charge of caring.

Tags: AMKA, Celestyal Cruises, COVID vaccine, Crete COVID, Crete pandemic, Gloria Guevara, Greece pandemic, ITB Berlin, Ministry of Development and Investment, Norbert Fiebig, PAGNI Hospital, pandemic response, TUI, vaccine, WTTC

Greece Plans To restart Tourism by May 14th

2021-03-11 by Argophilia Travel News

Port Ios Paros

Greece’s Tourism Minister Haris Theocharis held a press conference this week to announce the country hopes on opening its tourist season on May 14.

Tags: All You Need Is Greece, Greece 2021, Greece hotels, Greece pandemic, Greece tourism, Greece visitors, Greek travelers, Harry Theoharis, Theoharis, tourism minister

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

Experts Skeptical of New Greece-Israel Tourism Pact

2021-02-16 by Phil Butler

COVID vaccine

EU officials are skeptical of the latest Greece-Israel travel pact that allows vaccine certified travelers.

Tags: COVID-19 Vaccine, Greece pandemic, Greece vacation, Greece vaccine rollout, Israel tourists, Israel vaccine, Israeli tourists, Russia vaccine, Sputnik V, vaccine

Athens and Attica Go Into Strict Lockdown Tomorrow

2021-02-10 by Argophilia Travel News

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Beginning tomorrow, the lockdown restrictions in Athens and the surrounding Attica region will get tougher.

Tags: Athens lockdown, Attica, Greece COVID-19, Greece pandemic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, lockdowns

Greece’s Night Curfew Remains in Place as Lockdown Measures Eased

2021-01-16 by Argophilia Travel News

lockdown

Greek officials announce the reopening of retail stores and shopping malls on January 18th, night curfew will remain in force.

Tags: Greece COVID-19, Greece lockdown, Greece officials, Greece pandemic, Greece tourism, lockdown movement, pandemic Greece

Greece Records 262 News COVID Cases in 24 Hours

2020-12-27 by Argophilia Travel News

EODY logo

Authorities in Greece announced yesterday, only 262 new cases of the coronavirus in the country, with 13 of those detected at border checkpoints.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, Greece lockdown, Greece pandemic, pandemic

Greece Lost €15 Billion to COVID: Experts Seek New Tourism Model

2020-12-17 by Argophilia Travel News

Omikron

COVID-19 has cost Greece in excess of €15 billion euro in tourism revenues according to the National Bank of Greece.

Tags: Greece pandemic, Greece tourism, Greek resorts, luxury Crete, Luxury Resorts, luxury villas, National Bank of Greece, NBG, pandemic, pandemic losses, Villa Omikron

Greece Announces Limited Easing of Lockdown for the Holidays

2020-12-14 by Argophilia Travel News

25th August Street

Greece’s authorities announced last Friday the limited easing of the country’s Covid-19 lockdown restrictions for the Christmas and New Year holidays. Government Spokesperson Stelios Petsas gave the following instructions via the announcement: —- Retailers, beginning Sunday, December 13, until Thursday, January 7, 2021, will be allowed to operate only under the so-called “click-away” method to accept orders by […]

Tags: Greece, Greece Christmas, Greece pandemic, lockdowns, pandemic Greece, pandemic response, Stelios Petsas

Greece Records 2,198 new COVID-19 Infections in Last 24 Hours

2020-11-17 by Argophilia Travel News

Covid-19

According to infectious disease expert Professor Gkikas Mangiorkinis, most of the new COVID-19 cases are being detected outside of the regions of Attica and Thessaloniki.

Tags: Athens news, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, Greece pandemic, pandemic countries, pandemic second wave

EODY Authorities Announce 2,835 New COVID-19 Cases in Greece

2020-11-15 by Argophilia Travel News

coronavirus

Greece officials announced yesterday 2835 new coronavirus cases of which 15 were identified following inspections at the entry gates of the country. This figure brings the total number of cases in Greece to 72,510, of which 54.0% are men. According to Satuday’s report from EODY, 4622 (6.4%) are considered to be related to travel abroad and 18812 (25.9%) are associated […]

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Greece, Greece COVID, Greece pandemic

Greek Officials Announce New Restrictive Pandemic Measures

2020-11-02 by Argophilia Travel News

Γενική Γραμματεία Πολιτικής Προστασίας

Greece’s Deputy Minister for Civil Protection & Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias defines new COVID restrictions.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, Greece pandemic, Mitsotakis administration, pandemic restrictions

Greece Records Record COVID-19 Cases Over a 24 Hour Period

2020-10-28 by Argophilia Travel News

Vaccine

Greece’s National Public Health Organization (EODY) announces another record for the most coronavirus cases registered over a 24 hour period.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID cases, COVID-19 Greece, EODY, Greece pandemic, Greece tourism

Greece’s Mitsotakis Pleads for Citizen Vigilance to Combat COVID-19

2020-09-25 by Phil Butler

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is pleading with Greek citizens to be vigilant and to respect COVID-19 safety measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

Tags: COVID-19 economics, Covid-19 pandemic, Greece lockdown, Greece pandemic, lockdown, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greece Reports 156 New COVID-19 Cases to Start the Week

2020-09-08 by Argophilia Travel News

British tourists

On Monday, Greek officials announced 156 new cases of coronavirus in the country, 13 of which were detected following checks at the country’s entry gates.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID-19 Greece, Greece, Greece pandemic, Greece tourism, pandemic response

Greece Records 233 New Cases and 2 Deaths Over Last 24 Hours

2020-09-03 by Argophilia Travel News

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

On Tuesday there were 207 new cases and 5 new deaths because of coronavirus reported in Greece.

Tags: coronavirus deaths, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, COVID-19 cases, Greece, Greece pandemic, Sotiris Tsiodras

A Rise in Coronavirus Cases in Greece May Lead to UK Travel Ban

2020-08-11 by Argophilia Travel News

Beach

The recent rise in coronavirus cases in Greece has United Kingdom officials considering a travel ban to the country.

Tags: Greece, Greece 2020, Greece COVID-19, Greece pandemic, Greek vacation, travel advisory, travel ban, UK, UK travelers

Greece Records No Fatalities and Only 28 Covid-19 Friday

2020-07-04 by Argophilia Travel News

First TUI flight

Greece’s National Public Health Organization (EODY) reported yesterday no fatalities and only 28 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hour period. The number brings the total number of cases in Greece since the onset of the pandemic to 3,486. Also in the news, from the grand total of tests, 27,416 were carried […]

Tags: COVID-19 cases, Greece pandemic, Greece tourism, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek pandemic response, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece

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