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Bactrocera dorsalis Detected in Greece for the First Time

Greece has confirmed the first detection of the oriental fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) within its territory, posing a significant threat…

7 months ago

Crematorium queues grow as COVID-19 rages across China

China's narrow criteria for identifying deaths caused by Covid-19 will underestimate the true toll of the pandemic's current wave, a…

2 years ago

PATROKLOS KOUDOUNIS: The Greek who experienced a nightmarish quarantine in Shanghai (PHOTOS)

About a month ago, while China was still implementing a policy of "zero cases" to deal with the coronavirus, Patroklos…

2 years ago

Breaking: Omicron and Australia

In response to the outbreak of the newly identified coronavirus variant 'Omicron' which has spread in South Africa, Australia has…

3 years ago

The Inherently Political Task of Assigning Appropriate Greek Letters to COVID-19 Variants

The quest to assign a letter of the Greek alphabet to the newly identified COVID-19 variant ‘B.1.1.529' that has spread…

3 years ago

New COVID-19 Variant 'Omicron' Just a Flight Away

A newly identified COVID-19 variant that has spread in South Africa and described by health experts as 'the most concerning…

3 years ago

Quarantine to be abandoned for fully-vaccinated returning travellers to Sydney Australia

From 1 November, NSW will no longer require fully vaccinated international or interstate arrivals to undertake home or hotel quarantine.…

3 years ago

Tsitsipas 'I will play under the conditions that have been set by the Australian Open'

World No.3 Stefanos Tsitsipas has committed to January’s Australian Open, describing any potential restrictions forced on unvaccinated tennis stars, including…

3 years ago

Germany to designate parts of Greece COVID-19 high-risk

The Ionian Islands, Crete and islands in the southern Aegean Sea would be affected by this change.

3 years ago

Greek PM- Travellers to Greece should not be put into quarantine on return

  Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke in favour of flexible movement this summer, to reporters after the informal meeting…

4 years ago

Greece extends domestic flight restrictions to March 8

On Sunday, the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority issued an aviation directive (NOTAM), extending travel restrictions for domestic flights in Greece…

4 years ago

Greece extends travel lockdown till March 8

Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) extended the travel restrictions for international flight passengers due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In a…

4 years ago

Seven-day quarantine for passengers from abroad and restriction of international flights extended until Feb 8th for Greece

The aviation authorities are calling for a seven-day quarantine of airline passengers from abroad and international flights restriction to be…

4 years ago

Maria Sakkari under quarantine before Australian open

An Australian Open press release on Saturday night revealed that a passenger on the charter flight from Melbourne to Abu…

4 years ago

Cyprus to lift travel ban on 56 countries

As of January 15, 2021, Cyprus will lift its travel ban on 56 countries. The list includes: EU member states…

4 years ago

3 days quarantine instead of 10 for new international travellers to Greece

The mandatory precautionary quarantine period for travellers flying into Greece between December 18 and January 7 has been reduced from…

4 years ago

Greece further extends lockdown measures until Jan 7

Greece on Monday extended its lockdown measures in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease through January 7,…

4 years ago

Cyprus plans to open borders for vaccinated covid-19 travellers in March 2021

Cyprus has become the first European Union Member State to announce that it plans to abolish entry requirements like testing…

4 years ago

Greek Foreign Affairs Minister tests negative but remains in Covid-19 quarantine

Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias has tested negative for COVID-19, however he will continue to quarantine after coming in…

4 years ago

Mykonos added to UK's safe travel list

The Greek island of Mykonos, the Canary Islands, the Maldives and Denmark have been added to the UK's travel corridor…

4 years ago