Photo source: European Parliament As the Omicron variant of Covid-19 begins to spread, the World Health Organization (WHO) urges unvaccinated individuals aged 60 or over to avoid travel to “to areas with community transmission”. WHO issued the guidance on Tuesday, advising against travel for seniors 60 or older who have not been vaccinated against Covid […]
Source: Sofia Airport Bulgaria has placed Greece on its list of “Red Zone” destinations for travel, after a rise of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in the country. Greece is among the 14 countries to recently enter Bulgaria’s “Red Zone”, along with Germany, Austria, UK, Netherlands, Czech Republic and others. Effective since November 23, the list bans […]
The Greek Health Ministry’s expert committee on Friday announced a strict protocol for the entry of travelers to Greece from South African countries where cases of a newly identified Covid-19 variant, called B.1.1.529 or ‘Botswana variant’, have been identified. According to the protocol, from Saturday, November 27, passengers traveling from the southern African countries
Photo source: European Commission The European Commission proposed on Thursday, a revision to non-essential travel rules, giving priority to vaccinated travelers and advising them to get booster shots against Covid-19 if they wish to extend the validity of their EU Digital Covid Certificate. It has called on EU states to reopen “systematically” to those vaccinated
The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is warning Americans to avoid travel to some 75 countries, including Greece, after adding on Monday, Germany and Denmark to its “Level Four: Very High” Covid-19 risk advisory. The US State Department also issued a “Do Not Travel” recommendation for the two countries, which are currently facing a […]
The European Commission has adopted four decisions certifying that Covid-19 certificates issued by Georgia, Moldova, New Zealand and Serbia are equivalent to the EU Digital COVID Certificate. As a result, the four countries will be connected to the EU’s system and their COVID certificates will be accepted under the same conditions as the EU Digital […]
Photo source: @BER – Berlin Brandenburg Airport Unvaccinated individuals traveling to Germany from four EU countries, including Greece, as of Sunday will be required to quarantine upon arrival, according to the latest guidelines issued by the Robert Koch Institute. Germany’s updated list of high-risk areas, which now includes Greece, Ireland, Belgium and The Netherlands,
Photo source: IATA The European Council has added Indonesia to its updated list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted. The council reviewed the list under the recommendation on the gradual lifting of the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU. Based on the criteria and conditions set out in the recommendation, […]
Greek authorities have extended all Covid-19 aviation directives that concern flights and arrivals to Greece from abroad. According to an announcement by the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA), the directives have been extended until November 26. In short, arrivals are allowed from EU and Schengen Zone member states, those traveling for “essential reasons” and
The Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) on Tuesday announced that Greek and foreign travelers aged 4 to 17 can present a negative self-test result for Covid-19 to board domestic flights in Greece. It is reminded that negative self-test results were previously accepted only from domestic travelers aged 4 to 11. The aviation directive, which has […]


















