IATA Urges Support for Greek Proposal on Common EU Covid-19 Vaccination Certificate

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is urging all branches of the European Union to support the proposal of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to agree on a common digital European Covid-19 vaccination certificate that would enable those who are vaccinated to travel freely within Europe without testing. In an open letter to European Commission […]

Greek Minister in Madrid for UNWTO’s Global Tourism Crisis Committee Meeting

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Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis. Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis will attend the UNWTO Global Tourism Crisis Committee’s first meeting of the year in Madrid, Spain, on Monday, January 18. The meeting, held to advance concrete plans to ensure the restart of tourism, will take place in the context of the 113th session of the […]

Greek Covid-19 Support Measures Get Extension

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The Hellenic Parliament, Syntagma Square. Photo © GTP Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday announced extended relief measures to lessen the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which include rent exemptions and employee subsidies, as well as a tougher fines for anyone violating Covid-19 measures. Mitsotakis made the announcement in parliament ahead of plans to

Tourism Minister: Covid-19 Vaccination Certificate Not Required for Greece Entry

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Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis ruled out on Thursday the need for a Covid-19 vaccination certificate for travelers wishing to visit Greece this summer. Theoharis was referring to a proposal made this week to the European Commission by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis calling for an EU-wide vaccination certificate which, he

Greek PM Confident About Tourism in Summer 2021

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis being interviewed by journalist Nikos Hatzinikolaou. Photo source: @PrimeministerGR Hours after Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis proposed to the EU the introduction of an EU-wide vaccination certificate that will facilitate safe travel in the Covid-19 era, he expressed optimism that tourist activity will be much better this

Greek PM Proposes Joint EU Vaccination Certificate for Travel

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Photo source: @primeministerGR Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is calling for the introduction of an EU-wide vaccination certificate that will facilitate safe travel. The Greek prime minister tabled the idea in a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen first published in US-based Politico. The Greek

Covid-19 Vaccinations Begin in Greece

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Photo source: @PrimeministerGR Greece’s first vaccinations against the coronavirus (Covid-19) were performed in reference hospitals of Attica on Sunday, in accordance to the Greek government’s vaccination operation dubbed “Eleftheria”. The country’s vaccinations were in line with the EU Vaccination Days, which sees the first Europeans being vaccinated on the same days

Greece Announces When General Population will Receive Covid-19 Vaccine

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Photo © European Commission 2020 The vaccine for the coronavirus (Covid-19) is expected to be available to Greece’s general population in mid-January, according to General Secretary of Primary Health Care Mario Themistokleous. Speaking during Monday’s Covid-19 media briefing, Themistokleous gave details on the government’s vaccination operation dubbed “Eleftheria”

PM: Greece Covid-19 Vaccination to Begin on December 27

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Vaccination will begin in Greece at five Covid-19 reference hospitals on December 27, announced Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday, following a meeting on the country’s national vaccination plan. Mitsotakis said the first vaccinations will take place at Athens’ Evangelismos and Sotiria hospitals on December 27. The PM rereferred to the expected approval of

Greek Tourism Businesses to Pay Reduced Rent Due to Covid-19 Lockdown

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Greece’s tourism businesses, including hotels and travel agencies, are among those eligible for a reduction in two monthly lease payments due to the country’s lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19). The measure, announced initially by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in parliament, concerns an 80 percent reduction to the January 2021