Senior financial executives from across Europe, including Greece, are expressing increasing optimism that the Covid-19 pandemic is on its way out, expecting business activity to recover in the next 12 months, according to the Deloitte European CFO Survey Spring 2021. More specifically, 78 percent of Greek and 74 percent of European CFOs expect an increase […]
António Costa, Ursula von der Leyen and David Sassoli. The EU Digital COVID Certificate, a European Union-wide initiative to facilitate travel in Covid-19 times, was signed into law on Monday by the presidents of the three EU institutions, the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission. “The EU Certificate will again […]
Photo: Shutterstock The Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) has updated its Covid-19 aviation directives (NOTAMS) and extended travel rules for passengers of international and domestic flights in Greece. Travel rules for international arrivals The HCAA’s update for its Covid-19 aviation directives extends travel rules for passengers and restrictions for all
A big Hollywood production is getting ready to begin filming in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece, the governor of Central Macedonia, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, said on Friday. According to Tzitzikostas, this is the first time Thessaloniki will be a film location for such a big production which includes a cast of world-famous actors. The governor made the announcement […]
Starting June 16, tourism enterprises impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic will be able to tap into a total of 420 million euros in working capital released by the Greek government to help them restart operations. The support scheme announced earlier this month by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis provides a wide range of tourism businesses, including hotels,
Travelers vaccinated with Covid-19 vaccines other than those approved by the European Union will be allowed entry into Greece, according to the country’s health committee. Speaking during Friday’s Covid-19 media briefing, Vana Papaevaggelou, infectious diseases specialist, announced that the coronavirus health committee has recommended for another five vaccines to be
Greece on Friday gave an update to its Covid-19 risk-assessment map following the drop in the viral load in a number of the country’s regional units. Speaking during a Covid-19 media briefing, Greek Civil Protection Deputy Minister Nikos Hardalias informed that the level of risk for 24 regional units has changed with 16 moving from […]
Photo source: European Commission Vaccinated travelers may soon be able to travel restriction-free across the EU after member states agreed on Friday to ease restrictions. Reuters reports that the decision which will allow cross-border tourism for vaccinated travelers was reached during an EU ambassadors meeting on Friday. Officials approved a revised European Commission
Photo source: @berlinairport Germany recently updated its travel advice and has taken five Greek regions off its Covid-19 travel risk list, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases. According to the RKI, the regions of Mount Athos, the North Aegean, East Macedonia and Thrace as well as the Peloponnese are no longer considered […]
Photo source: diaNEOsis The majority (94.4 percent) of Greeks believe that vaccination against Covid-19 saves lives with one in two saying they feel psychologically more secure after, found a study released this week by research and policy institute diaNEOsis. The study, which provides a closer look at how Greeks feel about vaccination and the pandemic, […]


















