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Capodistrias Museum 3 years old today
CORFU. The Capodistrias Museum reopened on 15 October three years ago.
Greece remains ΄safe destination΄ for Britons
LONDON. Sigh of relief from Greek tourist professionals following the UK Foreign Office announcement to say that Greece remains on safe list with no 14-day quarantine for returning travellers.
Man, 91, dies in sea at Bouka beach, Lefkimmi
CORFU. An 91-year-old man was pulled out of the sea unconscious at Bouka beach, Lefkimmi on Sunday afternoon.
South Aegean Regional Governor calls on Tourism Minister to rectify misleading UK press reports
RHODES. Concern in the Dodecannese with British cancellations in Kos for the end of August and September.
Elias Mossialos, Professor of Health Policy at London School of Economics, explains why first tests on UK direct arrivals were all negative
ATHENS. "In the UK the pandemic is under control and the majority of people have returned to normality".
Coronavirus tests on direct UK flights to Greece all negative so far
ATHENS. 2,803 tests were conducted on direct UK flight arrivals on 15 and 16 July and all were negative - Two passengers tested positive who had come from London via Paris and Larnaca.
Smugglers of illegal immigrants arrested in Corfu
CORFU. Three Ukrainian nationals bringing 23 illegal immigrants from Turkey to Corfu on a sailing boat were arrested early on Friday morning.
Greek Tourism Minister to Sky News: "Talk of a second lockdown is nonsense"
Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis gave an interview on the occasion of the reopening of Greek airports to flights from the UK, stressing once again the high standards of safety and security here.
Water salute for the first UK plane to arrive in Corfu
CORFU. The Jet2 flight from Birmingham arrived in Corfu with around 90 passengers.
PM to chair COVID meeting today - possible return to mandatory use of face masks
ATHENS. The Specialists΄ Committee is proposing the return to mandatory use of face masks - Concern about Greeks taking short trips to North Macedonia and Bulgaria - Focus now on flights from UK.
UK now says travellers from Greece won΄t have to quarantine
ATHENS. Greece is now included in the list of countries whose travellers won΄t have to quarantine from 10 July despite what UK Minister of Transport said earlier.
Britons keen to go on holiday - even with quarantine
LONDON. The UK is the second biggest source of income and visitors for Greek tourism after Germany.
Boris Johnson in Intensive Care
LONDON. The serious news is on all the front pages of British newspapers. The mild scenario says that the 55-year-old Prime Minister has been admitted to the ICU so that a ventilator is available if needed.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for COVID-19
LONDON. Downing Street announced that Boris Johnson developed mild symptoms yesterday and will be self-isolating.
Young Corfu athlete wins 200m Silver at National Championships
ATHENS. A second Corfu medal at the 34th National Athletics Championships.
Third world conditions at Mantouki School
CORFU. The dreadful situation at Mantouki School brings to the forefront yet again the issue of unsafe school infrastructure.
Funeral for fire victim Spyros Kritikos on Wednesday
CORFU. Friends and family will say their final farewell on Wednesday 15th at 15:00 at the Church of Agiou Ioanni Lazou in Mantouki.
