Greece

On Monday, Greece opened three new metro stations, which include Piraeus, that will link the busy port with the Athens airport. The stations Maniatika, Piraeus, and Dimotiko Theatro on the extension of Metro Line 3 (the blue line) are expected...

An elderly man was hurled to the ground by the powerful blast of a jet on the picturesque Greek island of Skiathos on Sunday. The 79-year-old suffered minor injuries. The man, who was standing outside of the gate surrounding the...

From the scene at Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport this afternoon, it appears to be almost a normal August this year, with summer in full swing -- or as close that as we are going to come to that,...

Greece announced on Monday that it will open its airports to direct flights from the United Kingdom on July 15. In announcing the decision, government spokesman Stelios Petsas said that it had been taken in consultation with the British authorities,...

Greece is ready to take the last step towards normalcy on Wednesday, the day when the country opens up twenty-seven airports, eleven ports and seven land border crossings to receive tourists. On July 1, Greece will welcome passengers from EU...

Greek health authorities announced on Monday that twenty-one Covid-19 cases were detected among 9,349 airline passengers from abroad between June 15, when the country opened to tourism, and June 21. Over the first week, more than 120 flights have arrived...

First flight carrying tourists for Summer 2020 arrives to fanfare at Thessaloniki's Alexander the Great Airport on Monday. Photo source: AMNA Life seems to be slowly but surely going back to normal once again in Greece as it reopens its...

Greece is officially open to tourists as of Monday, with the first international flights expected into Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki, where passengers will not face compulsory coronavirus testing upon arrival. However, visitors to Greece will still be...

The Athens and Thessaloniki international airports will lift some restrictions for incoming international flights on Monday, with specific health safety protocols in place on the ground. On Monday, Athens International Airport (which continued to receive international flights from specific countries...

Greece announced on Friday that it will fully open all its airports to flights from abroad and all border crossings on July 1. All ferries will also be operative as of that date. While presenting the updated tourist-season measures, Tourism...

Greece will suspend all flights from Qatar until June 15 after 12 of an airplane's 91 passengers tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Athens Monday on a flight from Doha, Qatar. The passengers arrived on a Qatar Airways flight. "Following...

Officials from the Greek Financial Crimes Squad have seized 850,000 substandard face masks at Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, according to an announced made on Monday. Speaking at the airport, authorities said the masks not only did not meet the...

Passenger traffic in Greek airports grew by a significant 5.4 percent in January 2020 in comparison to January 2019, the Civil Aviation Authority of Greece said in a report on Monday. Total passenger traffic came to 2,250,000 passengers, up from...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday attended on Saturday the foundation stone ceremony of the new airport at Heraklion's Kasteli, Crete. Mitsotakis promised that the project which has been had been stalled for many years, will be ready to...

Greece on Thursday signed two loan agreements with the European Investment Bank (EIB) worth 330 million euros. The EIB loans, one for the construction of a new international airport in Heraklion, Crete, and the other for priority investments in Greece,...