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The island of Crete in Greece welcomed on Friday the first two cruise ships of the year with an impressive spectacle, to mark the beginning of the tourism season of 2021. 

Germans who visit Greece this summer won't have to quarantine upon their return to Germany according to a cabinet decision on Wednesday. 

Greece will do away with most of its existing lockdown restrictions, including those prohibiting travel between regions, on May 14.

Internet use skyrocketed in Greece while the country's population was under a strict lockdown, data from Greek market researcher Focus Bari suggests.

On Monday, Greece reopened schools and courtrooms for in-person attendance following months of closures due to the country's lockdown.

Greece recorded 1,387 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday — 759 fewer cases than those recorded on Monday and Easter Sunday.

Greece, at long last, will reopen its famed restaurants, tavernas and cafes on Monday, May 3, after a lockdown imposed in November of 2020.

Currently, Greeks aged 30-44 are eligible to receive the coronavirus vaccine, and starting Saturday, so will those in the age group of 45-49.

Greece said that its citizens are free to travel between cities within the same region starting on Thursday, until the end of the week.

Greeks are pinning their hopes on a return to something approaching normality just after Easter, as many services and amenities reopen