Measures

Greece Confirms First Foot-and-Mouth Disease Case in 25 Years on Lesvos

Greece has confirmed a case of foot-and-mouth disease at a cattle farm on Lesvos, in what many reports describe as the country’s first outbreak in 25 years. Authorities identified the case in the Pelopi area, in the island’s mountainous eastern...

Greek PM Unveils Six-Point Plan to Combat Housing Crisis

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced a strategic package of six measures designed to tackle the deepening housing crisis. Speaking in Parliament ahead of the 2026 budget vote, Mitsotakis emphasized that the initiative aims to increase the supply of...

Greece Removes Remaining Covid-19 Restrictions

Greece announced on Tuesday that all remaining measures introduced to combat Covid-19 will be lifted except in public and private health facilities and nursing homes for the elderly. Health Minister Thanos Plevris said his ministry’s coronavirus experts committee had approved...

Covid-19: Record 43 Deaths in Greece; New Emergency Measures Announced

A record 43 people who had suffered from Covid-19 died in Greece Wednesday, and there are currently 297 intubated patients in intensive care units around Greece -- representing the highest number of intubated patients recorded in one day since...

Coronavirus Quarantine Lifted for Two Villages in Kozani, Northern Greece

The total lockdown of two quarantined villages in the region of Kozani in West Macedonia, northern Greece, was legally lifted on Monday. The residents of the villages of Damaskinia and Dragasia, isolated since March 16, are now able to communicate...

Greece Announces Stricter Curfew Measures for Santorini and Mykonos Islands

Following a discussion between Greece's Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Chardalias and the mayors of the islands of Santorini and Mykonos, stricter curfew measures will be imposed on these two popular Greek islands for the next fourteen days. Mykonos Residents of...

Coronavirus: Greece Bans All Public Gatherings of Ten People or More

Nikos Chardalias, Greece's deputy minister of Civil Protection announced on Wednesday afternoon that all gatherings of ten people or more will be banned in the country beginning on Thursday. This is the latest draconian emergency measure Athens has taken to...

Greece Announces Strictest-Possible Border Controls To Prevent Coronavirus Spread 

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Thursday that Greece will use the European Union's Regulation 2016/399 and tighten up border controls in order to curb the spread of the Covid-19 Coronavirus. "From today, therefore, our country cites Regulation 2016/399 of...

Greece Announces Additional Precautionary Measures for Coronavirus Emergency

An additional package of measures to protect the country against a coronavirus outbreak was decided at the Greek National Public Health Council, which convened on Monday, in the presence of Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias in Athens. The measures include an...