Greece

Per a decision that was announced to the public on Wednesday by Giorgos Dimopoulos, the deputy governor of the central part of Athens, the many boutiques and shops in the tourist areas of Monastiraki, Plaka and the Acropolis will...

The Council of State, in a ruling issued on Monday, found that a ministerial decision allowing shops to open on Sunday in three specific regions in Greece was unconstitutional. The measure had been introduced as a pilot scheme on...

Most shops in central Athens, Greece , were open on Sunday, under laws allowing Sunday opening during the mid-season sales, despite reactions on the part of the Federation of Private Employees of Greece against the measure and demonstrations organized...

The leader of the main opposition New Democracy (ND), Antonis Samaras, criticized the government following a visit to the town of Kalamata in southern Peloponnese, Greece on Sunday, saying the town’s shops shouldn’t be closed when cruise ships are...

On Sunday, December 14, shops nationwide will open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., according to an announcement on Thursday by the Hellenic Retail Business Association (SELPE). The Federation of private sector employees, which opposes Sunday opening in the...

The city centres of Greece's two largest cities, Athens and Thessaloniki, will be among the seven Greek regions where shops will be allowed to open on Sundays, on a pilot basis, according to a Development Ministry decision signed on...

Retail shops in most parts of Greece reopened their doors to customers on Monday, as the government announced support measures for businesses

Greece announced another 1,955 COVID-19 infections on Sunday, with a total of 749 patients now being intubated across the nation's hospitals.

The Hellenic American Union and the Museum of Greek Children’s Art are joining forces to hold two online hands-on creative workshops the weekend before Christmas. The two organizations are inviting primary school children to make Christmas tree decorations and cards...

Greece closed its borders to non-EU citizens as of 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday. In measures aiming to contain the spread of coronavirus, a 14-day quarantine is highly recommended for Greeks, EU-citizens and especially those coming from the UK. In addition...

On Sunday new protests against shops opening on Sundays occurred in Greece's capital by unionists and employees. Following the end of one of the protests on Sunday, a Greek-Australian tourist was attacked in Athens by four hooded men for...

Economy Minister, Dimitris Papadimitriou, signed the new law that allows the voluntary operation of shops on Sundays. The new law 4427/2017 allows for retail stores in central Athens, Thessaloniki and tourist areas to be open on Sundays for six months...

Athens retailers are reluctant to open their stores on Sundays, despite the fact that they can do so after the law that went into effect on May 21. The new law 4427/2017 allows for retail stores in central Athens and...

The percentage of closed shops in downtown Athens grew by half percentage point to 28 pct in the first months of 2017, reversing a declining trend which prevailed in the second half of 2016 and returned to September 2015...

Celebrating the exchange of the Greek and Chinese cultures as part of the China-Greece Cultural Exchanges and Cultural Industry Cooperation Year in 2017, two art workshops which took place in Greece on Sunday brought the Chinese culture closer to...