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Extension of mandatory use of face masks from Wednesday
ATHENS. Announced by Civil Protection Deputy Minister Nikos Hardalias at his weekly update on Tuesday 28 July.

British author Richard Pine΄s open letter to the Greek PM about Erimitis
CORFU. British author Richard Pine wrote an open letter to Kyriakos Mitsotakis about the Erimitis investment.

First KOTINOS Gold Award for Spyros and Giorgos Dafnis of ΄The Governor΄ in extra virgin olive oil competition
CORFU. The Dafnis brothers from ΄The Governor΄ in Agios Mathaios won their first KOTINOS Award, which is also the first for Corfu and its Lianolia oil in the competition.

Missing fisherman, 75, found off west coast of Othoni island
CORFU. The amateur fisherman had gone missing last night, Wednesday 22 July, but was found by the Coastguard and other volunteers off Othoni island and in good health.

Nikos Hardalias:"There are no plans for a general lockdown"
ATHENS. New weekly coronavirus updates begin with Civil Protection Deputy Minister - In first 20 days of July about 128,000 tourist out of 920,000 were tested - Between 1 -19 July there were 295 confirmed cases, of which 53 are still active.

Nikos Hardalias: "400 tests a day at Corfu Airport"
CORFU. There will be a special Armed Forces health team at Corfu Airport from Sunday and a simulation exercise will be held on Monday.

Nikos Hardalias to visit 18 airports that are reopening - Corfu tomorrow
ATHENS. Over the next four days Civil Protection Deputy Minister Nikos Hardalias will be visiting 18 airports that are reopening for international flights on 1 July.

Two outdoor chessboards moved from Old Port to Upper Square
CORFU. The Upper Square now has outdoor chessboards following the decision of the Deputy Mayors for Technical Works and Everyday Life.

Ionian University team wins award for coronavirus research
CORFU. Texas Medical Center gave an award to the Bioinformatics and Human Electrophysiology Lab (BIHELab) from the Ionian University Informatics Department.

Blue Tours Corfu wins Silver Award in Greek Tourism Awards 2020
CORFU. Blue Tours Corfu, subsidiary company of Crystal Travel Corfu,won the Silver Award and the 2nd position in Greece, in the category΄Travel Experience΄.

Man withdrew over 10,000 Euros using stolen card
CORFU. Police were able to find and arrest the man who had stolen 10,600 Euros using a bank card which had been lost in Corfu on Tuesday 12 May.

Travel to islands to be allowed again from 25 May (probably)
ATHENS. According to Civil Protection Deputy Minister Nikos Hardalias, the only exception will be Crete, which will be ΄opened up΄ again on 18 May.

Shops to reopen on Monday
ATHENS. In today΄s update Civil Protection Deputy Minister Nikos Hardalias said that the good results reflect our behaviour two weeks ago. If we don΄t act properly now, the results will be seen in 10 - 14 days.

Coastguard fines amateur fishers who caught 19.5kg of fish
Their catch was confiscated and given to a charitable organisation.

Coronavirus updates from Tsiodras and Hardalias no longer to be daily
ATHENS. The daily evening updates from Prof. Sotiris Tsiodras for the Ministry of Health and Nikos Hardalias for the Ministry of Civil Protection will become less frequent in coming days.

When are masks compulsory and when are they optional?
ATHENS. At today΄s update Civil Protection Deputy Minister Nikos Hardalias clarified once again when the use of masks will be compulsory.

Where the use of masks will be compulsory
ATHENS. Civil Protection Deputy Minister Nikos Hardalias - The spread of the virus may have been reduced but the virus is still here and there is no vaccine or effective treatment yet.

Niikos Hardalias: "Some of the measures being lifted may need to be brought back at a later date"
ATHENS. The Civil Protection Deputy Minister announced that lockdown measures will be lifted in some Municipalities and seafronts on Tuesday 28 April.