The UK government have just announced that there will be a 14 day quarantine at UK borders for any international/returning visitors to the UK. This starts on the 08 June. Travellers will have to provide contact and travel information and details of where they are staying in the UK to …

The UK press reported yesterday that the UK Government were looking at adopting “air bridges” to low risk countries, with no quarantine upon return, in order to allow UK travellers to visit certain holiday destinations. A source in the government told the press “It’s [airbridge] a potential option but not …

Many people are questioning what’s happening with summer holidays today after UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock was put on the spot on ITV’s ‘This Morning’. Mr Hancock was asked if “Summer was Cancelled”, meaning was it unlikely that foreign summer holidays would take place this year? In response Mr Hancock …

Tonight Boris Johnson, UK PM gave an address to the British public in regards to Covid19. The main points that came out of it are as follows: Death rate and hospital admissions are coming down Many lives have been saved People must stay alert and control the virus and save …

Tour Operator TUI have contacted us after we ran a post about their plans for the future in light of Covid 19. They have advised us of a comprehensive area on their website, that has been set up for customers who have questions relating to the current situation with Covid …

In the last half hour it’s been reported that a large quake measuring 6.6R has struck off the coast of Crete. The first notification we received was from the USGS – United States Geological Survey. Some local Greek press have said that it may be downgraded to 6.0R quake but …

When we were looking at our ten year celebrations, we wanted to post ten great photos contributed by members. Some photos that showed a different side of Zakynthos, that people would just love seeing. This proved extremely hard as there are literally thousands of fantastic images in the group. Finally …

To help celebrate the last ten years of the Zakynthos Informer we thought we would report on some memorable stories from 2010 to 2020. The problem we found however, is that there have been so many and it’s really hard to know that to choose! To try and narrow it …

This month Zakynthos Informer is Ten Years Old! Started by Bobby Gee on 01 May 2010, a dedicated team of admins have worked hard to grow the Informer into what it is today. Over that time it has transformed from merely a Facebook group, to a company that now serves …

This week, Jackie Boots from Nefis Travel, appeared on TV in Holland to talk about Zakynthos, how Covid 19 lockdown was affecting the island, and to explain a little more about how life is currently, for islanders.  The television broadcast was with MAX TV, one of the biggest TV channels …