Thursday , March 28 2024

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Medicane leaves trail of damage behind. No lives lost.

Zaknthos Informer team would like to thank ALL for the messages received. We are all safe!  That is the main thing after a rare and dangerous phenomena such as Medicane Cassilda. The hours between 03.00a.m and 09.00 a.m yesterday morning were the most horrific. Winds blowing at 12beaufort made it …

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Our Covid stories

Two members of our admin team have recently been affected by Covid, in different ways. Due to some extremely negative events and comments of late, they have chosen to share their stories, to try and explain Covid from their personal perspectives. Thank you to both Chrissie and Louise as we …

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Zakynthos and covid-19

Zakynthos and covid-19   Let’s get the facts straight about our Island. As most of us know it is again under attack by the majority of the British Press! Titles like “Party Island” and “Covid hotspot” have been used to gain attention of possible readers. Just how much is Zakynthos …

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Zakynthos:- Tourists become volunteers in cleaning up after youth party on Lagana beach

As bars and restaurants closed across the island, residents had to deal with another problem. Tourists verging along the beachfront of Lagana bay. A bay that is home to the National Marine Park and a safe haven to the vulnerable sea turtle known as ‘Caretta Caretta’. Crowds had gathered down …

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Greece:- Still having trouble with your PLF forms?…. Examples are given to help you through each step.

The form is intended for the authorities to decide whether you should be tested for Covid-19 and so that the authorities can find you when you are in Greece , in case the test turns out to be positive. If someone else on the plane is tested positive, you may …

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Passenger Locator Forms (PLF) All the Questions and Answers you need to know. For Greece and U.K

Passenger Locator Forms known as PLF forms Entering Greece and Returning to the UK.   It is important to note that:- The Passenger Locator Form (PLF) is a key element All travellers must complete their PLF until the day before entering the country, providing detailed information on their point of …

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Meet Costa and Natasha…. They could be that one step to improving YOU, that you are looking for.

Do you want to get fit? Do you love life? Well you can combine the two with experts Natasha and Costa. Who are they you ask? Natasha is like most of us, a working mum of two gorgeous boys, and a business owner wife. As she says, “I totally understand …

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Zakynthos:- Saint Marina:- history and Zakynthian tradition.

Today is the celebration of St. Marina. Known to the English as Margaret the Virgin-Martyr History. According to the version of the story in Golden Legend, she was a native of Antioch. The daughter of a pagan priest named Aedesius. Her mother having died soon after her birth. Nursed by …

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Zakynthos:- Turtle Tracking in Zakynthos with Volunteer organisation ARCHELON.

Zakynthos Informer goes Turtle nest tracking. After an invitation by Kostas Papafitsoros, an ARCHELON volunteer, researcher and sea turtle photographer, Zakynthos informer went turtle nest tracking. The idea was to see what the ARCHELON volunteers do, as so many of our members have asked. Originally, I was asked to meet …

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Zakynthos:- Resident’s point of view.

Reading an article in the local newspaper Zante. report a local resident had this to say in regards to tourism and opertaing a business during a pandemic. It reads:- Nothing is done without risk! What is it that we actually want? Tourism; with taking the necessary risks or closing hotels and …

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