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Shopping centers reopen after more than two months
Shopping centers, department stores and retail parks opened on Monday for the first time since March 14, when they had been ordered to close by the government.
Their reopening came two weeks earlier than originally planned, but with strict rules such as the compulsory use of face masks not only by staff but also shoppers.
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Restaurants and cafes set to reopen on May 25
As part of the government's effort to expedite the return to normalcy for businesses in Greece, the competent state health authorities have approved the opening of restaurants, bars and cafes on May 25.
Meanwhile on Monday - and two weeks earlier than originally estimated - shopping malls, department stores and discount outlets will reopen.
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Stricter measures for Turkey’s malls introduced
Authorities in Istanbul have introduced stricter measures, particularly for the use of air conditioners and shopper traffic inside the venues, for the city's malls after people swarmed shopping centers and social distancing rules were largely violated after they reopened on May 11 as part of the "normalization program."
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Shopping mall visitor rate down to 23 pct
Some 420 shopping malls were visited by 1.2 million people on May 11, when they were reopened after being closed for more than a month voluntarily to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the association of shopping center investors.
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People flock to barbershops, malls in first phase of Turkey’s normalization plan
People have flocked to barbers, hairdressers and shopping malls after they opened on May 11 as part of the first phase of Turkey's normalization plan.
But Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca criticized some photos of people lining up without face masks and waiting in long queues outside several malls while not heeding social distancing rules.
Hairdressers, beauty salons reopened as Turkey eases COVID-19 restrictions
Turkey on May 11 saw shopping malls, barber shops, and beauty salons open up under new social distancing restrictions as the first phase of easing measures, which were taken to control the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Stores to start reopening gradually from mid-May, says minister
Restrictions on the operation of retail stores will gradually start to ease in mid-May, Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Thursday, adding that the lifting of the measures will take place in reverse order to that in which they were introduced.
This means that the first businesses to be allowed to reopen will be the retail stores that were shuttered on March 18.
Mall investors advise taking shutters down
Shopping mall investors have called on the government to shut down the malls temporarily as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
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Myrto Stamboulou | Athens | To February 8
Myrto Stamboulou's exhibition "The Gruen Effect" is taking place at the Zoumboulakis Gallery in Kolonaki, downtown Athens, until February 8. The paintings in the show are the result of the artist's extensive research into shopping malls, public space privatization, virtual presence, sci-fi and the gender component in artificial intelligence.
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Two men accused of seven armed robberies arrested in Athens
Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of two suspects believed to be behind at least seven armed robberies carried out in different parts of Attica over the last year-and-a-half.