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43 </div> </div> </header> <div id="main"> <div class="karma-header-shadow"></div> <div class="main-area"> <div class="tools"> <span class="tools-top"></span> <div class="frame"> <h1>Blog</h1><form role="search" method="get" action="https://www.santorini-port.com/" class="search-form"> <fieldset> <label for="s">Search this website</label> <span class="text"> <input type="text" name="s" class="s" id="s" value="Search" onfocus="this.value=(this.value=='Search') ? '' : this.value;" onblur="this.value=(this.value=='') ? 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This is when the ferries will start operating again following the Saturday&#8217;s scheduled departures. </p> <p>The strike has been resolved after an agreement was reached between the seamen unions and the Greek government.</p> <a class="ka_button small_button small_black" href="https://www.santorini-port.com/greek-seamen-stop-strike-may-2017/" rel="bookmark" title="Continue reading Greek seamen end their strike &#8211; Ferries start operating again"> <span>Continue Reading →</span></a> <div class="post_date" datetime="May 19, 2017" itemprop="datePublished"> <span class="day date updated">19</span> <br/> <span class="month">MAY</span> <br/> <span class="year">2017</span> </div> <div class="post_comments"> <a href="https://www.santorini-port.com/greek-seamen-stop-strike-may-2017/#post-comments"><span>0</span></a> </div> <a class='post_share sharelink_small' href='https://www.santorini-port.com/greek-seamen-stop-strike-may-2017/' data-gal='prettySociable'>Share</a> </div> <div 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class="posted-by-text"><span>Posted by:</span> <span class="vcard author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" itemprop="author"><span class="fn"><a href="https://www.santorini-port.com/author/admin/" title="Posts by admin" rel="author">admin</a></span></span></p> </div> <div class="post_content"> <p><a href="https://www.santorini-port.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/turkish-visa.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-147" title="turkish-visa" src="https://www.santorini-port.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/turkish-visa.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="242"/></a><strong>Tourists from Turkey will soon be able to visit Greece without a relevant visa</strong> issued at Greek consulates, following a decision by the citizen&#8217;s protection ministry to allow visa issuance at ports, it was announced on Tuesday.</p> <p>A pilot program will soon be in effect on the eastern Aegean islands of Lesvos, Hios, Samos, Rhodes and Kos and will be applicable for 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