The Ministry of Local Development on Sunday announced new opening hours for shops, according to the decision of the Supreme Committee for Shop Licensing Public Shops. Winter opening hours for shops, cafes and restaurants, will be enforced starting from September 30th. – All shops and malls, except for restaurants, cafes, and bazaars organized in Article Three of this decision, are opened daily from seven am and closed at 10 pm in winter. – The opening hours of restaurants, cafés, and bazaars, including those in malls, will be daily from five am and close at 12 am in winter, with the continuation of the takeaway and delivery service for restaurants and cafés 24 hours a day. – The application of the new hours will continue until the decision to return to summer opening hours, starting from the last Friday of April of each year until the end of the last Thursday of September of each year.