Finance minister announces pandemic aid to temper impact of new lockdown
Measures include a one-off 800 euros to be paid to workers furloughed during November and expanding a fourth round of state loans to enterprises worth one billion euros.
Measures include a one-off 800 euros to be paid to workers furloughed during November and expanding a fourth round of state loans to enterprises worth one billion euros.

'We have to stop this [COVID-19] wave. The 50 ICU beds that we added to Sotiria Hospital [donated by the Greek Parliament], at this rate could be filled in three to four days,' Mitsotakis said.

Not everyone should be allowed access to university buildings and the status of university student is not a license to vandalise property or to violently attack professors.

Health Minister Vasilis Kikilias in announcing the one-month lockdown said the epidemiological data are worsening as the spread of the virus has become much more aggressive.

Virology Professor Gkikas Magiorkinis said the virus' transmission rate in Thessaloniki is five times more rapid than that of the Attica region.
The day after the election the entire world will be looking at the US, a country that taught the world multi-culturalism and opportunity and that millions could dream and progress.
There have been countless incidents of violence over the years on university campuses that have been addressed with knee-jerk, timid, and ineffective initiatives.
(Reuters) - From the beach towns of Pinellas, Florida, to the suburbs of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Wall Street will be closely watching a few dozen counties on Tuesday night for hints on who will win the U.S. presidential race.
From now on whoever remains silent in the face of such violence at universities is co-responsible. Whoever tolerates it shares the guilt.
With the images of crowding and laxity in summer vacation resorts experts had no doubt either about the advent of a second wave or about the results of such reckless behaviour.
(Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wants to expand the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare legislation, and then name it after himself
As many times as one may shout Allahu Akbar before a cold-blooded murder in Europe they will never be able to win the jihad that they have declared.
Greece's National Public Health Organisation (EODY) recorded an additional five deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths from COVID-to 19 from the beginning of the epidemic
The temblor was felt from Crete to Athens and from the Aegean isands to Thessaly and on Samos five people were taken to hospital with minor orthopedic problems.
'We are all in the same position: overrun by a second wave which we know will be harder, more deadly than the first,' said the French president. People must stay home except to buy essential goods, see a doctor, or exercise.
After three years without inter-communal dialogue and with Turkey stirring troubles from the Aegean to the Caucasus, the rise of the new Turkish-Cypriot leader does not presage positive developments.
We must choose to create from scratch a contemporary European state and to accomplish that we must hold accountable anyone in the government or opposition who hinders this objective
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating the recent targeting with ransomware of more than two dozen hospitals across the United States by a sophisticated eastern European group, with a new wave of attacks in Oregon, California and New York just this week, according to three cybersecurity consultants familiar with the matter
In a sign of spreading anger at France’s defence of the right to publish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhhamad, demonstrators denounced France in street protests in several Muslim-majority countries.
ROME (Reuters) - European governments moved on Tuesday to impose new curbs to try to contain a rapid surge in coronavirus infections and provide economic balm to help businesses survive the pandemic
Each time Erdoagn pushed the envelope a bit further because he knew that although Greece was complaining strongly the EU would not significantly change its posture.
According to the proponents of the hard line if current measures prove inadequate there is a greater likelihood of a derailment of the situation with a higher chance of a general lockdown
If Donald Trump is defeated in next week’s US presidential elections Ankara may well escalate its provocations in the Eastern Mediterranean in order to instigate a military incident.
The government committed itself to reforms back in 2019 and Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ pledge to carry out great reforms is what earned him the trust of citizens well before the current storm.
However difficult the situation between Greece and Turkey may be at present, we will always support discussion and the resolution of these problems through the direct talks," Lavrov said.
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