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Medical experts stress that the re-opening of society and the economy must be carefully controlled and based on rules enforced with the same sense of discipline as during the lockdown.

'The careful opening of the economy is a risk we must take now..Faithful implementation of rules should be universal. Why now? We are in a better state than in February and we saved lives and bought time,'said Deputy Minister to the PM Akis Skertsos.

Many things will change after the quarantine is lifted, such as the establishment of shift work for the first time ever in the public sector.

The economic toll arising from the pandemic will be higher for Greece than for other EU countries because it relies so heavily on tourism and services more generally as well as on transport and consumption.

Portuguese referee of AEK - Aris, Soares Dias, still cannot forget what he experienced in the semifinal of the OAKA Cup.

Individuals want to feel safe during their vacation and that security can be offered only by those not involved in mass tourism.

European Central Bank Governor Christine Lagarde told the leaders the pandemic could cut between five percent and up to 15 percent of eurozone economic output, officials and diplomats said.

European leaders agreed to create a common “recovery fund” that will have enough money to address the consequences of the pandemic in Europe

Europe now has an ideal opportunity to act decisively and thus ensure its long-term prospects as a cohesive and useful supra-national structure that ensures the well-being of the peoples of the Union.

A debate must begin on how to redesign the EU’s economy as the system designed after WWII has reached its limit.

Aside from ordering that the voucher programme be scrapped the PM ordered  a general investigation of the operation of vocational training centres.

Was it necessary for the balance of oil supply and demand to become so skewed in order to reduce the price for the highly over-taxed Greek consumer?

It is indicative that in record time for the normally sluggish Greek state it took only five days to implement a key measure to subsidise interest payments on business loans.

Like most of the international press, the magazine attributes the country’s success to sweeping restrictive measures that began well before those of other European countries.

The EU summit on 23 April should demonstrate that not only has Europe learned from the mistakes of the past but also that the Union knows how to act swiftly.

Some have attributed Turkey’s moves to Erdogan's need to divert attention from Turkey's economic crisis and setbacks in Syria and Libya, but they are in line with Ankara’s long-term strategy.

The government’s economic team and the PM must broaden their circle of interlocutors and marshal forces which are not necessarily political but have experience in effectively dealing with complex situations in times of crisis.

That protection commenced during the administration of former PM George Papandreou with a law drafted by then economy minister Louka Katseli (still known as the 'Katseli law') which provided protection for over-indebted households and came into effect in August, 2010.

In a country with a population of only 11 million the state-ordered lockdown closed 206,000 businesses which employ a total of over one million people.

It is truly unfortunate for the US and the world that at a time of unprecedented crisis such an abysmal president is leading the global superpower.