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The joint meeting of the Committees will be held in the presence of the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the leaders of the opposition

Greece will benefit from a robust EU pandemic recovery fund package that will suffice to cover losses suffered during the pandemic and that will allow a socio-economic rebirth.

German network RND lauded Greece presenting the positive prospects for the course of the Greek economy using the Recovery Fund as a vehicle

“There will be a targeted support plan for tourism,” Finance Minister Christos Staikouras

Google president for Europe, Middle East and Africa talks about pandemic upheavals

Annual Pollution budget and specific obligations per ministry. More ambitious goals for CO2 reduction, RES and energy efficiency in 2030, 2040, and 2050

Internet use has reached 96% of Greeks 13-74 years old, while this was seen in almost 90% of 55-64 year olds

Greece is no longer the black sheep of Europe, as in the previous decade of the Memoranda. Also, the political risk of the period 2015-2019 has disappeared. Of course, the deep, structural problems in the country’s economy have not been eliminated.

According to reports, a meeting with the management of Hellenic Petroleum (Hel.Pe) focused on resuming operation of a fuel pipeline that connects the Greek petrochemical group’s refinery in Thessaloniki with Skopje.

The participants of the “European Economy” panel discussed the prospects of the European economy

With tourism accounting for more than 20% of the Greek economy, the recovery expected this year will give a significant boost to GDP. This emerges from the report of the British bank HSBC in relation to the prospects for tourism this year.

A Federation of Greek Industries (SEV) report says that Greece is one of the countries where young people face the greatest difficulties in moving from the educational system to employment.

Mytilineos announced its cooperation with Selcoms-i which is active in the field of Energy Management

UBS estimates that unemployment will fall from 16.3% in 2020 to 15.7% in 2021, reaching 14.7% in 2022, but public debt will fall slightly from 207% of GDP in 2020 to 202% this year

She underscored the change of agenda in Greece in the field of climate change, one of the main priorities of the European Union

“It inconceivable to talk about the opening of (the) tourism (sector) without opening museums,” she said, speaking at this week 6th Delphi Economic Forum in Athens.  

Goldman Sachs estimates that the Greek economy is expected to gain momentum, with a boost from the resources of the Recovery Fund, after the submission of the “Greece 2.0” plan.

The alternate interior minister tressed that citizens must still be careful and abide by existing public health measures, which include wearing masks and social distancing, especially while socialising in groups.Reports have indicated that the move could come as early as 14 May.

Aside from school children, workers in various jobs – including supermarkets, retail shops, restaurants, mass transit, hair salons and beauty salons must take the self-test twice weekly.

After the completion of the modernization and upgrade works of the 14 airports, this certification comes to contribute to the general feeling of comfort and security