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Most of the island's outstanding issues have been resolved in the last 15 months, his government's term, he said. "We are a government of works, not words," he underlined. A major outstanding issue includes the restoration of damage incurred during the great floods of 2017, as he noted.

The goal of the management is for the agreement to be signed within 2020 in order to be reflected in the annual accounting statements.

The final scheme in which the US investment company BlackSummit Financial Group, being led by Messrs. Τζ. and G. Charalampakis, will bid for the Alexandroupoli port is not known.

With an amendment to the law on consumer protection (Law 2251/1994), which was included in the bill for the new debt settlement framework, the Ministry of Development allows insurance companies to increase the premiums on existing long-term health contracts.

The campaign, having as a main message “Because you are in charge of the game and OPAP teaches you how”, undertakes, in fact, to train the players regarding the basic principles of Responsible Gaming.

As the minister announced, at this moment, we have 82,000 recognised refugees in Greece and we are proceeding with structural changes in the way the refugee will have access to the social state. Now, after the registration stage the refugees will be provided with a bank account, a taxpayer ID and a temporary social security number

The Deputy Labour Minister noted that «We are also foreseeing a 300 million euros increase to the overall benefit fund to cover the minimum guaranteed income that concerns 270,000 households, the housing benefit that concerns 260.000 families, the birth benefit and the child allowance as well as the allowance for people with disabilities».

On the pandemic and the vaccines, Petsas said that it appears that the first shipment will arrive in Greece in early December. Referring to Ankara's provocations in Cyprus, Petsas said that what Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan did in Famagusta was exactly what EU told him not to do.

The online map (available through covid19.gov.gr), was activated when the first restriction measures went into effect and is managed by the presidency of the Hellenic Republic. It includes information on infection cases per area, and the measures in effect at that area. The measures are based on a new system of four levels of intensity.

The expectation that 2021 could become the starting point of a new course after the pandemic, with high growth rates, was expressed by Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras, addressing the 3rd Athens Investment Forum, and added that this growth will be funded with 8 tools that thet will help greek economy to recover.