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Talking about the measure for lower-cost electricity, he described it as an important intervention that ensures the predictability of a significant cost factor for many farmers.

In his meeting with Thessaly's stakeholders, the Prime Minister referred extensively to the masterplan prepared by HVA and stressed that "the hard work starts now".

According to government spokesperson, Mr Pavlos Marinakis, the government has taken a series of measures in order to combat high prices.

"For months there has been an ongoing intervention for more affordable prices on the shelf, as inflation resists some items," the prime minister said in his opening remarks.

The Armenian prime minister's visit was a significant step in consolidating the already excellent relations with Armenia, Mitsotakis said adding that they will have the opportunity to discuss bilateral cooperation in areas such as renewable energy sources and technology. 

The Japanese Rating and Investment Information (R&I) rating agency was the first to give Greece an investment grade, signalling investors to invest in the country, the minister recalled.

Among those reforms, according to government spokeperson, Mr Marinakis, are postal voting, allowing private, non-profit universities to be founded in Greece, as well as changes in justice and health, among others.

The prime minister said that defence against the climate crisis is a global issue, that the new conditions exceed the resilience of the infrastructure that all countries had until now, and that it is the duty of politics to work out new response measures.

The prime minister also spoke about the government’s efforts to intercept the hike in prices referring to the 'Permanent Reduction of Price' measure adding that a total of 644 products have been already included in the programme.

The Greek Prime Minister stated that Greece will continue to make progress and - finally - achieve investment grade, we will be able to expect that the cost of borrowing for Greek businesses, for Greek households, for the Hellenic Republic will also decrease.