Skai Radio

The possibility of reversing the decision to reopen secondary schools this coming Monday is not being ruled out by health experts if the pandemic situation worsens.

The Education Ministry confirmed on Thursday that kindergartens, elementary schools and special education schools will reopen on January 11.

Meanwhile, middle and high schools will resume online classes on Friday.

Over half a million workers will have to wait until Monday for the special compensation of 534 euros for having their labor contracts suspended for the month of May due to the government measures to contain the coronavirus, Labor Minister Yiannis Vroutsis told Skai Radio on Friday.

A total of 16,000 asylum applications were processed in Greece in April, four times the usual monthly average, according to Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis, who added that 11,000 applications have been rejected over the past two months, paving the way for returns to Turkey.

Finance Minister Christos Staikouras estimated on Monday that there will be enough fiscal space for the reduction of the solidarity levy and the Single Property Tax (ENFIA) from this year.

Opposition parties in Greece challenged the government in Parliament and the media on Thursday to offer some explanation about last April's acquisition by Public Power Corporation (PPC) of electricity trader Energy Delivery Solutions (EDS), which is based in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

The owner of a ferry company has been on hunger strike this week, waiting outside Shipping Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis's office for a license to serve a route linking the Attica port of Rafina with Crete.

The government is considering further easing of the capital controls it imposed 32 months ago, Skai Radio reported on Friday.

In cooperation with the Bank of Greece, the Finance Ministry is planning for bank customers to be allowed to withdraw 2,300 euros from each account each month, up from the current ceiling of 1,800 euros.

The government is considering a further easing of the capital controls it imposed 32 months ago, Skai Radio reported on Friday.

The Finance Ministry, in cooperation with the Bank of Greece, is planning for bank clients to be allowed to withdraw 2,300 euros per month per account, up from the current ceiling of 1,800 euros.

Ahead speaking to his party's parliamentary group οn Tuesday, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis  stressed his plans on Monday to cut taxes if he comes to power.