Ministerial inquiry into employment status of father from Amish-like family

Interior Minister Niki Kerameos requested on Monday an investigation into the employment status of the 45-year-old father from the "early Christian" family living in a makeshift dwelling in the mountainous region of Corinthia, Peloponnese.

"I have requested the relevant authorities to conduct an inquiry to determine the employment status, and under what capacity, the 45-year-old father of the 'early Christian' family in Corinthia is serving in the Eretria Municipality on the island of Evia," stated the minister in Parliament on Monday. 

"The government's priority is to strengthen our valuable human resources, while ensuring strict supervision of the human resources sector," Kerameos added. 

According to the mayor of Eretria-Amarynthos, Nikolaos Gournis, the 45-year-old has been working remotely in recent years. Since the 2020 pandemic, "he has been providing...