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The HSF's own response, in which it called on Bekatorou to "be specific", has further angered the Greek public. Two board members stepped down in protest while the Stravros Niarchos Institute, a high-profile donor to the HSF, has suspended its support.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is preparing a cabinet reshuffle that will help accelerate reforms once the worst of the pandemic is over.

Despite the fact that the government will reach the mid-point of its four-year term in July, there is little information as to how extensive the reshuffle will be.

The present Greek government was elected on the key promise of reforms. The prime minister was elected by his New Democracy party and by the people on a platform of reforms and change. After 10 years of crisis, Greeks are starting to see those reforms and their positive impact on their daily lives.

Lawmakers in Parliament on Wednesday were debating a proposal submitted by 30 MPs of the ruling New Democracy party to expand the scope of an investigation into a former minister of the leftist SYRIZA administration.

A proposal was submitted to Parliament on Monday by some 30 MPs of the ruling New Democracy party asking for the expansion of the indictments against former alternate justice minister Dimitris Papangelopoulos, who is accused of politically motivated interference in the investigation into the Novartis bribery case. 

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By George Gilson

In a highly symbolic gesture, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Monday made it known that she will be donating half her salary for the next couple of months to a special state fund created to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. It was a sign of solidarity at a time when the country, and the rest of the world, are waging a battle against Covid-19.

In a highly symbolic gesture, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou yesterday made it known that she will be donating half her salary for the next couple of months to a special state fund created to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. It was a sign of solidarity at a time when the country, and the rest of the world, are waging a battle against Covid-19.

The gesture made Monday by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who called upon the deputies of his ruling New Democracy party as well as ministers and deputy ministers to donate half their salary for the next two months to a special fund to bolster the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic, was mostly symbolic.