Recovery and Resilience Fund

The drop in waiting times for surgeries dominated Tuesday's meeting convened at the Maximos Mansion by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Health Minister Adonis Georgiaidis on the National Health System (ESY).

Kathimerini has learned that a plan is in the works to deal with waiting times at duty hospitals which can currently reach up to eight hours.

A meeting on the reform goals for the next three years regarding the national healthcare system was held on Tuesday morning at the Maximos Mansion, led by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

The president of the Institute of Educational Policy, Spyros Doukakis, spoke about the three main challenges in the digital landscape of all educational levels at the 88th Thanksgiving International Fair of Thessaloniki. He referred to ensuring equal access to digital tools and resources, modernizing infrastructure, and promoting digital literacy.

Fitch Ratings has upgraded the credit ratings of Greece's four systemic banks - i.e. National Bank of Greece, Piraeus Bank, Alpha Bank and Eurobank.

This upgrade reflects the improved assessment of Greece's operating environment, now rated at BB+.

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Greece's 'big four' banks (National, Piraeus, Alpha, Eurobank), giving them all a positive outlook.

Fitch has upgraded four Greek banks.

The agency upgraded Piraeus and Alpha Bank to BB with a positive outlook and National Bank and Eurobank to BB+ with a positive outlook. The latter two are one step away from investment grade, according to the house.

One reason the negotiations over a European Union contribution to the new housing loan subsidy program are still going on is that the EU wants the houses that will be eligible for loan subsidies to be upgraded to become more energy efficient. 

As a rule, 38% of the funding provided by the Recovery and Resilience Fund should go to activities benefiting the environment. 

The project “Internationalisation of educational services of higher education institutions” of the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sport is launched. It will be supported with a budget of 62 million euros.

Enhanced Projects and Investments

The Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, made a working visit to the Regional Units of Evros and Xanthi. The first stop was Didymoteicho, where she inspected the Bayezid Mosque, noting the progress in the project’s development over the last month.