Kyriakos Mitsotakis

The Greek flag on the Acropolis is flying at half mast in honor of World War II resistance hero Manolis Glezos who is to be buried Wednesday.
In a post on social media Tuesday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the gesture was a tribute to a "great Greek."

Glezos died of heart failure at a central Athens hospital Monday. He was 97.

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.

Veteran leftist and World War II resistance fighter Manolis Glezos died Monday at the age of 97. He died of heart failure at a central Athens hospital after being admitted on March 18. Respected across the Greek political spectrum, he was most famous for climbing the walls of the Acropolis in 1941 to take down the Nazi flag. He was sentenced to death in absentia.

After President Katerina Sakellaropoulou decided to donate haalf of her salary to Greece's fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the government followed suit.

Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournatas on Monday said that he will be donating 50 percent of his salary over the next two months to help the state deal with the growing cost of fighting the novel coronavirus epidemic.

"The death of Manolis Glezos leaves the Greeks poorer. But his life has left Greece richer, because his example… is a guiding light that arms us with strength so that we may remain united through difficult times like the present," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday in an announcement on the death of the prominent leftist politician and World War II resistance fighter.

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Monday made it known that she will be donating half her salary to a special state fund to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. 

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday called on MPs of his ruling New Democracy party as well as ministers and deputy ministers to donate half their salary for next two months to a special fund to bolster the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Politicians must be "in the front line of solidarity," Mitsotakis said.