Sofia Zacharaki

The first day of the platform’s operation saw 20,000 applications from eligible voucher recipients seeking admission to nurseries and access to creative activities for school-aged children, teenagers, and individuals with disabilities for the 2024-2025 period. This was reported by the Minister of Social Cohesion and Family, Sofia Zacharaki, in an interview with SKAI radio.

Of the 2,124 women who installed a panic button on their phones by May 31, 349 (16.5%) used it to alert police that they were in danger, Social Cohesion and Family Minister Sofia Zacharaki has said.

The digital application for cellphones to support women facing violence at home was introduced on March 23 and is available from 44 counseling centers throughout the country.

The birth allowance is increasing permanently and retroactively by 400 to 1,500 euros for births that took place from January last year, depending on the number of children. This is the allowance introduced as of January 1, 2020, amounting to €2,000 for each child born.

The government has introduced a new set of measures to assist new parents in addressing the challenges posed by the current cost-of-living crisis. National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis and Social Cohesion and Family Minister Sofia Zacharaki unveiled these measures on Monday.

The Greek government's continuous efforts for achieving and safeguarding substantial gender equality was underlined by both Social Cohesion and Family Minister Sofia Zacharaki and Development Minister Kostas Skrekas at the 2nd International Forum on Women's Entrepreneurship - "Women Who Win," held in Athens on Friday.

The new Ministry of Social Cohesion and Family will work on "strengthening the family" and on the "harmonization that must exist between professional and family life," its first minister has said.

Sofia Zacharaki was speaking at the handover ceremony at the former Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, which will be split in two to create the new ministry.

Albanian tourist revenues in Greece rose spectacularly by 157% last year compared to 2021 and by 33% compared to 2019, Greek Deputy Minister for Tourism Sofia Zacharaki said after attending "The Future of Environmental Sustainable Tourism in Albania" (FESTA) forum in Tirana on April 3-5.

The agreement was signed by Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki and the State Secretary of Tourism of Slovakia Katarína Bruncková

In the context of the implementation of the National Development Strategy for Diving Tourism, by decision of the competent Deputy Minister of Tourism, Sofia Zacharaki, a Diving Tourism Council is established - its members were appointed - with responsibilities to study the available data and trends observed regarding the development of this specific form of tourism. The Council, chaired by Mr.

The Deputy Minister of Tourism, Sofia Zacharaki, focused on the markets that Greece targets for tourism, but also ον the need for vaccinations to proceed on the islands, speaking on MEGA tv.