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Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis told EU leaders that the measures announced so far to support economies hit by the new coronavirus do not go far enough and insisted on a proposal to issue joint debt to help finance a recovery, government sources said.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will participate on Thursday afternoon in a conference call with the heads of state and governments of the European Union member states to discuss developments regarding the coronavirus and its containment.

Nine European Union countries, including Greece, have requested in a letter to European Council President Charles Michel that the bloc issues a Eurobond to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Parliament Speaker Konstantinos Tasoulas, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, Movement for Change leader Fofi Gennimata and Communist Party leader Dimitris Koutsoumbas (l to r) on Wednesday attended a brief ceremony to mark Greece's Independence Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Parliament.

Greece's current struggle is one of keeping Greece strong and Greeks healthy, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in his Greek Independence Day message.

Four Mirage-2000 fighter jets and six helicopters of the Hellenic Armed Forces flew over Athens on Wednesday as Greece marked the anniversary of its war of independence against Ottoman rule. The annual parades were cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday marked the anniversary of the country's war of independence against Ottoman rule sending a message of unity and resilience in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. 
"The enemy is now the pandemic and against it we will parade our strength and unity," Mitsotakis said.

Greece's new president Katerina Sakellaropoulou is on Tuesday afternoon to deliver a message to the nation during which she is expected to refer to Wednesday's March 25 independence day, which will be celebrated in the absence of crowds this year due to the coronavirus epidemic, and on the necessity of the lockdown imposed from Monday. 

The nationwide lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic announced on Sunday was necessary to fight poor compliance with government recommendations amid a small minority of the public, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Tuesday.

A stringent ban on circulation with came into effect on Monday morning, as the government toughened measures to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus in Greece that has killed 17 and infected 624.