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The government took on the challenge of the pandemic with a series of right moves: Choosing trustworthy managers and acting quickly to avoid the worst it protected the health of the citizenry and the stability of the National Health System.

The decision on whether to re-open primary schools has been deferred until 1 June. There are conflicting opinions about how advisable this is.

A loss of 250,000 jobs at small and very small businesses in all sectors is projected and nearly fifteen percent of them will never re-open.

The High Court delivered its decision just as the next and largest ECB bond-buying programme to address the problems borne of the coronavirus crisis is being launched.

enormous efforts will be made to keep the economy standing, as long as the government provides the necessary tools and the productive forces devote all their energy.

The government advisory scientific panel based on the data, new knowledge, and the deep conviction that the disease is receding approved the gradual lifting of the pandemic lockdown.

Who is making Greece a laggard in areas where it could be a pioneer? It is against these forces of delay that the battle must be won.

Journalists who covered Greece's bankruptcy and the assumption of responsibility by the country and its people were treated as enemies of the people.

We don’t know if there will be a second wave of the epidemic and we cannot predict how dynamic, coordinated, and effective the EU’s response to the economic shock will be.

Parties are vying over which policies are best to implement and over the percentage or amount of increase in state spending on strengthening the Greek NHS.

Nixon's laconic and vacuous response to the Great Wall of China revealed the sense of awkwardness which Western leaders still exhibit in deciding how to deal with their main global economic competitor,

This should be the start of broader reforms upon which one can rebuild the relationship between citizens and the state.

The oft-neglected primary sector has exhibited endurance and may be among the few that can do well in these extraordinary circumstances.

The epidemiologist wants to see how the return of students to school impacts on the rate of spread of Sars Cov-2 in the community, cites research he says shows child-adult transmission or vice versa is negligible.

We learned in the recent past that sterile disputes and blind clashes contribute absolutely nothing to those who conceived of them or to citizens.

if protective personal hygiene measures are implemented, social distancing is enforced, masks are worn in closed spaces, and common use surfaces are disinfected we can avoid a new outbreak of the pandemic in summer.

The late archbishop Seraphim famously quipped at the time that the Church of Greece is like a piece of coal. If you touch it when lit you are burned and if you touch it when cold you are soiled.

Given the symbiotic relationship of health and economy in this case (and in general though it was long sidelined) what is needed is an inter-professional committee that could forge cohesive and comprehensive strategies.

Under no circumstances should the government allow even a suspicion that it will seek to serve partisan special interests or social and professional groups that are pro-government.

Medical experts stress that the re-opening of society and the economy must be carefully controlled and based on rules enforced with the same sense of discipline as during the lockdown.

'The careful opening of the economy is a risk we must take now..Faithful implementation of rules should be universal. Why now? We are in a better state than in February and we saved lives and bought time,'said Deputy Minister to the PM Akis Skertsos.

Many things will change after the quarantine is lifted, such as the establishment of shift work for the first time ever in the public sector.

The economic toll arising from the pandemic will be higher for Greece than for other EU countries because it relies so heavily on tourism and services more generally as well as on transport and consumption.

Portuguese referee of AEK - Aris, Soares Dias, still cannot forget what he experienced in the semifinal of the OAKA Cup.

Individuals want to feel safe during their vacation and that security can be offered only by those not involved in mass tourism.

European Central Bank Governor Christine Lagarde told the leaders the pandemic could cut between five percent and up to 15 percent of eurozone economic output, officials and diplomats said.

European leaders agreed to create a common “recovery fund” that will have enough money to address the consequences of the pandemic in Europe

Europe now has an ideal opportunity to act decisively and thus ensure its long-term prospects as a cohesive and useful supra-national structure that ensures the well-being of the peoples of the Union.

A debate must begin on how to redesign the EU’s economy as the system designed after WWII has reached its limit.

Aside from ordering that the voucher programme be scrapped the PM ordered  a general investigation of the operation of vocational training centres.

Was it necessary for the balance of oil supply and demand to become so skewed in order to reduce the price for the highly over-taxed Greek consumer?

It is indicative that in record time for the normally sluggish Greek state it took only five days to implement a key measure to subsidise interest payments on business loans.

Like most of the international press, the magazine attributes the country’s success to sweeping restrictive measures that began well before those of other European countries.

The EU summit on 23 April should demonstrate that not only has Europe learned from the mistakes of the past but also that the Union knows how to act swiftly.

Some have attributed Turkey’s moves to Erdogan's need to divert attention from Turkey's economic crisis and setbacks in Syria and Libya, but they are in line with Ankara’s long-term strategy.

The government’s economic team and the PM must broaden their circle of interlocutors and marshal forces which are not necessarily political but have experience in effectively dealing with complex situations in times of crisis.

That protection commenced during the administration of former PM George Papandreou with a law drafted by then economy minister Louka Katseli (still known as the 'Katseli law') which provided protection for over-indebted households and came into effect in August, 2010.

In a country with a population of only 11 million the state-ordered lockdown closed 206,000 businesses which employ a total of over one million people.

It is truly unfortunate for the US and the world that at a time of unprecedented crisis such an abysmal president is leading the global superpower.

Ta Nea joins its voice with the the state, the scientific community, and enlightened Metropolitan bishops of the Orthodox Church of Greece for the citizenry to abide by public health guidelines.

To escape his responsibility for the poor management of the COVID-19 pandemic US President Donald Trump has decided to blame the WHO, a crucial international organisation.

'Amidst a global economic torrent the country continues to have access to the markets with a reasonable interest rate. That proves that the markets trust the government and the Greek economy,' the PM said in a tweet.

Even if the worst-case projections of the IMF are belied there is no doubt that this will be a year of deep recession and Greece will be confronted with an army of unemployed.

Despite Greece’s ten-year economic crisis there were no changes in the qualitative characteristics of the economy and thus it is extremely vulnerable to external factors.

Infectious Diseases Professor Sotiris Tsiodras urged citizens to obey a strict ban on travel from cities to provinces as such travel will expose unaffected populations to the virus.

It is pitiful that among these few who behave irresponsibly by not abiding by the coronavirus lockdown are representatives of local government as well as lower and high-level clerics.

These days due to their particular traditional characteristics – such as packed churches and large Easter gatherings of families and friends will be decisive in determining future coronavirus developments.

' Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 from patients that recovered would help identify the best donors for convalescent plasma which can be used to support patients with severe Covid-19. '

Mitsotakis said that from the very start the government took measures to support incomes and allocated over 14 billion euros to support workers and businesses, and is also accessing another 10 billion euros in liquidity and European funding.

Donald Trump downplayed the pandemic and now is watching his fellow citizens who fell victim to coronavirus being buried in mass graves.

Over the last years the club of populist, anti-systemic leaders became notorious for disputing and ignoring scientific knowledge and facts.

The eurozone partners had a duty to avoid subjecting the economy to additional trials and they fulfilled it with a compromise.

After all, at Easter we celebrate the victory of life over death and today we are struggling against a virus which, alas, for some of our fellow human beings is deadly.

The seven to eight billion euros to which Greece will have access will derive from three funding tools: The SURE programme, the European Investment Bank, and the European Stability mechanism (ESM).

Member-states choose not to blow everything out of the water not because they believe in the importance of the European project per se but because they are afraid of greater losses.

' Governments around the world would need to mobilise at least $2.5 trillion to support developing nations. Rich countries have shown that at this time of crisis they can mobilize trillions of dollars to support their own economies'

The Netherlands, alone in its tough stance, wants stricter conditions, including country-specific economic criteria, that are politically unacceptable for Rome, because they would make it look as being under EU economic supervision, even though the pandemic is not Italy’s fault.

Europe is an economic superpower and it cannot afford to disregard it citizens who are facing major trials. It matters little whether they speak Greek, Italian, or German.

The ideal of solidarity upon which the European projected was founded is being put to the test in a most palpable manner.

All measures will be in effect through April 27 and will be enforced on a 24-hour basis.

Christos Staikouras expects huge differences between larger member-states to be bridged at a second Eurogroup meeting tomorrow.

We must show strength and virtues such as patience to proceed with the greatest degree of safety as we approach a gradual lifting of the restrictive measures.

Much like her predecessor Mario Draghi, ECB chief Christine Lagarde has declared she will do anything necessary to shore up the eurozone and temper the economic shock of the pandemic.

The Health Ministry’spokesman, Professor Sotiris Tsiodras today announced 77 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Greece in the last 24 hours, and two deaths.

'I hope we will get progress on a coronabond tonight, but more realistically is probably some kind of rescue fund in the making. It should be the minimum of what we can expect,” said Piet Haines Christiansen, a top financial analyst.

The prospect of Turkey exporting its internal problems - whether by sending into Greece’s or Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic zones a hydrocarbons research vessel or by creating strong migrant flows toward Greece - is not unlikely.

For Greece, which by all accounts has done well since the start of this public health crisis, it would be suicidal to blow everything out of the water due to laxity.