The government spokesman referred to support for the Greek family and the maternity allowanceemphasizing that, “the Special Leave and Maternity Protection Allowance is extended to new categories of working mothers with the aim of further supporting them” and that “with the new Joint Ministerial Decision, maternity leave is now also extended to bank, DEKO and SME employees”.
At the same time, he mentioned that their names were posted drawn beneficiaries and the lists of contracted companies – providers for the 15 million euro budget programs of the Rural Home.
Mr. Marinakis emphasized that by Decision of the Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance, Nikos Papathanasis, the project is included in the Recovery and Resilience Fund: “Detection of arbitrary construction with modern technological means».
Cheated on if he will go to Cyprus the Prime Minister the other Saturday, emphasizing that the planning is to go and official announcements will be made when the full program of this visit is available.
In detail what he said:
The Prime Minister participates in the 75th NATO Summit.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to the Cyprus issue, stressing that, 50 years following the tragedy of 1974, Cyprus, a member state of the EU, cannot remain divided and reiterated the need to restart talks to resolve the Cyprus issue.
At the same time, he referred to the issue of compliance with the Prespa Agreement, stressing that its full implementation is necessary for the NATO Alliance and the Western Balkans. He warned that its violation or selective observance not only undermines the credibility of all efforts to settle the outstanding issues in the Western Balkans, but also endangers security in the wider region.
Pacta sunt servanda – Agreements must be kept. We should all remember this,” said the Prime Minister.
As is well known, the New Republic did not vote in favor of the said Agreement, as it contained loopholes in the safeguards and provisions. A position which, in fact, is justified today. That is why we have not ratified the protocols resulting from the Agreement, nor will we do so, if the neighboring country does not comply with the commitments it has undertaken. However, it is clear that progress, security and prosperity are based on respect for International Law and International Agreements. And as long as our neighbors do not realize this, their European perspective will remain closed.
On his arrival at the NATO summit, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said: “We are meeting at a time when we will continue to support Ukraine for as long as necessary to ensure that Russia does not win this war of unprovoked aggression.
It is a time when the Alliance must face a series of complex global challenges. It is also time to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to allocate at least 2% of our GDP to defense spending. This is particularly important for European countries, not only in terms of achieving this goal, but also in rationalizing our defense spending in order to further strengthen the Alliance.” “We don’t need to spend more, we need to spend smarter” he stressed.
Expands the Special License and Provision of Protection her motherhood to new categories of working mothers with the aim of further supporting them.
It is recalled that from 2022 the Government extended the maternity leave from six to nine months and in 2023 the 9-month maternity leave was established for the first time for freelancers, self-employed and farmers.
With the new Joint Ministerial Decision, maternity leave is now extended to bank, DEKO and SME employees.
Beneficiaries of the benefit are all mothers who gave birth from 25/11/2022 onwards. All these mothers have the right to apply for special leave and to go on leave even though the birth has occurred from 25/11/2022 onwards. The employer does not have the right to refuse to grant the benefit. No income criteria are set.
Mothers also receive maternity leave benefits. For example, an employee who is paid the minimum wage will receive 3,320 euros for labor and pregnancy leave, 2,400 euros for birth allowance and 7,470 euros for maternity leave. In total, he will receive a little more than 13,000 euros.
The Government supports the Greek family in every way, as far as public finances allow and always with respect for the money of Greek taxpayers, with policies that have a substantial impact on their daily lives.
We remind you that a number of policies have already been implemented to strengthen the family, such as reduced insurance contributions by 50% in the main pension sector for the 12 months of employment following the month of childbirth, the establishment of a ceiling on the profit margin on baby milk, a measure which extended until the end of 2024, establishment of a social electricity tariff for many children, the increase of the heating allowance income limits 2023-2024 and the increase of the tax-free allowance for families with children by 1000 euros.
In public the draft law of the Ministry of National Economy and Finance entitled “Restructuring of the Hellenic Holdings and Property Company and its subsidiaries” was submitted for consultation“, which modernizes its operation Superfund. With this bill, the role of the Superfund changes significantly and becomes more developmental. The mode of operation of its subsidiaries becomes more flexible according to PPC’s model. While, at the same time, a National Investment Fund is being created to boost investments.
The subsidiaries of the Superfund will become more flexible and efficient. The establishment of the new National Investment Fund will, without doubt, have a significant contribution to support Greece’s investment effort. And the new governance model of the Superfund that is being adopted is proof of the progress that has been made in the Greek economy in recent years and the transition to a new era.
The new digital application “Digispect» to digitize the process autopsies and registration of buildings affected by a natural disasterannounced the Minister of Digital Governance Dimitris Papastergiou and the Deputy Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Christos Triandopoulos.
With the “Digispect” application, competent engineers will now carry out postmortems following a natural disaster faster, safely, transparently and without unnecessary paperwork. In addition, they will perform a greater number of autopsies in a shorter period of time.
By provision proposed in Ministry of Justice bill, the way of selecting the leaders of the supreme courts changes with the participation of the judiciary in these decisions. The provision of this possibility is a milestone for the further improvement and strengthening of the rule of law in our country.
This specific possibility is given as an expression of the opinion of the supreme courts, within the limits set by our Constitution, through a vote that will be carried out in their plenary sessions.
The decision-making body for the selection of judicial leaders based on the Constitution was and remains the Council of Ministers, which, however, should evaluate and take into account the opinion of the judicial bodies themselves. This is a provision that is already implemented with various variations, fully or partially depending on the Constitution of each country, in Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, France and Austria.
In this way, we close another pending issue, implementing our commitment to steady convergence with Europe in all critical fields of economic, social and institutional life.
Contract for implementation of the critical project of the restoration of the Port of Volos following the bad weather “Daniel” and “Elias”, signed by the Minister of Shipping and Insular Policy, Christos Stylianidis and the Authorized Advisor and Head of the Strategic Importance Contracts Unit of TAIPED Panagiotis Stampoulidis.
The purpose of the project, which has a budget of approximately 10 million euros, is to make the Port of Volos fully operational and to restore its prominent activity in the wider region, so that it can once once more emerge as a very important port infrastructure of the country.
Their names were posted drawn beneficiaries and the lists of contracted companies – providers for the 15 million euro budget programs of the Rural Home.
For the first time, all the beneficiaries are included in the Social and Medical Tourism program, i.e. in addition to pensioners, insured farmers were also included. Special care was taken, for Evros, by increasing holiday days and subsidizing the full cost of accommodation with zero participation as was done last year for the islands of the North and South Aegean.
We essentially stand by the side of the farming family, recognizing the difficulties they face but also their contribution to keeping the Greek region alive and thriving. The programs of Social and Spa tourism, Excursion tourism and free provision of books and theater tickets implemented through OPECA cover thousands of farmers and their family members. The allocation was made proportionally to all prefectures, with priority to those that have not been drawn in the last three years.
By Decision of the Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance, Nikos Papathanasis, the project is included in the Recovery and Resilience Fund: “Detection of arbitrary construction with modern technological means».
The contribution of this project is decisive for the implementation of the reform – the responsibility of the Ministry of Environment and Energy – regarding the monitoring system of the built environment, the identification and demolition of arbitrary constructions.
In particular, the goal is to create an integrated system, which by using new technologies, in combination with high-resolution aerial photography, will increase the ability of the state services to detect in a documented way and control cases of arbitrary construction.
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