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Govt spox resigns, denies political reasons behind decision Sunday, 28 February 2021 20:45 UPD:20:51 The outgoing spokesman for the Mitsotakis government, Christos Tarantilis, tendered his resignation over the weekend, citing personal reasons, only to subsequently clarify that he wasn t departing the Cabinet due to political reasons. Tarantilis, a economics professor elected with New Democracy from a state deputies list, served as the government spokesman since early January 2021. Widespread speculation over the weekend, and barbed statements by the opposition, linked Tarantilis resignation with an ongoing hunger strike by a convicted urban terrorist, who is demanding to return to a penitentiary from where he was previously transferred to a prison farm. ....
Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras, in comments to news radio on Tuesday, said a universal lockdown in the country as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic translates into losses of three billion euros on a monthly basis, whereas the losses are currently calculated at 2.7 billion euros monthly. ....
Athens has sent letters to the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) requesting to pay off portion of 3.1 billion euros in loans extended by the IMF before their maturation. ....
Latest outdoor, nonchalant appearance by Greek PM - amid stricter pandemic measures - generates firestorm of reactions Sunday, 07 February 2021 20:42 UPD:20:46 Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis high-profile visit to the eastern Aegean island of Ikaria on Saturday generated a firestorm of reaction, especially on social media, after images emerged of the former and members of his delegation sitting for lunch with local officials on a residence s balconies. The images showed most of the diners without face masks and seated next to each other, essentially flouting restrictions on public assembly imposed throughout the country due to the ongoing pandemic. The incident was the second time that Mitsotakis has come up for criticism for an outdoor activity amid the Covid-19 pandemic, as he was photographed with his spouse in early December 2020 mountain biking in a forest north of Athens, and then happily posing with pictures with a group of motocross bikers ....
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