Forty-two mayors of some of Greece’s less populated islands met with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at Maximos Mansion on Wednesday, ANA reports.
They discussed their cooperation with the government, as well as the implementation and progress of ongoing programs on these islands.
Even though each of the 42 islands has a permanent population of under 5,000, “they receive a total of nearly 500 million euros in funding from national programs for municipalities and also from NSRF resources,” noted the premier. The breakdown of the 482.5 million euros includes 232.6 million euros from the Interior Ministry and 249.9 million euros from other ministries’ programs (128.7 million euros of this is from NSRF funds).
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