Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras on Friday announced a financial support handout worth 600 euros per person through a vocational programme for doctors, lawyers, engineers, etc. and other freelance professionals, budgeted at 180 million euros, ANA reports.
Staikouras also noted that the ministry will announce measures later on Friday for bank cheques maturing by the end of March, while next week the government will add more professions to its economic support measures. He urged banks to “go faster” and to offer debt settlement and debt payment suspension proposals, while he noted that a regime of primary residence protection will be re-examined in April (the regime ends on April 30).
He reiterated that, according to a basic scenario (the crisis ending in June), the Greek economy will contract by 3.0 pct this year, compared with a 5.0 pct contraction in Europe, and acknowledged that Greece could face problems with tourism this season. “Obviously, there are significant problems with creative solidarity in Europe,” due to the stance of Germany and other countries on a proposal to issue a Eurobond, Staikouras said.
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