ATHENS – Main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras on Thursday pointed out the need to support small- and medium-sized enterprises and employees during his visit to the island of Rhodes.
Walking around the medieval town of Rhodes, Tsipras met with shop owners whose shops remain closed as they await the start of the tourist season and had the opportunity to discuss the serious problems that they face, with most reporting that they have not worked since October 2019 as their obligations continue to mount.
Referring to the support measures, Tsipras said that the social insurance contributions of employees in SMEs should be fully subsidised, in addition to 40 percent their salaries, while adding that working capital should be offered to all businesses.
He also called on the government to take advantage of the institutional tool provided by development banks, using them to give small loans to SMEs.
Tsipras will later meet with the regional governor of Southern Aegean Giorgos Hatzimarkos and at noon he will meet with representatives of the productive classes of the islands to discuss the problems of each sector.
At 19:00 Tsipras will meet at the Town Hall of Rhodes with mayors of the Dodecanese islands and other local government representatives to discuss the problems on the islands.
NEW YORK – For the antiquities seized by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, in the context of multiple criminal investigations against high-profile traffickers and smugglers, the value of which exceeds $20 million, as well as for other important matters that fall within the competence of the Ministry of Culture, such as reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures, the Tomb of Amphipolis, and the Dikteon Cave of Crete, we had the opportunity to talk with Greek Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni, after the repatriation ceremony of the 29 looted antiquities at the Greek Consulate in New York on March 21.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
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