Decisions for support of companies and employees were taken by the Ministry

An additional budget of 250m euros was approved by the Council of Ministers at today's meeting.

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An additional budget of 250m euros was approved by the Council of Ministers at today's meeting.

After the session, the Minister of Finance Konstantinos Petridis and the Minister of Labor Zeta Aimilianidou made statements.

According to Mr. Petridis, an additional budget of 250 million euros was approved.

The Ministry approved n / s for the issuance of government guarantees for the issuance of loans to companies. Provisions of definitions "big business", "very big", "small business" were added to the n / s.

Ms. Aimilianidou stated for her part that the Ministry approved the extension of employment support plans for employees until the end of June 2021.

Employment will be supported with an emphasis on the hotel industry and tourism-related activities, he noted.

"We have been informed that the Commission has approved 125 million euros of additional funding," said the Minister of Labor, noting that the total funding amounts to 604 million euros.