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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-11-15
CONTENTS
[01] PM on real needs of financially weaker
[01] PM on real needs of financially weaker
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, speaking after meeting local
officials in the city of Kozani on Saturday, said that the government
is responding to the real needs of the financially weaker citizens with
social sensitivity, seriousness and responsibility. Karamanlis
presented the measures taken by the government to tackle the
international economic crisis and that concern the national economy, as
well as each household separately.
The aim, as he said, is to decrease inter-bank interest rates and,
consequently, to decrease interest rates for the loans and subsidies of
businessmen.
"We have exercised, we are exercising and we shall exercise every
necessary intervention to achieve low interest rates and for the
exclusion of abusive terms by banks," the prime minister said.
As regards measures being taken by the government, he said that they
will not burden Greek citizens but will secure 500 million euros for
the Social Cohesion Fund and public investments.
Karamanlis acknowledged that problems do exist that are being
intensified by the economic crisis and said that the greatest one is
unemployment. He pointed out at this point that through Manpower
Employment Organisation (OAED) programmes 50,000 new jobs will be
created by the end of the year and another 140,000 new jobs in 2009.
The prime minister also referred to issues concerning Western
Macedonia, and the prefecture of Kozani in particular, and spoke
analytically of projects that are already under way and of others that
are being scheduled.
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