Mitsotakis: The process of delimiting the EEZ with Libya has begun – The 4th Belharra frigate will upgrade the Navy

The initiation of the process for delimiting the Exclusive Economic Zone betwixt Greece and Libya, and the determination of the Greek authorities to proceed with acquiring a 4th Belharra frigate, occupied Kyriakos Mitsotakis successful his Sunday Facebook post.

The Prime Minister besides referred to authorities initiatives successful the fields of Labor, Social Security, Education, and Health, portion speaking astir the constitution of a new, strict model for controls connected subsidies for concern projects.

Specifically, helium stated:

*”Good morning. Another week has passed with important initiatives. I volition commencement today’s reappraisal with the 2 large developments concerning the workout of the country’s sovereign rights and the strengthening of its defence amid the unpredictable geopolitical turbulence we are experiencing. I archetypal notation to the initiation of the process for delimiting the Exclusive Economic Zone betwixt Greece and Libya. The archetypal gathering of the method committees has already taken spot present successful Athens, and the adjacent gathering volition beryllium held successful Tripoli. We inactive person a agelong mode to spell earlier reaching an agreement, but this is simply a affirmative improvement for Greece successful narration to our neighboring country. The way to broader determination stableness passes done agreements betwixt genuine neighboring countries, based connected International Law, and not done arbitrary and baseless memoranda. The commencement of the delimitation process with Libya comes conscionable a fewer days aft the ceremonial announcement of American Chevron’s information successful the planetary tender for the 4 offshore blocks southbound of Crete and the Peloponnese, and the wide designation by the USA of Greece’s vigor and geopolitical value successful the Eastern Mediterranean.

The 2nd improvement concerns the acquisition of the 4th state-of-the-art Belharra frigate. The applicable measure of the Ministry of National Defense has already been submitted to Parliament. The caller frigate ‘Themistoklis,’ unneurotic with ‘Kimon’ – which, barring unforeseen circumstances, we volition person astir the extremity of 2025 – ‘Nearchos,’ and ‘Formion,’ volition dramatically upgrade the operational capabilities of our Navy. I volition repetition this for those successful the absorption who respond to the country’s defence strengthening with mendacious dilemmas: defence is besides a pillar of prosperity. Without security, determination are nary conditions for economical development, nor for the forging of societal cohesion. Likewise, lone with resilient nationalist finances and fiscal robustness tin we execute effectual nationalist defense.

Now let’s determination to 3 pieces of bully quality from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. The labour marketplace continues to amusement affirmative results, and the information bespeak that our strategy is paying off. Six months ago, we enacted a instrumentality abolishing the further societal information contributions connected overtime, other work, holidays, and nighttime shifts. Results: during the archetypal 4 months of implementation, net from overtime and other enactment accrued by 48%, and publication revenues by 34% compared to the aforesaid play successful 2024. For the aforesaid period, net from nighttime shifts and holidays accrued by 31%, with publication revenues showing a 43% increase. This demonstrates that a accordant argumentation of reducing contributions improves compliance, expanding some concern adherence to the instrumentality and workers’ incomes. A win-win for everyone.

The 2nd portion of bully quality is that past Friday and Saturday, the 45th ‘Career Days’ lawsuit of the Public Employment Service was held successful Thessaloniki with large success. The effect exceeded each expectations: implicit 6,000 occupation seekers participated, having the accidental to conscionable with 100 companies seeking quality resources.

Finally, past week e-EFKA took different measurement successful its integer transformation, launching the DASHBOARD-myEFKA and the myEFKAmobile application. For the archetypal time, each insured idiosyncratic has a implicit presumption of their security past connected a azygous screen, portion besides being able, with conscionable a fewer clicks, to update their information, contented certificates, and way applications, benefits, oregon payments. We person made important advancement successful integer governance. Every caller instrumentality removes immoderate regular hassle. So we continue.

Progress, however, is not lone disposable successful the indicators and applications. It is chiefly evident successful citizens’ regular lives, particularly the astir vulnerable. A programme that makes a existent quality and of which we are arrogant arsenic a authorities is the escaped location transportation of high-cost medicines, launched by EOPYY successful mid-June. We estimation that astir 10,000 location deliveries are executed each month, and truthful far, implicit 83,000 deliveries of medications person been carried out, including shipments to determination facilities. As Giannis, 1 of the program’s beneficiaries I precocious met, told me, it is simply a important assistance successful his regular life. Currently, patients with chronic illnesses and mobility difficulties are being served. Soon, the programme volition grow truthful that these medications tin besides beryllium delivered by section pharmacies. We didn’t reinvent the wheel. It is 1 of those acts I similar to telephone ‘revolutionary commonsense.’ All eligible beneficiaries funny successful trying this caller work tin sojourn the level https://fyk.eopyy.gov.gr oregon telephone 18181.

As with the adjacent initiative, the Mobile Health Units, we are providing solutions to needs that until yesterday remained unanswered. The MHUs started past February from Ormenio, the northernmost colony of the country, offering location wellness services adjacent successful the astir distant communities. Our extremity is clear: each citizen, wherever they live, should person entree to prevention and prime care. In the past fewer days alone, the teams visited villages successful Xanthi, Rhodope, and Evros, conducting implicit 180 preventive examinations and much than 30 location visits to the aged and mobility-impaired individuals. With telemedicine, doctors tin show patients and marque diagnoses remotely, without the hassle of traveling. The MHUs’ activities volition proceed successful the coming weeks successful 83 upland villages of Thrace and, from October, grow nationwide. In this way, the National Health System does not hold for the citizen. It reaches the citizen, wherever they are. We are gathering a healthcare strategy that reduces inequalities and supports those successful request with respect.

As the schoolhouse twelvemonth has started – and soon the world twelvemonth arsenic good – let’s determination to education. For the archetypal time, assemblage freshmen transfers volition beryllium completed by the archetypal 10 days of October, astir 1 and a fractional months earlier than successful erstwhile world years. Access codes for the applicable assemblage exertion services volition beryllium provided by September 22. This allows families to program better, avoiding unnecessary moving expenses oregon rents, portion students volition person clip to accommodate to their caller situation without hassle. At the aforesaid time, universities tin signifier their acquisition programs much efficiently from the commencement of the semester. This alteration demonstrates successful signifier that attraction for young radical and their families is not conscionable words.

We arsenic enactment vocational education, not lone with upgraded studies but besides with paid workplace learning, whether successful the nationalist oregon backstage sector. Graduates of Vocational, Model, and Special Vocational High Schools tin present be a post-secondary apprenticeship year, processing their skills portion receiving 95% of the ineligible minimum wage of an unskilled worker, careless of age. They are entitled to 12 days of regular leave, person afloat security counting toward their pension, and upon completion and palmy certification, they upgrade their diploma to level 5. Applications are unfastened until 23/9 connected the level e-mathiteia.minedu.gov.gr. This year, the highest fig of positions ever has been secured, astir 14,000, 7 retired of 10 successful the backstage sector. Upgrading method and vocational acquisition was a cardinal committedness and a idiosyncratic imaginativeness of mine: to halt being considered the ‘poor relative’ of Higher Education and to look arsenic a beardown nonrecreational way opening prospects for unchangeable and well-paid careers.

In the effort to marque acquisition accessible to all, an important inaugural became reality: the cognition of the archetypal Vocational High School successful the Larissa prisons. For the archetypal time, big inmates tin be a due survey programme and get recognized vocational certification, preparing for reintegration into society. Until now, the existing Second Chance School was constricted to fragmented oregon distant solutions, without teachers, classrooms, infrastructure, oregon qualification recognition. Now, 22 students person started the first-grade classes astatine the caller Vocational High School. We person fulfilled our evident work to supply the close to acquisition to each citizen, wherever they are. The 8th Vocational High School of Larissa is conscionable the beginning.

Shifting focus, the motorboat of 24-hour nationalist transport successful Athens past Saturday showed that the measurement was good received, with implicit 55,000 summons validations connected STASY and OSY. To marque the further 55 Metro and 30 tram routes possible, 287 unit members worked – a full of 339 employees contributed to implementing the caller service, and we convey them. We volition besides reappraisal however it went yesterday – the 2nd consecutive Saturday – ever prioritizing rider safety. It is besides noteworthy that passim the night, beyond the regular beingness of the Hellenic Police, 18 specialized officers were added, conducting targeted patrols astatine stations, trains, and routes.

Another important inaugural is the caller integer level report.oasa.gr. Through this, each rider tin easy study problems encountered connected Athens’ nationalist transport – from delays to cleanliness issues. Importantly, the reports are nary longer lost, but person responses wrong a fewer days.

And since we are talking astir harmless mobility, I should notation that the caller Road Traffic Code is present successful effect, with stricter provisions for dealing with violating drivers, particularly successful cases of recidivism. Penalties successful specified cases are importantly increased, not lone financially but besides administratively, from licence suspension to transgression prosecution, depending connected severity and consequences. Bloodshed connected the roads cannot continue. Unfortunately, galore inactive disregard the danger, some to themselves and others. In the past week alone, 2,600 fines were issued for not wearing helmets. I entreaty for liable driving behavior. It saves lives.

Changing taxable entirely, let’s speech astir investments, which we enactment by improving the concern situation and promoting steadfast entrepreneurship. But, and I emphasize, with respect for Greek taxpayers’ money. For this reason, we are establishing a new, strict model for controls connected subsidies for concern projects. By determination of the Minister of Development, companies nether these programs are required each twelvemonth to taxable to the competent authorities documentation proving compliance with their obligations, arsenic good arsenic the support enactment of their inclusion. Additionally, an yearly illustration audit is established connected 10% to 20% of companies included nether the improvement laws of 2004, 2011, 2016, and 2022, to cheque the legality of their operation, fiscal status, maintained jobs, and the advancement of investments for which they received subsidies. In lawsuit of violations, dense fines oregon adjacent betterment of the subsidy volition beryllium imposed. In this way, we safeguard the authorities assistance strategy and guarantee nationalist resources are utilized properly, benefiting the existent economy.

With this news, the week’s reappraisal comes to an end. See you adjacent Sunday with updates from some home and planetary developments, arsenic I volition beryllium successful New York for the UN General Assembly. Have a bully day!”