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Facilities only sell pre-packaged goods, while refreshment stands, coffee shops and the like operate as take-aways, not allowing seating. The sale of alcoholic beverages is banned, and delivery is not allowed.

It was also noted that the opening up of economic and social activity in an organized manner and in compliance with health and safety protocols has so far brought positive results. 

A bill recently submitted to parliament by Energy and Environment Minister Kostis Hatzidakis includes two regulations, which are seen as moving in the right direction. If they are implemented (a long-term problem of the Greek state), they will then be able to significantly accelerate licensing procedures.

The plan involves the construction of an elevated highway from the height of Papageorgiou Hospital to an area called Konstantinopolitika and then the widening of the road until Kardia.

The bill ratifying the agreement between Greece, Cyprus and Israel, was approved earlier this week, together with a series of developments on licensing and finance issues, confirming efforts made so far. However, we are far from considering that the EastMed is a viable pipeline that can turn Greece into a strong energy player in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Niki Symboura, CEO of Cushman & Wakefield Proprius, said in a recent online discussion organized by Prodexpo that "the information we have from our partners abroad is that there are still several foreign investors interested in being positioned in the Greek market. Of course, in the coming months, there will be a decline in sales, but we believe that there will be a recovery by the end of the year. "

"Risks for banks under the pandemic are mostly credit risks, related to the depth and duration of the recession. Hence, banks should be careful enough to protect their balance sheets, while at the same time using all the considerable flexibility and liquidity granted by the ECB to provide credit to businesses and thus contribute to keeping the productive capacity of the economy intact. It is an unfortunate development that, at the moment that Greek banks had started to achieve a remarkable reduction of non-performing loans (NPLs), the pandemic has increased the risk of a reversal."

Petsas revealed that Athens sent a classified document to all its embassies on March 13, including that in Berlin, outlining the fabricated evidence that was being prepared to direct at Greece.

Unidentified protestors, whose identity has yet to be confirmed, threw fire bombs into the bank's entrance, starting a fire while people were still inside.

According to the survey, mobile phone tariffs in Greece are among the highest in Europe and the country remains the least competitive in the EU and OECD in this sector. Interestingly, the report was commissioned by the Competition Commission and not by the National Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT), which has been monitoring developments in the domestic market for years.