Inflation has combined with the effects of deadly floods wiping out much of the country’s agricultural heartland and lost crops to push food prices higher, along with high taxes for goods in supermarkets
Greece’s rebounding economy hasn’t brought enough benefits to the country’s lowest-income households and families but they will be getting 350 million euros ($380 million) in state assistance to help them cope, ANA reports.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, whose New Democracy government is luring foreign investors to accelerate a comeback, told SKAI radio that the aid would include a social solidarity benefit for households in need.
There will be help for those eligible for child benefits, 250 euros ($271.29) in financial assistance for people with disabilities, support for those with minimum guaranteed income, and 150 euros ($162.77) for low-income pensioners.
Source: Tourism-Travel News
