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The Greek government directly funds 36 ferry services to ensure connections to the islands
A further EUR 15 million was approved
April 15, 2020
In the measure, it is intended to financially support the government's plan to keep a minimum number of local and national maritime services Mobility restraint measures will remain in place adopted to deal with the emergency caused by the spread Covid-19 virus. With the plan, 36 lines have been identified seafarers that will be served by ferry ships and which will be subsidized by the state in the event that these services do not may be offered by shipping companies that will motivate the inability to do so because of the crisis.
Announcing the new funding, Minister Plakiotakis announced that his Ministry, together with the other departments is working on an extraordinary programme to support shipping companies affected by the impact of crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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