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[00:00:00] which really, you know, pressure the hospital,
[00:00:03] let alone that no one respects human
[00:00:06] dignity. Mr. Rikas, first of all, there
[00:00:10] is no place in our country where lawlessness
[00:00:12] prevails. Also, it is logical that the entire
[00:00:16] volume, the burden, is transferred to the islands during the
[00:00:19] summer months, because we have a very large population and tourists. That is
[00:00:23] why there are detachments of police officers to strengthen the
[00:00:27] services there, the directorates, in order to respond.
[00:00:33] And in these areas there is intense policing of this
[00:00:37] controversial area.
[00:00:41] Allow me, you can refer to journalists.
[00:00:45] You can refer to journalists who have reported
[00:00:48] in the specific area to find out what
[00:00:51] is happening. Proof of what I am saying is that every day
[00:00:54] we have case files which are led to the local prosecutors
[00:00:58] with all kinds of illegal and irregular
[00:01:01] actions. Now, if in the hospital of
[00:01:05] Zakynthos there had been more than these three cases that we are talking about and
[00:01:08] other cases, I think that the
[00:01:12] hospital is obliged to report it
[00:01:15] to the police and judicial authorities, because
[00:01:18] there is indeed a gap of five incidents in
[00:01:21] which the police cannot
[00:01:24] take the next
[00:01:25] step.
[00:01:41] Yes, okay, yes, there is no question of opposition here. But if, let's be clear, if
[00:01:44] for any reason, because in general, we have a very good cooperation with the
[00:01:48] hospitals, from when someone is admitted for a traffic accident or when someone is admitted
[00:01:52] abused, a woman with abusive behavior immediately or
[00:01:56] a minor immediately. The authorities, the Hellenic
[00:02:00] Police should be informed, and now the doctors do this, so that the
[00:02:03] preliminary investigator immediately arrives
[00:02:06] there to start, if there is a reason, and the prosecutor's office is informed to
[00:02:09] start a case file. So, we say this to all hospitals where
[00:02:13] we realize that there is abusive behavior or rape or
[00:02:17] anything, the authorities should be informed, in this case the police. We just
[00:02:20] if you allow me to point out the following: in the hospital of
[00:02:24] Zakynthos, about
[00:02:27] 200 people per day come to the emergency room
[00:02:31] with health problems.
[00:02:34] 80% are tourists, the overwhelming
[00:02:37] majority of them are from the Laganas area, so
[00:02:41] something is not right there. If the police are doing their
[00:02:44] job, they are doing it, but something is not right there and everyone
[00:02:48] knows that, I think, I am not saying it.
[00:02:51] What exactly is the
[00:02:54] issue at this moment, Mr.
[00:02:57] Giannakis?
[00:02:59] We say that there should be better control in
[00:03:03] this area and at the same time
[00:03:06] we say that there is incredible pressure. We are not saying that the hospital of
[00:03:10] Zakynthos can become Evangelismos, that is, to have
[00:03:13] 500 doctors, but we emphasize and we want
[00:03:16] to congratulate our colleagues there, that small
[00:03:20] hospitals in conditions of occupational burnout
[00:03:24] services.
[00:03:28] Do you know what that means? 200 people a day, 200
[00:03:31] patients a day means that they see 800
[00:03:35] patients every four days, as many as you see in the emergency room, the
[00:03:38] Attikon and the Evangelismos.
[00:03:42] Indeed, it is true that the medical staff of our country is under
[00:03:45] pressure, especially during these summer
[00:03:47] months. We support them all with all our strength, they are
[00:03:51] employees who have truly supported, as have the
[00:03:54] police, the port authorities and the firefighters, they have supported the
[00:03:57] structure of this country so that we can have safe
[00:04:01] holidays, from the pillars, so we must have
[00:04:04] absolute cooperation, which we have and will continue to have. Our
[00:04:07] greetings to the president of POEDIN, we thank him very much and we
[00:04:11] will follow the issue from the news bulletins. Let
[00:04:15] 's continue our discussion,
[00:04:18] because there is also the issue
[00:04:20] of Theodosis,
[00:04:23] or rather the case of the Greek mafia, we also have developments
[00:04:27] there, another heavy case file for
[00:04:30] the Hellenic Police and the authorities
[00:04:32] overall. Of course, because yesterday's
[00:04:36] development is very important. Yesterday's development in the city is
[00:04:40] near Dusseldorf where Elias from
[00:04:44] Georgia, a Greek expatriate, was arrested by the German authorities
[00:04:47] after cooperation with the Organized Crime Directorate,
[00:04:50] what we used to call the Greek
[00:04:53] FBI. He is accused of at least three
[00:04:56] murders of the Greek mafia, very well-known names,
[00:05:00] Skafouros, Roumbetis,
[00:05:03] and Zambounis, also known as Zaboun, in the
[00:05:06] new case. His
[00:05:09] presence in these murders
[00:05:12] is confirmed. He is a member of the notorious Russian-speaking mafia
[00:05:15] whose leader is in Dubai,
[00:05:19] according to reports, Elias from Georgia, who
[00:05:23] was also involved in this whole mafia of cigarette smugglers, that is, illegal
[00:05:26] tobacco, is one of the
[00:05:30] two main hitmen of the leader of the
[00:05:34] Russian-speaking mafia in Greece and he is obviously not his
[00:05:38] slave. The fact that in his case
[00:05:41] file he is accused of three very important murders, the names
[00:05:44] are heavy, that is, the murder of
[00:05:48] Skafouros, the murder of Kosmopoulos, the murder of
[00:05:51] Roumbetis, these were people who in the Greek Mafia their
[00:05:54] footprint was very big. No one believed that
[00:05:58] these people would be in the
[00:06:01] sights of the Russian mafia's weapons. This
[00:06:05] development is considered very important. He is expected to be
[00:06:08] extradited to Greece. The remaining issue regarding
[00:06:12] the Russian-speaking Mafia is another person
[00:06:15] who also declares himself an expatriate. Last
[00:06:19] week, the Hellenic Police officially released his photo and details
[00:06:23] by order of the prosecutor. This person is the first hitman, he is the
[00:06:26] main executor of the Russian-speaking Mafia
[00:06:29] in Greece and in all likelihood he has fled to a foreign
[00:06:33] country, perhaps to Ukraine or some other country
[00:06:37] there in the East.
[00:06:40] Mr. Theodosis, let's help Mr. Theodosis
[00:06:44] and the colleagues above. Mr. Rikas, yes, it
[00:06:48] is an arrest
[00:06:50] which is in
[00:06:53] absolute cooperation between the Greek and the German authorities.
[00:06:57] It is an answer to all those who
[00:07:00] have at times said that the Greek
[00:07:04] police do not arrest the perpetrators. They
[00:07:07] do arrest them, they bring them to justice, a person
[00:07:11] who was an executor and has been involved in many
[00:07:14] cases of murder, but also other illegal activities by
[00:07:17] the so-called Greek mafia who were involved in tobacco, illegal tobacco,
[00:07:20] fuel smuggling and other illegal activities. These
[00:07:24] procedures continue, no matter where someone goes or leaves our country,
[00:07:28] international arrest warrants are immediately issued. We have
[00:07:31] absolute cooperation with the police of other
[00:07:35] countries. And this comes up in the field, in inverted commas,
[00:07:39] we also saw it in the case of Marfing and here
[00:07:43] now this means that
[00:07:47] no one should do anything, no one thinks that they
[00:07:50] will get away with it, they will leave and the investigation for them
[00:07:53] will stop. We expect him to come
[00:07:56] here to be tried. It is, as Mr. Panou said,
[00:08:00] he is one of the big hitmen, one of those who have been involved in
[00:08:04] many contracts to kill. This
[00:08:07] system, this circuit,
[00:08:10] is very intricate and
[00:08:14] every day we, as the police, hit it where we need to,
[00:08:18] so that we do not have phenomena of
[00:08:20] taking everyone's fate into their own
[00:08:24] hands, nor do we have phenomena of murders, as we have recorded in the
[00:08:28] past, which are cruel murders of people
[00:08:30] from the underworld who usually circulate. But
[00:08:33] this also requires patience. The organized
[00:08:37] crime division does serious work and all these people will be held
[00:08:40] accountable sooner or later, we believe.
[00:08:43] Because every person who is arrested, with their testimony, brings
[00:08:47] elements which help in the continuation of
[00:08:50] the investigation. Let's have one last sentence, Theodosis, because I was
[00:08:53] violently interrupted by technology.
[00:08:57] Yes, that's what I wanted to say too, what Mr. Rigas said,
[00:09:01] that every such arrest seems to unlock
[00:09:05] another big box, just to visualize it, which leads closer and closer to the
[00:09:08] leadership of the Russian-speaking mafia in Greece.
[00:09:11] Besides, the alleged leader, who has been living in
[00:09:15] Dubai for many years, if I'm not
[00:09:18] mistaken, was arrested there by the authorities
[00:09:22] a few days ago. There was an international arrest warrant
[00:09:25] from two or three countries, because not only we are seeking the extradition of
[00:09:29] this particular person, but also Russia
[00:09:33] and Georgia, and it seems that Ukraine will also enter the game
[00:09:36] regarding his extradition. This alone shows
[00:09:40] how much this
[00:09:43] Russian-speaking mafia has spread from
[00:09:46] the steppes of Ukraine to Thessaloniki and Athens and to
[00:09:49] Dubai. In fact, let's thank Mr.
[00:09:53] Rikas. Thank you very much. Let's also thank the master
[00:09:57] of police reporting, Mr. Panou. Thank you
[00:10:00] very much.
[00:10:04] And let's go to a short commercial break. We will return, Chrysoula,
[00:10:07] with a lot of news and
[00:10:10] of course the minister
[00:10:17] from whom we expect to receive very pleasant news, I will predict.
[00:10:21] The factory, he cannot,
[00:21:14] you preparing for us then? We have
[00:21:17] two quite big news that people
[00:21:21] have been waiting for a long time.
[00:21:23] What do you have for the personal assistant? Because the messages on the radio
[00:21:27] and I understand why, because a ministerial decision was just issued
[00:21:31] that we are expanding the personal assistant, we are increasing
[00:21:34] the salaries of personal assistants. We are increasing
[00:21:37] salaries in the evaluation committees that judge how
[00:21:41] people with disabilities, how much time they need to have their personal
[00:21:44] assistant. And
[00:21:46] 24/8, Monday, 24th
[00:21:53] that is, three Mondays from today the platform opens
[00:21:58] so that people can apply. So, let me interrupt you a little for those who
[00:22:00] just started, on August 24th, Monday,
[00:22:04] August 24th, the platform opens for applications for the
[00:22:07] personal assistant, which is one of the
[00:22:11] programs that have helped many people, they have helped a lot.
[00:22:15] Until today, we have 1500 people, 1,500 of our fellow citizens who
[00:22:18] use and have chosen their own personal assistant to leave
[00:22:22] home, to go to work, to go to university, to
[00:22:26] have a person who allows them to be autonomous with
[00:22:29] equal participation in society, like all of us who may
[00:22:33] not have a disability now, who remain in the program. Very good
[00:22:37] question and you are right to say it, because we are often
[00:22:41] asked in the ministry, all those who have a personal
[00:22:44] assistant today do not need to do anything until
[00:22:48] December 31st 2026. They continue with their
[00:22:52] personal assistant and after January 1st
[00:22:55] 2027 they just need to make a responsible
[00:22:58] statement that they need him and continue with him.
[00:23:02] So, all those who have a personal assistant today continue with
[00:23:06] him. With our new ministerial decision, their personal
[00:23:09] assistant will receive some more money, because we also
[00:23:13] understand that there is inflation and therefore we need to
[00:23:16] adjust the state salaries according to the needs.
[00:23:21] On the 24th of this month, Monday, the
[00:23:24] platform opens again for applications. And let me say here that
[00:23:27] what perimeter do you estimate this will have? You can, we will have
[00:23:31] at least as many more in the first phase when the
[00:23:34] platform opens. We keep the 1,500 people who have their
[00:23:37] personal assistant with a higher salary for the people
[00:23:41] who are personal assistants and at least as many more
[00:23:45] of our fellow citizens will acquire their own personal assistant. And let me say
[00:23:49] here why it is important that we sat down and
[00:23:53] listened carefully to the disability organizations, ESAmea, people with
[00:23:55] disabilities, civil society, and we
[00:23:58] parametrized it so that we make it easier for people with disabilities.
[00:24:02] That is, they told us that
[00:24:05] we understand that it may not be
[00:24:08] correct or it may not be the European practice for the
[00:24:12] parent to be the personal assistant, because it is
[00:24:14] important for the recipient of the personal assistant to
[00:24:18] be independent. However, and not
[00:24:21] to be often trapped, people with disabilities told us, in the choices,
[00:24:25] for example, of their parent, who surely knows them
[00:24:28] better. On the other hand, in small islands, in small mountainous
[00:24:32] villages, isn't it a shame to be entitled to a personal assistant, but not to
[00:24:36] find anyone? So we changed the program and in
[00:24:40] mountainous villages and on islands with a population of less than
[00:24:42] 5,000 euros, less than 5,000 people,
[00:24:46] if you have a personal assistant and you are
[00:24:49] eligible for this program, you can also hire
[00:24:52] a personal assistant who is a first-degree relative. Respectively,
[00:24:56] to cure it, to cure it, to cure
[00:25:00] it. Respectively and significantly, we gave some scoring, that is, I remember
[00:25:04] some cases came to our office and they told us, we
[00:25:08] don't have our personal assistant, but we have two people in the
[00:25:12] household with disabilities, or we had a case in
[00:25:15] Trikala with three people with disabilities in the household. Shouldn't
[00:25:19] we have a prioritization and
[00:25:22] the state should see that in this great
[00:25:25] need, an even greater need is a household
[00:25:28] with three people with disabilities? So he should be the first to get the personal
[00:25:32] assistant. So we have given a scoring again,
[00:25:35] listening to the disability movement and people with disabilities, to adapt it
[00:25:39] to their needs and their daily lives. Of course,
[00:25:43] importantly, I kept the date, you said August 24th, another important
[00:25:47] date that we need to keep, we have three Mondays. So
[00:25:51] we started with the third and last
[00:25:54] Monday of the month, I think, if not.
[00:25:57] August 24th, the platform opens for the personal assistant
[00:26:00] and this Monday that is coming up,
[00:26:03] August 10th, the provisional results for the
[00:26:07] nursery schools are released. The platform opened on August 5th,
[00:26:10] on the 10th of this month the provisional
[00:26:14] results are released. Let me remind you of the big reform that we
[00:26:18] did again because we listened to the people. For
[00:26:21] large families, we did not set income criteria this year. It is the first
[00:26:24] time that we changed the system and for large families
[00:26:28] to support families with many children who have
[00:26:31] different and greater needs than we do
[00:26:35] with one child, we do not set any
[00:26:38] income limits, that is, if you have four children or more,
[00:26:42] whatever your income is, the father's, the mother's and
[00:26:45] both together gross, there are no income limits to get
[00:26:49] a voucher for nursery schools. Monday the 10th of the month
[00:26:52] the provisional results are released,
[00:26:55] from the 11th to the 13th families have the opportunity to
[00:26:59] appeal, and then on the 17th of the month. I think
[00:27:02] earlier than ever before, the final results are also released
[00:27:06] so that families have the voucher in their hands.
[00:27:09] I remind you, we removed the income limits for large
[00:27:12] families and we have increased them for
[00:27:15] families with one, two children and three, that is, from
[00:27:18] €32,000 it is €35,000 for families
[00:27:21] with one or two children and from
[00:27:24] €34,000 it is €37,000
[00:27:28] for families with three children and then, as we said, without an income
[00:27:31] limit. For large families, so on the 17th of the month
[00:27:35] they have the voucher in their hands, they can go to a private daycare, they can go to
[00:27:38] a municipal daycare, to the daycare they want and
[00:27:42] if they don't find a daycare, because usually for
[00:27:44] babies there is a shortage that we recognize, neighborhood
[00:27:48] nannies, we are here for families and
[00:27:52] for families with babies up to 2.5 years old,
[00:27:56] from 6 months to 2.5, from
[00:27:59] 6 months to 2.5 years old they can... and
[00:28:02] enter the neighborhood nannies program, we already
[00:28:06] have 1,200 agreements, that is,
[00:28:09] 1,200, 1,200 nannies and
[00:28:13] mothers have signed agreements, we have
[00:28:16] 5,500 mothers, 2,500
[00:28:19] nannies in this program and already 1,200
[00:28:23] have started working and receive this €500. So
[00:28:26] this year, you commit that there will be no complaints or criticism, mainly from the
[00:28:30] opposition, because I just saw Mr.
[00:28:35] And I see Mr. Pappas, our colleague, is coming, with whom we had a substantial
[00:28:39] discussion now on the bill for the personal assistant. Criticism
[00:28:42] is welcome because through criticism we also move forward. The issue
[00:28:46] is for criticism to be constructive, to be effective, and to
[00:28:49] be based on evidence and truth, so that it's
[00:28:52] not just smoke without fire. So no child will be left out
[00:28:56] of a crèche or, in any case, a family will have all the
[00:29:00] opportunities to be able to make it happen.
[00:29:10] There are some places where they may not have a spot in a
[00:29:13] crèche. Why? Because
[00:29:17] until recently, the woman might have wanted to stay at home, or the grandmother
[00:29:21] might have helped, who today might be working. So not that many places
[00:29:24] were created in crèches, and now
[00:29:27] it's difficult for someone to find a property to build a crèche, because you say
[00:29:31] that a crèche must have an outdoor area for children to play, so it can't be on the
[00:29:35] 5th or 6th floor. So it's difficult today in urban centers to
[00:29:39] build new crèches, so
[00:29:42] until we build with the program of subsidized places for
[00:29:46] private individuals and municipalities for crèches, we created neighborhood nannies
[00:29:49] so that mothers can safely and
[00:29:53] confidently give our children, our babies
[00:29:57] up to 2.5 years old, to a nanny, often the
[00:30:01] nanny grandmother, our mother, or our mother-in-law, so that we
[00:30:04] can have our children safely, we can go back to our
[00:30:08] work, and either the nanny grandmother, or the nanny
[00:30:11] we have met and trusted, receives
[00:30:15] these €500, which is a significant
[00:30:18] income for her. Now, your ministry is involved
[00:30:20] in addressing another
[00:30:23] important issue, which is housing. It is one
[00:30:27] of the main challenges, Ms. Michailidou. I would like
[00:30:30] you to give us a brief overview.
[00:30:34] How is the 'renovate and rent' program going, and should we expect something from there as well?
[00:30:37] There is a great need, and it is a need of every family, I
[00:30:41] would say, almost regardless of income. That is, both the more financially
[00:30:44] vulnerable families and middle-income
[00:30:47] families, especially three out of ten who do not have their
[00:30:51] own home, face great difficulty with
[00:30:54] housing. We launched another program after the success of
[00:30:58] 'My Home One' and 'My Home Two'.