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The government will decide in January whether to partially reopen the retail sector following consultations with the expert committee advising on the coronavirus, according to ministers on Tuesday.

Speaking to Skai radio station, government spokesman Stelios Petsas said the talks with the experts will be held "next week."

No decision has been reached as yet to extend the lockdown, according to Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis on Wednesday, who noted that the relevant data regarding the opening of retail stores will be discussed in the first week of the new year. 

"If we continue to do well, we will open in areas that infectious disease specialists tell us are free of the virus," he told ANT1 TV.

Members of the Rouvikonas (Greek for Rubicon) group splashed paint and scattered fliers outside the residence of Apostolos Vakakis, the CEO of Greek toy and seasonal items retailer Jumbo, in an overnight protest over labor rights.

Commercial enterprises that suffer the greatest loss in turnover this holiday season will receive most of the fifth and sixth phases of the "Deposit To Be Returned" after Christmas, Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis promised on Saturday, referring to the cheap state loans program for entrepreneurs and the self-employed.

A bookstore prepares for Monday's opening with a limit of four customers per 100 square meters. Hair salons also open Monday. Visits to both can be done only by appointment. Also Monday, retail stores will inaugurate the click-and-collect system, which allows customers to physically pick up items they have bought online or by phone.

Government spokesman Stelios Petsas and Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis will announce the restrictions on the retail sector that will apply during the holiday season on Friday at 11 a.m.

Reports said that the reopening will be "reasonable and conservative," as per the recommendations of the committee of health experts advising the government on Covid-19.
 

The Bosnian state prosecution said on Thursday that it has filed an indictment charging Dusan Sladojevic, alias Krvce or Cica, Slavko Aleksic, alias Vojvoda, and Risto Lecic with inciting hatred between Bosnia and Herzegovina's main ethnic groups at a rally in Visegrad.

Hair salons will likely open on Saturday or Sunday, the Athens Chamber of Commerce announced on Thursday, citing a telephone conversation between the head of the body, Yiannis Hatzitheodosiou and Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis.

The Chamber said these businesses will open first as it is believed that it is easier to enforce the health protocols. 

Adonis Georgiadis said the small and medium-sized businesses would receive funds via the EU NSRF

To understand Jansa's war with the media, it is important to recognise that his political capital rests on the ideological basis of nationalism, which substantiates national sovereignty by the principle of ethnicity.

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