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The application stage for the 700-euro ‘social dividend’ benefit is now completed, with the money expected to be paid into the accounts of the beneficiaries next Monday or Tuesday. According to figures collected via the electronic platform www.koinonikomerisma.gr where applications were submitted, more than 266,000 applications had been approved shortly before the deadline expired.

Finance Minister Christos Staikouras on Thursday evening announced a 700-euro social dividend that will be distributed to some 250,000 households - corresponding to about 953,000 family members - while addressing a parliamentary session discussing the government’s taxation bill. 

The government is expected to distribute a social dividend of 500-1,000 euros to 200,000 households, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday during New Democracy's congress.

The social dividend will be distributed to vulnerable groups, such as long-term unemployed people, large families, as well as families with disabled children.