A quarter of a million school children in Greece have applied for help under the food aid programme 'Diatrofi' organised by the Prolepsis Institute, the head of the non-governmental organisation Prof. Athina Linou reported on Monday.
Parliament President Nikos Voutsis is examining a 10 pct cut in the main wages of lawmakers which will be included in the parliamentary budget currently being drafted and will be implemented from January 2016.
German government spokesman Steffen Seibert on Monday stressed the need for cooperation between Greece and Turkey in order to control the activities of refugee and migrant traffickers in the Aegean.
The Greek parliamement is due to vote on the omnibus draft bill on prior actions that Greece is obliged to implement as part of the bailout deal.