According to the General Secretariat of Information Systems’ data presented by the Deputy Minister of Labor Vasilis Kegeroglou, about 250,000 applications have been submitted for the social dividend benefit, of which 43% have so far been approved.

The social dividend benefit, which starts at 500 euros and increases according to the family status of the applicant, will be paid out by the 10th of May, for all applications that were submitted by the end of April. For successful applications that will submitted by the end of May, the benefit will be paid out by the 10th of June.

Mr. Kegeroglou stressed that if a significant amount of the 450 million euros of the social dividend is not distributed, then the Ministry will revise its criteria so that it becomes available to a greater umber of people. The Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis had made a similar claim a few days ago.