Greece forces sale of newspapers in supermarkets

3/24/2020, 5:33:33 PM

The press sector is suffering from the implementation of movement restrictions, imposed in early March, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Athens

To great ills, great means. The Greek press is, like the rest of the country's economy, a victim of general containment measures. To save it, the government did not procrastinate. He imposed his sale in supermarkets. “As of Saturday, I wrote and published the decree adopted yesterday. There was no time to waste to help newspapers which are going through an unprecedented crisis, when the population needs to be informed, " summarizes in Le Figaro, Adonis Georgiadis, Minister for Development. "As of next Friday, mini-kiosks will be installed in large and small areas," he announced.

The decision was not easy, however. For several years, the written press sector has been in financial difficulties. He is a victim of the economic crisis that has hit the country for the past ten years (2009-2019) added to the new habits of information consumption. Today he suffers from the implementation of traffic restrictions,