PM Mitsotakis visits remote Aegean island of Fournoi
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the vaccination center at the remote island of Fournoi in the Aegean on Saturday.
“We are here to supervise the process of inoculation against the coronavirus, which began yesterday and will be completed today”, said the Prime Minister, who added he was pleased about the positive response of the island’s inhabitants to vaccines.
At Fournoi, where inhabitants barely exceed 1,000, Mitsotakis spoke with Mayor Dimitris Karydis, with whom he discussed the staffing of the local health clinic and the possibility of creating a hematology lab there.
"We will reduce the cost of living", stressed Mitsotakis, mentioning the reduction of property tax for small islands.
The prospect of building a museum of underwater antiquities was also considered, as 58 ancient shipwrecks have been discovered off the island over the last five years.
The improved ferry connection of Fournoi with Piraeus was also mentioned, as there are currently two routes per week in the winter and three in the summer, compared to one and two itineraries respectively in the past.
The Prime Minister walked to the port of Fournoi to be briefed on the northern pier’s expansion works -where larger vessels will be able to moor- and the construction of a fishing shelter.
Mitsotakis is accompanied by Shipping & Island Policy Minister Giannis Plakiotakis and several more government officials.
