News in brief

Μinister of State, Giorgos Gerapetritis and Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis meet at this hour at the Maximos Mansion with Regional governor and mayors of northern Aegean islands.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung refers to the protests and refers to the “chaos of Greek islands” and wonders why Greece is not asking for help, although the problem is out of its reach.

Τhe parliament plenary will vote for the abolition of simple proportional representation in electoral law.

However, it is unlikely that the law gets the necessary 200 votes needed by the constitution.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will address two events and meet with investors during his visit to the annual World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, today and tomorrow.

At 12.30, teacher unions will gather outside Parliament, protesting against the new educational law that foresees equal status for university degrees and private college degrees.

A24hour pan-hellenic strike has been called today by paramedics, who are demanding an increase in hirings. They will gather outside the Ministry of Health at noon.

After holding an emergency meeting, the World Health Organization holds will decide today whether it will declare a global warning for the outbreak of Wuhan coronavirus.

The respiratory illness has spread to many parts of China, with some cases in other countries including the US.

There are more than 500 confirmed cases and 17 people have died.

Strikes by workers protesting against plans to change France’s pension system reduced power generation by more than 3 gigawatts.

The disruption represents around 3.7% of available production capacity as of Thursday morning.

And the weather forecast…

Sunny in Attica today with the temperature expected to reach a high of 14 degrees Celsius.

More news in brief tomorrow morning at 9.