The parliament approved measures worth about €3 billion, or 6% of GDP, to help companies and individuals overcome the coronavirus epidemic. Under the new measures, the state will pay compensation and obligatory taxation for the national pension and health systems for businessmen and farmers hit by the virus, as well as to those who are temporarily laid off.
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