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Televised address by President Anastasiades, on the occasion of the New Year 2021
January 2, 2021
We say goodbye in a few hours to a year that will be recorded as one of the most destructive in the modern history of humanity, at times of peace.
The coronavirus pandemic, the invisible enemy, as it has been called, resulted in the loss of two million human lives, struck the health systems even of countries considered among the most advanced in the sector, led the world economy into an unprecedented crisis, deprived billions of citizens of their human freedoms and led millions of businesses and workers to bankruptcy and job losses.