Books

The programme for free books covers 117,000 beneficiaries, who can obtain free books (educational or recreational content, tutoring material, school or foreign-language study aids, etc.) from contracted bookshops or publishers throughout the country during the period from 10 June 2026 to 28 February 2027 inclusive.

As part of strengthening its welfare policy towards the farming family, LAE/OPEKA provides a subsidy of 20 euros for each beneficiary and 40 euros for each child-beneficiary of LAE.

Applications for participation in the LAE/OPEKA programmes were submitted at KEPs (Citizen Service Centres) throughout the country from Tuesday 5 May to Monday 25 May 2026 inclusive.

For the free books programme no vouchers are issued, and beneficiaries selected in the draw go to any contracted bookshop or publisher, presenting the Police Identity Card of the direct beneficiary, in order to obtain books of their choice up to and including 30 September 2026. After that date a redistribution follows, in which beneficiaries selected in the draw who did not collect books within the above deadline do not take part.