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SYRIZA maintains pressure over Covid treatment, media handouts
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSYRIZA attempted on Wednesday to step up the pressure on the government around the Covid crisis, accusing New Democracy of giving up the effort to take on the pandemic.
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Govt stands firm on 'no lockdown' message, pins hopes on vaccination surge
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe political leadership in Greece is insisting that it will not be following the lead of other European countries by imposing further public health restrictions in the approach to the Christmas holidays, but instead is focussing all efforts on boosting vaccination uptake.
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Opposition renews attack on government over hospital capacity
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s announcement of fines for unvaccinated over-60s has further widened the divide between government and opposition on the handling of the pandemic, as cases appear to fall but hospitalisations continue to surge.
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PM opts for risky move with vaccination penalty as Covid threat grows
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis took a potentially high-risk decision on Tuesday to impose a 100-euro monthly penalty on any Greeks over 60 who do not get their Covid vaccines by mid-January.
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Govt plays down Omicron threat despite wariness and high Covid death rate
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe week begins with the Greek government, like so many around the world, on tenterhooks due to the emergence of the Omicron variant of Covid, although New Democracy officials have so far played down the possibility of it leading to major turbulence in the week ahead.
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Govt holds firm on no lockdown as health system teeters
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government continues to resist calls for stricter Covid restrictions in Greece, although some experts warn that the public health system is close to breaking point.
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Parties at odds over latest pandemic measures, way to tackle Covid wave
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appears to have played his last card, short of a lockdown, in the effort to contain the pandemic as New Democracy looks to ride out the latest Covid wave.
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PM makes new bid to address Covid wave, speculation about restrictions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was due to return on Thursday to a communications tactic he used regularly during the early days of the pandemic – the televised address – in a bid to contain the latest Covid wave.
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SYRIZA presses for answers on hospitals amid mounting Covid deaths
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMain opposition party SYRIZA is pressing the government from multiple directions for more clarity on its strategy for handling the pandemic, as the daily figures suggest no let-up in the spread of the virus and its human toll.
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PM stands firm on Covid rules as health data deteriorates fast
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis insisted on Monday that his government has no intention of curtailing the freedoms of Greeks who have been vaccinated, even though concern about the spread of Covid on the community grew over the weekend.