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PM puts emphasis on individual responsibility in bid to rein in coronavirus Many weeks after his last televised address on the subject, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made a public appeal on Thursday for Greeks to take greater care to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, particularly in Athens, so authorities can avoid enforcing another lockdown.
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Athens "Great Walk" plan scaled back amid criticism An ambitious plan to pedestrianise large sections of Athens city centre has been scaled back drastically following a slew of criticism from the public and some urban planners.
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Tsipras picks holes in ND approach, unveils own spending proposals Opposition leader Alexis Tsipras took to the podium in Thessaloniki last weekend, a week after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to set out his thoughts on Greece’s present and future to representatives of industry and the media.
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Flooding, Covid-19 threat in Athens dominate ND's agenda Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s premiership continues to be knocked off course by unpredictable events, such as the flooding in central Greece over the weekend and the resurgence of the coronavirus, making this early part of his first term in office much more challenging than he could have imagined.
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ND clarifies plans for emergency health system capacity as public mood over Covid-19 sours Experts continue to intensify their warnings over the latest wave of Covid-19 infections in Greece, prompting rumours that stricter measures are on the way for the greater Athens area.
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Covid-19 puts pressure on health system, forces govt into more restrictions As the pressure on the national health system grows due to an increase in Covid-19 patients, the government has introduced new restrictions for the greater Athens area and officials are not ruling out further measures to prevent the disease spreading.
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More fires at Moria add to pressure for effective response to asylum crisis Hundreds more refugees and migrants were left without shelter on the island of Lesvos on Wednesday night, after a series of fires burned through the informal encampments which had survived a catastrophic fire that burned the Moria asylum centre the night before.
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Parties debate pandemic response as public approval deteriorates The parliamentary season kicked off on Monday with a special session on the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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PM prepares for low key policy speech as poll suggests support for govt still high The government is trying to dampen expectations ahead of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s speech in Thessaloniki on Saturday – a task made easier by the fact that the first major opinion poll since the summer break has indicated that support is still strong for his New Democracy party.
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Tsipras plans SYRIZA reboot, as govt pandemic response faces multiple challenges SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras is said to be planning a shake-up of the main opposition party in advance of the return of Parliament in September.