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Govt faces fallout from hospital vaccine mandate, as school opening poses fresh challenges
PoliticsGreek Politicsto her colleagues to get vaccinated “for their own safety, that of their families and of their patients..., as many reports note, are less strict than the previous year’s. Pupils will return to classrooms... to potential outbreaks, with intensive testing and contact-tracing rather than automatic suspension
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Some key tasks pending as Greece edges closer to completing post-programme process
Economyhigher than the 500 million target and the end of September completion target now seems impossible... to mid-2022. Legacy household insolvency cases, linked to the old Katseli law, will also get cleared later than planned, affected by court suspensions due to the pandemic. The macro assumptions remain
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Newsletter 309 - 24/09/2021
pct and negatively by 50 pct. Mitsotakis, however, received more of a thumbs-up than Tsipras from..., where the party that comes first will get up to 50 additional seats based on its share of the vote.... The travel balance had a surplus of 2.14 billion euros, rising by more than three times compared
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Pandemic and pushback rows spark political clashes
PoliticsGreek Politicsin daily cases (8,613), which was more than 3,000 higher than the number recorded at the start... to get vaccinated (the overall coverage stood at 60 pct on Tuesday) and of trying to put the blame
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Covid dominates start of 2022 but PM looks ahead to growth
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe country. According to the Greek authorities, Omicron now accounts for more than 60 pct of new... by profession. So far, only healthcare workers have been forced to get the jab or face being made to stay... might opt to call elections this year rather than wait until the end of his four-year term in 2023
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Hirings turn positive, but with low balance, in Feb
EconomyMacroeconomyGreece’s employment balance turned positive in February with 15,189 more hirings than departures... September, when teachers get rehired as the school year starts. This year’s February balance is one... by 127,644 more hires than departures.
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More fiscal space emerges for new energy relief package as parties jostle for support
PoliticsGreek Politicspoint than initially thought. This translates into 3 billion euros. The ministry recently passed... are lower than in many other countries. It is clear, though, that ND feels it needs to fire another... of selling out to ND or SYRIZA to get into power. It might also ensure a more balanced approach in policy
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Newsletter 336 - 06/05/2022
to their current levels, but would still be 30 pct higher than before the crisis began. The change..., and particularly SYRIZA, who have been attacking New Democracy for failing to get a handle on the cost... than energy imports from the latter, and the help of EU funds, it is still at 3.1 pct in real terms
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Changes to energy subsidies aimed at winning over middle class
PoliticsGreek Politicsto provide support, Mitsotakis also wanted to get across the message that the crisis is not of his... that rely on electricity, rather than oil or gas, for their heating during the winter. The new..., halve the bills compared to their current levels, but would still be 30 pct higher than before
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Remaining fiscal space could be squeezed for more cost-of-living measures as tension grows
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat voters consider the cost-of-living a more serious concern than any other challenge... said they just about get by financially, 9 pct said they were dipping into their savings... that the conservative administration’s record of handling migration has been much better than the government led
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