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Greece prepares for next stage in Covid relaxation as tourism hopes hang in balance
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe next steps in Greece’s gradual emergence from a six-month lockdown are set to be confirmed... have received at least one dose of the vaccine and more than 11% of the population has been fully... among older age groups. For those over 80, the rate is 63.1% for at least one dose against an EU
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Newsletter 300 - 11/06/2021
gain traction on the basis of its stance, it could set the template for future confrontations... a limited one – in early January so there is a possibility that another one now would raise questions... so far this year, it is believed that the PDMA might issue one more bond in the second half
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PM removes under-fire ministers from posts in late-summer reshuffle
PoliticsGreek Politicsare expected in the coming days, when Mitsotakis will set out some of his government’s key policies... at the Health Ministry, Kikilias – a former basketball player with a celebrity wife – was one of the most... post, and one where the previous minister was often criticised, rather than leave him out
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Newsletter 307 - 10/09/2021
tied up one loose end this week by appointing a new minister to oversee Greece’s civil protection... it a high-risk one as Stylianides, who is being given fast-track Greek citizenship, will be an easy... hikes, although the action is likely to be limited. One of the interventions being discussed
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Why is it taking so long for the pandemic to end in North Macedonia?
AgoraMacedonia, which is one of the countries with the highest COVID-19 mortality rate per million inhabitants... years of life ahead of them. Unclear strategy One of the reasons for the poor management... with COVID-19 in primary health care. Local level protocols in hospitals exist, like the one
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Evia flooding reopens government's summer wounds
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor those affected. An initial amount of 20 million euros was set aside for this purpose. For SYRIZA...-friendly media in the meantime. The flooding in Evia was the main item on the front page of only one... to rig the process so that a businessman with pro-SYRIZA leanings would win one of the licences
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S&P holds off on new rating upgrade, ECB holds key to investment grade
Economythe pandemic uncertainty. Moody’s on the other hand, was the first major agency that upgraded Greece by one notch during the pandemic, moving it up to ‘Ba3’ in November last year, one notch behind the other two... purchase programmes. The Greek authorities have set a target of securing the investment grade
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Govt offers more energy subsidies in Jan to cushion impact of high prices
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government attempted on Friday to address one of its major policy concerns at the start of 2022... months. Before Skrekas’s announcement, reports suggested that the minister would set out a more long... the previous one, Delta, is at 87 vs 13 pct. Although this has not translated so far into a spike in the number
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Newsletter 323 - 14/01/2022
. As of Wednesday, 70.7 pct of the general population had received at least one dose and 38.3 pct had... initial expectations. Greece was in deflation for about one year until May this year, when the CPI.... This set a trend that continued all the way to the latest release by ELSTAT where the increases
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Newsletter 324 - 21/01/2022
, SYRIZA sees rising prices as one of the challenges to the centre-right administration that could open... at a meeting of SYRIZA’s political council this week a set of interventions that he argues will open... with three new bond issues, three re-openings and one swap of PSI leftover bonds, for a total amount
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