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Outsider Kasselakis on track to lead SYRIZA after securing key backers
PoliticsGreek Politics. Libya debacle The government, meanwhile, is facing criticism over its handling of the deaths of five members of a Greek humanitarian rescue mission in Libya under unclear circumstances. The victims were members of the Greek armed forces who were part of an official mission to Libya to help
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Mitsotakis shrugs off scandals to hit back at foreign policy critics
PoliticsGreek Politicswith Libya, Mitsotakis reiterated his government’s position that the Turkey-Libya maritime agreement... the rival factions in Libya, allowing Libya to press territorial claims with backing from Ankara
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Greece working on plan for multilateral talks in East Med
PoliticsForeign Policyin the proposal are Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt and Libya. The conference does not include Israel... to be Ankara’s refusal to participate in any forum that excludes Turkish Cypriots, while Libya... from Libya to represent both factions. Whether conditions on the ground make this feasible remains
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Budget passed as govt pins hopes on vaccine rollout to get economy on track
PoliticsGreek Politicsto Greeks. Greece is due to receive 5 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine and 3.5 million of the jab... indicating that they will either not get the jab or will wait a few months before deciding. Along
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vaccine and 3.5 million of the jab developed by Moderna. Kikilias said the vaccines will be stored... half of respondents indicating that they will either not get the jab or will wait a few months before
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Attention turns to economic activity, support measures as Covid-19 vaccine rollout begins
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGreece launched its Covid-19 vaccination programme on Sunday, when Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was among the first to receive the jab, but doubts remain about the next steps in the government... will see medical personnel and care home residents receive the jab, before other vulnerable groups
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PM mulling reshuffle to get political project back on track in 2021
PoliticsGreek Politicsofficials are jumping the queue to get the jab ahead of frontline staff. Left-leaning Efimerida ton... that vaccinations for doctors and nurses were postponed so that political personnel could get the jab
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Govt concerned by virus mutations, encouraged by increase in vaccination rate
PoliticsGreek Politicsover the past few days. As of Saturday, more than 230,000 Greeks had received at least the first jab... vaccination rate, as measured per 100 people who have received the jab, stands just below the EU average
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Govt counts fiscal cost as Greece heads for lockdown extension
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the jab. The overall figures places Greece in the upper echelon of EU member states in terms... received the jab. In the meantime, Greece continues to be at the forefront of calling for simpler
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Govt hopes opening of cafes and bars marks next step in return to normality
PoliticsGreek Politicsto be shunning the AZ jab because of health concerns, while the vaccination rate among older Greeks.... Around 2.1 million have received at least the first jab. This is equivalent to around 20% of the Greek
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