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Govt looks for positives as it steps up vaccine rollout
PoliticsGreek Politicscontinues to be dogged by the pandemic’s impact on the economy. Naftemporiki reported on Monday..., there is an admission that the support measures will exceed by far what is allocated in the budget, while
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Newsletter 289 - 19/03/2021
because the economy is suffering while the retail and food service sectors remain partly idle, but also... be drafted to serve in public hospitals. Only 45 private doctors have so far responded to the call
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Re-opening plans hang in balance due to unrelenting virus
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor Covid sufferers because all the beds are taken. Nevertheless, with 1.6 mln jabs administered so far... with the gradual rolling back of the lockdown so that the economy can start to function properly again, easing
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Greece falls behind on gender equality due to drop in political empowerment
SocietyGreece has been singled out for its poor performance in the global rankings of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2021 Global Gender Gap Report. The report measures how far countries have progressed..., “but it could go further - for example, introducing a quota system for the parliament like in France”. Economy
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SYRIZA targets middle class with own plan for post-pandemic economic rebound
PoliticsGreek Politicsfailed to look after SMEs, the backbone of the Greek economy, in its Recovery and Resilience Plan. He... that these suggestions represented a “return to the scene of the crime” as far as SYRIZA is concerned. The theme
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Vaccines provide govt with hope of pandemic exit as labour reform battle gathers pace
PoliticsGreek Politicsof June. One blight on the Greek vaccination programme so far is the low take-up among older... is to make targeted interventions and not destroy the economy.” The government is hoping
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ND unveils labour bill as parties line up for head-on clash over reforms
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat have been submitted so far, around 1.7 billion euros could be pumped into the Greek economy
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Loosening of restrictions on expat vote fails to secure Parliament's approval
PoliticsGreek Politicscampaign targeting Greeks abroad in the early autumn. A pilot voter registration website has so far... 49 pct to 33 pct since April, while the economy has risen from 27 pct to 31 pct. Regarding
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Mitsotakis-Erdogan meeting scheduled as Athens and Ankara eye quieter summer
PoliticsForeign Policy, economy and trade that have been gathering dust for years. The Greek government also wants to push... relations with Pristina at a political level. However, it is not going as far as recognising Kosovo’s
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Govt intent on making some relief measures permanent
PoliticsGreek Politicsas the economy recovers and the effects of the EU resources trickle through. The government sees fiscal... far more disgruntled with the government’s handling of the pandemic than their elders. This could
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