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Latest lockdown tweaks prompt opposition backlash
PoliticsGreek Politicssystem in Athens to become a one-disease system, while leftists MeRA25 referred sarcastically... would be given over entirely to Covid, while one military hospital and one private clinic, totalling 405
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Clashes add to political tension over division, police violence
PoliticsGreek Politicsinvolved in a recent protest linked to the hunger strike launched by terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas. One... as police clashed with some protestors. One policeman was dragged off his motorcycle and beaten. Along..., with one policeman shouting “Let’s go and kill them.” There were also reports of policemen attacking
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Police and protests at centre of political leaders' debate
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe need to create another ombudsman’s position, noting that the current one already investigates claims.... Media attention One of the more interesting aspects of the debate concerned the references... influenced by the echo chamber of social media, indicating that this could be one of the reasons
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Piraeus announces transformation plan amid 2020 loss of 662 mln
EconomyBankingfrom Covid and one-off loan securitisation losses. The bank offset this news with the announcement... percent in Q3, while the coverage ratio dipped one percentage point to 44 percent. Pro forma... for the year came to 1.32 billion euros, with one-off initiatives and provisioning related to Covid
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Athens sees ties with Ankara on more even keel as EU ministers review Borrell report
PoliticsForeign Policy, the EU’s approach towards Ankara is a two-way one, based on the usual “carrot and stick” strategy... proposals for specific repercussions for Turkey, depending on its behaviour.” One positive element... that took place in Athens last Wednesday, just one day after the 62nd round of exploratory talks
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Dire conditions at public hospitals fuel opposition attacks on govt competence
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe week began as the last one ended, with the national health system under immense pressure from... the Covid challenges well. This is one of the few opportunities the leftists have been given since ND came... salons re-opened. On the one hand, New Democracy wants to show that the worst of the crisis
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Amid virus gloom, govt lines up support for catering and targets swift upturn
PoliticsGreek Politicstwo options. One is for a reopening ahead of Orthodox Easter, i.e. towards the end of April... that it proposed last year a 700-million-euro scheme to provide liquidity to the sector, which is one... in the longer term following the heavy blow dealt by the pandemic. This is one of the reasons
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Ex-PMs engage in public spat, highlighting contrasting approaches to Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policywith the European Union. On the one hand, we solve the complicated issue of Cyprus’s induction... of “vital interests and concerns in the Aegean Sea” is one point that has always provoked conflicts between.... That was one of Greece's major foreign policy achievements since most EU member states were opposed
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Political wrangling instead of vaccines
Agoraand ten cantons), Bosnia and Herzegovina is shifting responsibility from one level of government... responsibility one level below i.e., onto the entities. The chairman of the Council of Ministers Zoran Tegeltija... one weekend, Serbia vaccinated about 20,000 foreign nationals. After vaccinating its citizens
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At the bottom of the Balkans: Kosovo's bumpy road in securing vaccines
Agoraphases. Phase one: Vaccination of the highest risk groups consisting of health workers, residents.... Around 10 thousand citizens have been vaccinated so far, falling under the category of the phase one... governments amidst pandemic in a one-year period leaves space to split the failures and the blames. The major
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