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Newsletter 295 - 07/05/2021
, the night-time curfew was extended until 11 p.m., after having been set at 9 p.m. for months. All... in June. As of May 5, almost 2.3 million people - or 21.2% of the population - had received at least one... Greeks. In the over-70 age groups, the percentage of residents that have received at least one dose
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Government hints at perks for vaccinated as uptake stalls
PoliticsGreek Politicsat least one shot, while 22.4 pct are fully vaccinated. Among the over-60s, however, who have been eligible for vaccination the longest, the rate barely surpasses 70 pct for one dose, while... not meet the requirements of EU legislation set out in recent ECJ case law. The change comes
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Labour compensation and productivity in the EU-27 and Greece
Agoraof 2009-2016. A very slow recovery has set in since 2016, but the relativities between the private... sector attracts more employees than the public sector. Indeed, if one takes job stability...-capita income as the EU-27 as a whole. One hopes that convergence will pull Greece into becoming more
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Impact of Delta variant hampers government's plans
PoliticsGreek PoliticsPrime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to make a televised address on Monday to set out... their minds not to get one. There is speculation that Mitsotakis will announce compulsory vaccinations... for those who have received at least one shot. Another area of concern is the tourism sector. Any
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Newsletter 306 - 23/07/2021
received at least one jab, while around 44 pct was fully vaccinated. Professor Vana Papaevaggelou... in response to what were described as falling standards, minimum entry requirements are set based... a declining one, on Greece’s industrial turnover index in May. The index rose 37 percent from a year
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Warnings of post-holiday Covid surge, continuing wildfires store up risk for ND
PoliticsGreek Politics. The head of the ICU at one of the hospitals in the capital Iraklio warned in a Facebook post... vaccinated. Crete has had one of the lowest vaccination rates in Greece, but overall vaccination... calculus, however, that leaves ND hostage to fortune as the wildfire season is set to continue for several
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New cabinet meets with focus on fire fallout, policy roadmap
PoliticsGreek Politicswith the appointment of former Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis as one of New Democracy’s four parliamentary... and with schools set to reopen in the coming days, possibly contributing to the further spread of the virus... and digital transformation. On Thursday, the government ticked off one of its immediate policy targets
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Rival economic plans leave voters unimpressed amid uncertainty over new Covid surge
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe first polls conducted after government and opposition set out their stalls at the Thessaloniki... in negative terms, the opposition is not seen to present a credible alternative. Covid One reason... at least one dose, while 55.3 are fully vaccinated. Despite starting to offer the booster dose
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The quarterly national accounts from the income side
Agoraof the results. The three shares of GDP add up to one to exhaust the distribution of GDP between “wages... average? One explanation will have to do with structural factors and market power. Domestic...-employed” in Greece have always known that if you set yourself up as a proprietary business
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Parties gear up for battle over pandemic media funding amid more warnings about press freedom
PoliticsGreek Politicsinformation has become available. A heated debate is expected on what has become a set piece of political... in the controversial auction for broadcast licenses in 2017. Both sides have at various times accused one another... that they will support an inquiry, making it a certainty that it will go ahead. Media freedom One subject
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