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Officials order wider use of masks as upward trend for Covid-19 cases continues
PoliticsGreek Politics. Reshuffle Theoharis is one of the ministers whose position is not considered completely safe ahead... in a few more women into the cabinet and to inject some expertise in certain areas. One of the other aims..., who is currently responsible for fiscal matters, is seen as one of the likeliest candidates to head
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Greece signs EEZ deal with Egypt, aiming to halt Turkey's designs
PoliticsForeign Policyto Cairo. However, Greek diplomatic sources claim that the deal with Egypt nullified the one between Ankara... to the unofficial map leaked by Greek diplomatic sources one could say that this is an agreement of multiple...) and the one with Albania (2009) that was never applied. The significance of the agreement is that it secures
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Govt examines stricter measures to rein in coronavirus as options dwindle
PoliticsGreek Politicswas that the government is considering more local lockdowns, like the one recently imposed in Kozani, northern... leader said that public health is now the number one priority. Since the summer, SYRIZA has argued... highlighted that the 18-40 age group is the one that is spreading the virus most and called for younger
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Poor prospects for new version of Greek-Turkish 'earthquake diplomacy'
PoliticsForeign Policycountries have suffered from earthquakes in the past, and in 1999 one such event brought the two countries closer. In August of that year, the Greek government was one of the first to send search and rescue... of that time, George Papandreou and İsmail Cem rekindled bilateral ties. Greece became one
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Govt scurries for effective Covid-19 response as opposition finds more holes to pick
PoliticsGreek Politics. Opposition pounces This is one of the issues which the opposition seized on to argue that the current... to announce any specific measures for churches and turning a blind eye to mass gatherings, such as the one... expressed its concerns about the latest measures, with representatives arguing that one in three
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Govt toughens stance on campus security after university raid
PoliticsGreek PoliticsA photo of the dean of one of Greece’s top universities being humiliated by a group of self-styled anti-establishment protesters has caused outrage in the academic community and resulted in calls... been one of ND’s flagship election pledges, and one of their legislative priorities since coming
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BoG insists on need for bad bank, sees EU funds boosting recovery from 2021
Economyin the following year. The bank presents two alternative scenarios, a milder one that recession does not exceed 9 pct and a more severe one that sees a stronger and longer impact of the pandemic, where... assisted by a large securitisation of one systemic bank and are down by 48.5 billion euros since
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Attention turns to economic activity, support measures as Covid-19 vaccine rollout begins
PoliticsGreek Politics, to receive one of the small first batch of vaccines to arrive in Greece as part of the European Union’s... Ranking, which suggested that Greece is one of the worst countries in which to ride out the pandemic, slipping to 50 out of 53, down 19 places from a month earlier. He noted that Greece’s one-month case
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Greece extends territorial waters in Ionian, hopes for deal with Albania
PoliticsForeign Policywith neighbouring countries is one of the main aims for Athens in 2021, diplomatic sources note. The first move... waters is one of the issues that Turkey is seeking to examine within the framework of the exploratory... side as one of its diplomatic achievements in 2020. In his interview with Parapolitika weekly
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Newsletter 279 -13/11/2020
Kerameus, whose removal the opposition had been calling for in recent weeks. One of the highest-profile..., with women still holding fewer than one in four posts. However, it is the inclusion of controversial... interview, one bishop said that “the church showed disobedience and the state showed forbearance
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