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Govt seeks ways to keep classrooms open in face of Delta variant
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the surge in new cases in countries where the school year is already under way. This has led... students has been vaccinated so far, while the rate will soon rise to around 23 pct based on booked... vaccination compulsory, and the vaccination committee has no immediate plans to open up vaccination
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Much riding on EU approval of plan to cap energy prices
PoliticsGreek Politicsto present Athens’s proposal to DG Energy on Wednesday. In total, the government has budgeted 4.3 billion... platform for attacking the government, especially as the cost of living has become the top concern... states that called for this measure to be dropped from the sixth package of EU sanctions on Russia
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Migrant boat tragedy forces temporary halt on election campaigning
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMigration has shot to the top of the political agenda in Greece, as all election campaigning has... on Wednesday. The sinking of a fishing boat believed to be carrying migrants from Libya to Italy has claimed... border protection measure, and implying that her critics were seeking to exploit the tragedy
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Opposition lines up attack on government over wildfires with visits to affected areas
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSokratis Famellos has already attacked the government for its approach to wildfires, accusing the prime.... Peletidis has not been the only one to criticise the government response. Last week, residents.... There has been widespread criticism, not only of the government’s response to the fires, but also
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Newsletter 117 - 05/05/2017
has also decided to give his lawmakers a helping hand by ensuring that each counter-measure... the agreed measures around the middle of this month. Specifically, the government has committed to making... of the package when the ballot takes place, most likely on May 16 or 17, once Tsipras has returned from
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Greek talks go down to the wire as IMF raises major objections
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe government has been concerned since it submitted its proposals early on Monday that the institutions would demand at the last-minute a change in the mix or a measure that Athens considers... Jeroen Dijsselbloem has been instructed by European Union leaders to wrap up the process ahead
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Multi-bill details how Greece aims to raise 1.6 bln from indirect taxes
EconomyMacroeconomythat Greece has to make by 2018 as part of the first programme review. The bulk of the latest set... fuel is increased as of the beginning of 2017. This has estimated annual revenues of around 700... from personal income tax has been altered. This has estimated annual revenues of 91 million
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Presidential shuttle diplomacy between Athens and Berlin
Agorawas a major takeaway from Obama’s Athens visit. As outgoing US president, he has taken the liberty.... What is rather uncertain at this point is the amount of leverage he has left in his remaining days..., will continue to remind the European creditors that Greece is the continent’s problem. He has
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Greece worst of 36 countries for patient rights in healthcare
Societythe report refers to as a “bang for your buck” measure. The report notes that Greece reported “a dramatic..., Lithuania etc, no other country has reported a more severe decrease in healthcare spend.” However...”. “Greece has markedly changed its traditional habit as [an] eager and early adopter of novel
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Tsipras tries to use Brussels warning to his political advantage
PoliticsGreek Politics. The leftists are trying to convince voters that the expansionary measures SYRIZA has adopted... of contract workers in the public sector. “The result of the European elections has opened... managed to secure a 1:1 ratio,” he said. Tsipras concluded with a warning that Greece has
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