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Officials monitor new Covid-19 outbreak, extend school closures
PoliticsGreek Politicsinto contact with residents of a nearby migrant camp, which has also been placed under lockdown. Sotiris... has so far received considerable international recognition for moving quickly to restrict movement... has been taken yet about whether schools will reopen before the summer. She said that this depends
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Govt readies additional inflation relief package, draws up new budget
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe government has already announced. Over the weekend, media reports outlined the kind of interventions.... This measure would be in addition to the so-called “inflation cheque,” which will be a one-payment to vulnerable households, and the energy bill subsidy that has been in place since last September
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Inflation triggers political machinations, move to increase budget spending
PoliticsGreek Politics, though, that the measure will proceed, especially since the government will face great difficulty...-of-living crisis, which has been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, is the government’s biggest concern... from 30.7 pct in December to 28.6 pct this month. During this period, support for SYRIZA has risen
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Samaras shoots, Samaras scores!
Agoracherished. But Giorgos Samaras, the striker without a club, has beaten premier Antonis to the title... and economy. Samaras (the striker) acknowledged as much in his post-game comments. “I hope we provided our... that victory on the field has the power to transform people’s lives and a nation’s course. Sport could
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‘We’re dying to pay our taxes’
Agorawas, in the public eye, invariably blamed on the property tax that has proved deeply unpopular in a country where 80... tax kills,” read one newspaper headline. For a friend in his mid-50s who has been desperately looking... EU-imposed austerity has been replaced by resignation and despondency. And in this sense, the death
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As reform talks continue in Brussels, Tsipras gauges reaction at home
PoliticsGreek Politicsown party and the domestic audience over the content of the reform package his government has sent... in return for further loans is unlikely. This has created a sense of anxiety within Greece.... Opinion polls suggest that there has been a gradual rise in the level of concern among voters as well
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Fool Britannia
Agora, the finance minister disappearing and nobody having any plan about what to do: This has all happened over the last few years in Greece. Never, though, all at the same time as has just occurred in the UK... campaign, has been a real revelation for those observing from outside, particularly in Greece, which has
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Athens blocks EU statement on China amid growing economic ties
PoliticsForeign PolicyAthens has blocked a European Union statement at the United Nations that aimed to strongly... statement was due to the “unconstructive criticism against China.” The same source has underlined... that Athens has expressed scepticism about the way the EU has criticicised the human rights record
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Greece prepares for Erdogan visit, limits extent of Sharia law
PoliticsForeign PolicyPavlopoulos, claim that he has not sent an official invitation yet. Among the issues that have... in 65 years. I think this visit will yield significant results," said Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister.... Athens has publicly declared many times that it still supports Turkey's European accession
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Large rally over name issue ramps up pressure on Tsipras
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe Greek government has vowed to continue negotiating with the Former Yugoslav Republic... was the largest demonstration that the capital has seen for some years. Coming just a couple... on a crucial national issue.” Since the first rally in Thessaloniki, Mitsotakis has decided to side
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