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Athens pleased with Washington talks despite lack of definitive US position on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policydi Maio attended the meeting as an observer, which meant that he did not sign the statement. All four
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Greek-Italian sea borders, EEZ pact ties up loose end but also carries wider significance
PoliticsForeign Policy, the foreign ministers of the two countries, Nikos Dendias and Luigi di Maio, wrapped up
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Govt mulls tighter controls on movement, seeks to boost health supplies and Covid-19 tests
PoliticsGreek Politicssupplies, primary care response, and testing for the virus. With Easter rapidly approaching, government.... The public health authority EODY has outlined a targeted testing strategy for the virus... Kingdom, Spain and France with between 500 and 1,000 tests per million people. The Greek testing
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Newsletter 248 -24/04/2020
” will be more extensive testing of symptomatic individuals, comprehensive testing of frontline workers including non-symptomatic individuals, and comprehensive testing of vulnerable populations, including Roma communities and refugees. Greece is said to be sourcing a million diagnostic testing kits
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Greece plans tourism reopening while waiting for EU guidelines
EconomyFeatures, with support from the EU for expanding testing capacity. Such tests would not be required for travel... abruptly changed due to the virus or due to testing positive. The non-paper also suggested that testing at airports should not be provided, to prevent overcrowding and contamination risks. Regarding
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First challenges for tourism plan, as public relaxes approach to virus
PoliticsGreek Politicsto enter Greece without routine Covid-19 testing from June 15, when airports reopen fully... passengers are subject to compulsory screening and self-isolation (7 days for those testing negative, and 14 days for those testing positive for the virus). Passengers on flights from airports deemed
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Govt confident about school return, but faces doubts on post-bailout review
PoliticsGreek Politicsbeen found to be carrying the Covid virus thanks to the self-testing process ahead of the reopening... stricter compared to the previous term by demanding more frequent testing, requiring vaccinated children and teachers to conduct self-tests and forcing the whole class to undergo testing if a pupil
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SYRIZA's own goals one of main threats to party's poll lead
PoliticsGreek PoliticsGoing into the final stretch of the election campaign, opinion polls indicate that SYRIZA’s victory – although not necessarily an outright parliamentary majority - is assured, barring any dramatic developments next week. One of the things that could den...
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Greek children lead way in languages at primary school level
SocietyGreek youth perceive themselves as being very healthy, are more likely to smoke and to learn two foreign languages in primary school than their EU counterparts. This is revealed in Being young in Europe today, a flagship Eurostat report that draws toget...
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Banks lead Friday rebound to take Greek stocks up by 2.3 pct during week
EconomyThe Greek equity market rebounded by 4.9 percent on Friday, leading to weekly gains of 2.3 percent as earlier losses were eclipsed. The sharp rise on Friday, the biggest since mid-February, was triggered by the ESM decision to lift the restrictions impo...
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