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Bill to regulate demonstrations stirs opposition reaction
PoliticsGreek PoliticsLegislation aimed at regulating public demonstrations, which the ruling New Democracy deems necessary to restore order to city streets, is due to be debated in Parliament this week. However... that frequent road closures to accommodate organised protests are making it hard for the city to function
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Increase in Covid-19 cases prompts tighter measures amid opposition criticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsfrom the city of Thessaloniki has revealed viral loads at similar levels as those of April, following... there was a significant rise in the number of asymptomatic or lightly symptomatic carriers in the city that are not yet
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PM unveils 50 more ICU beds as Covid-19 death toll passes 500
PoliticsGreek Politicsconcerns about an increase in Covid-19 numbers in the northern city. So far, local lockdown measures have only been imposed in the northern city of Kozani but reports suggest that other, like Ioannina
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Govt toughens stance on campus security after university raid
PoliticsGreek Politicson Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, if the latest round of restrictions fails to suppress... in the city. Over two thirds of Covid ICU beds in Thessaloniki are currently occupied, compared to 60 percent
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Uprising anniversary marked by grandstanding and clashes
PoliticsGreek Politicsto the street and clashes were recorded in several parts of the city centre. KKE argued that its members..., only around 200 places remain, while Thessaloniki, Greece’s largest second city, is almost out
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Govt under fire for testing and requisitioning plans as further lockdown easing postponed
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the surrounding Attica region remains the biggest infection hotspot, with one of the city’s largest... escalation in cases and hospitalisations based on measurements from the city’s wastewater which show
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Turkey's Varosha move adds new complexity to Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policythe Turkish-occupied ghost city of Varosha. The self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC... means that the framework of the Cyprus talks has changed completely. The city has been a Turkish
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SYRIZA sees opportunity in tepid response to govt initiatives, PM's cosseting of right wing
PoliticsGreek Politics. Tsipras will take to the podium in the northern port city a week after Prime Minister Kyriakos... on to accuse New Democracy MPs representing the city centre of not showing interest in the matter
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Police actions in spotlight again after fatal shooting
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor the festival of the city’s patron saint have created a sense of foreboding, as Greece recorded a new... extending across northern Greece, with the city itself hosting 5,000 known active cases, and the total
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New Omicron measures met with exasperation by business and scepticism from opposition
PoliticsGreek Politicssuggest that it is fast becoming dominant in Athens, as well as Greece’s second largest city... particular concern due to the already congested state of the city’s hospitals which are still dealing
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