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ND focussed on keeping coronavirus numbers down in build-up to Greek Easter
PoliticsGreek Politicsand the virus being successfully suppressed so far, some Greeks may be more tempted to ignore.... Another concern is that city dwellers may head for the countryside to celebrate in their ancestral... would like to begin lifting some of the restrictions from May 10. According to reports
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Govt trails transition out of lockdown as training vouchers stir controversy
PoliticsGreek Politicsof restrictions is unlikely to start before May 4, while it is rumoured that the May Day holiday... in places of work and retail businesses that are allowed to open, while the wearing of masks may
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Newsletter 248 -24/04/2020
will gradually allow stores to reopen from May 4 onwards. However, he said this would be phased over..., while the wearing of masks may be made compulsory indoors. Among the priorities for the “day after... and may have been plagiarised from foreign-language sources. For the opposition, the voucher fiasco
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Newsletter 249 -08/05/2020
to remove this restriction from May 18. The next major step will be to allow free travel... that countries like Greece, Israel and Austria may also be able to benefit from such an arrangement... within May, if there is sustained evidence of containment of the virus. Café owners
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Outdoor gatherings with hint of protest raise concerns over relaxation of lockdown
PoliticsGreek Politicsof stay-at-home orders on May 4, a number of large outdoor gatherings have been reported... of Aghia Paraskevi in northeastern Athens late into the night on May 6, prompting a police response..., government officials have hinted that the signs of impatience in sections of the public may lead
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Border furor highlights brittleness of Greek-Turkish relations
PoliticsForeign Policyalmost a month. In fact, Ankara conveyed a note on May 11 requesting “Greece to share the exact... to ensure that the land border is not violated”. On May 13, as Mr Aksoy notes, Greece initiated land... political controversy. The Greek side lodged a demarche with Ankara on Friday, May 22, regarding
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Lockdown reduced spread of Covid-19 by 80 pct, research indicates
Societyis currently 0.31. From early May, Greece began to ease its lockdown measures due to the threat of transmission now being considered low enough. As of May 25, according to Google's Mobilty Report there was a 70... by 55 percent and up by 20 percent for residencies. At the end of May, residential visits were higher
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April drop of 9.9 pct for industrial production largest since 2011 as virus takes toll
EconomyMacroeconomybusiness survey for May released by the European Commission, industry confidence fell by 9.8 points... to -16.6 points. In addition, Markit’s PMI for May increased to 41.1 points from 29.5 points... in Greek manufacturing operating conditions since August 2015. The small recovery noted in May was linked
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Economic sentiment at 87.6 in June, consumer confidence & construction show recovery
EconomyMacroeconomy(EEI) for Greece came to 97.6 points compared to 94.6 points in May. Compared to last year, the EEI has worsened by 12.1 points. Additionally, compared to May 2019, the ESI has decreased by 15.1 points... after registering the second-worse reading in the series in May 2020. Compared to the same month
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PMI drops to 42.3 points in November as second lockdown hits
EconomyMacroeconomydeterioration in overall manufacturing sector performance since May. The rate of contraction was among the fastest since data collection began in May 1999. The decline stemmed from a notable drop in new order... at the fastest rate since May. Goods producers reported a sharp rise in cost burdens during
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