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First-wave champion Greece stumbles at vaccine roll-out
Agorathe pandemic. Now in its fourth wave, low vaccination coverage is proving to be the country’s... the vaccination roll-out, it is now being widely acknowledged that Greece is entering the autumn... and pessimism. Heading for a winter of discontent Polls now regularly find more than half of Greeks
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Papandreou joins KINAL leadership race amid questions about long term
PoliticsGreek Politicsto win a landslide victory in 2019. What next? However, the question Papandreou faces now is what he.... This would involve drawing support from SYRIZA, as well as New Democracy. Given that KINAL is now polling at 7-8 pct, this represents a huge task for the party’s next leader. For now, though
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Parties at loggerheads over inquiry into media handouts
PoliticsGreek Politicsas part of the inquiry. SYRIZA had wanted Stelios Petsas, now the alternate interior minister, former health minister Vassilis Kikilias (now tourism minister) and Alternate Finance Minister Theodoros... means that it could now be difficult for the opposition parties to bring to the fore any evidence
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New pension legislation aims to speed up operations at overwhelmed EFKA fund
PoliticsGreek Politicscrisis, but that it was now time for the party to unify and find a way to move forward. With the party now ranking a distant third in the polls, the question of which way the next leader might tilt... no candidate presented a comprehensive alternative vision. All eyes are now on Sunday’s ballot
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Newsletter 322 - 07/01/2022
has now become the dominant variant in Greece, the number of patients that need to be intubated... political considerations as certain households that now receive the subsidy will need to be excluded... of energy on prices is now reflected in the official inflation data, with November CPI at 4.8 pct, from
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Govt looks to tweak relief in anticipation of record Covid infections, new inflation high
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the rules, it now looks likely that it will have to extend the duration of most of them at least until... on catering and entertainment, it now seems inevitable that the government will have to make concessions... increases on other basic goods are now coming to the forefront. On Monday, Economic Development Minister
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Govt weighs up impact of Ukraine war on recovery, waits for decisions at EU level
PoliticsGreek Politics, and inflation will spread further. The ministry now sees inflation well above January’s 6.2 pct, and remaining... was within their grasp as the pandemic subsides now seems to be moving further away. The path that was meant to lead to a return to surpluses and an investment grade in 2023 now appears to be leading
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Newsletter 334 - 08/04/2022
for New Democracy now stands at 30.1 pct, down 1.1 points on February’s tally. During this period, backing... the effects of the latest developments and the challenges that the Greek economy is facing. BoG now sees... and raw materials were pricier. Now energy costs are a major contributor to lower profitability
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PM goes big on minimum wage increase, but opposition unmoved
PoliticsGreek Politicsof the economy, but that after several interventions to lower costs for employers it was now workers’ turn... was negative, it had increased the minimum wage by 11 pct, while now that the rate is 9 pct, the pay rise... cited in support of the decision. Plevris said 75 pct of the total population is now vaccinated
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S&P moves Greece closer to investment grade, puts focus on budget and growth
Economywas revised from positive to stable. Greece is now just one notch away from securing an investment grade... of significant deficits and pushed up the debt-to-GDP ratio to above 200 pct, S&P now sees the Greek... and economic performances are now key to Greece securing the much-coveted investment grade, which
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