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Newsletter 272 -06/11/2020
as infections jumped and ICU beds began to run out across the country. National Bank, for instance, now
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ICU shortages provide opposition with fodder in political battle over Covid-19 strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicsdoctors at the AHEPA hospital in Thessaloniki said that they had run out of emergency care beds
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Revised 2021 budget sees bigger contraction, slower recovery and support of 31.4 bln euros
EconomyMacroeconomyof the first programme, starting a series of payments that will run into 2041. Next year’s payment
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High Covid-19 death rate leads to lockdown extension but fails to dampen vaccine scepticism
PoliticsGreek Politicsdeaths were reported, taking the total to more than 2,000 and adding to the terrible run in Greece over
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Govt tries to fend off claims of disarray in Covid-19 reporting, coordination
PoliticsGreek Politicsfor apparently lacking the expertise to run EODY, especially in such difficult circumstances. Kathimerini
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Govt struggling to keep coronavirus threat at bay
PoliticsGreek Politics, the government would have wanted to avoid this so retail stores could open in the run-up to Christmas
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PM identifies pending pensions as key problem, while row brews over media law
PoliticsGreek Politicsmillion euros to the local media to run Covid-19 awareness campaigns – a move that was interpreted
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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
this year after handing out close to 20 million euros to the local media to run Covid-19 awareness
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Slight easing of Covid-19 data as focus turns to retail, budget
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThere was slight encouragement for the government over the weekend as Greece’s Covid-19 numbers eased a little ahead of the start of efforts to re-open parts of the retail sector in the run-up to Christmas. The number of new coronavirus cases on Sunday fell to 693, although this comes
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Govt concerned by virus mutations, encouraged by increase in vaccination rate
PoliticsGreek Politicsthe recent increase in vaccinations appears to run counter the government’s preferred stance
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