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Labour market developments in Greece during Covid-19
Agora700,000 persons less than before the euro crisis. It will take a while before the full damage... progress is more durable than spectacular success stories. While the latter is politically more... in well before COVID-19 emerged. This observation deserves closer scrutiny. More than
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Pandemic raises economic pressure as govt hopes for imminent relief
PoliticsGreek Politics, but 106 higher than a week earlier. On the plus side, Greece surpassed 1 million vaccinations on Thursday and is set to approve the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for 65s. More than 33,000 vaccinations were carried out on Thursday as the rollout gathers pace. More than 355,000 Greeks have received both
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Turnover in tourism drops by 57.6 pct in Q4
EconomyMacroeconomy) in the fourth quarter (Q4), a third straight quarter when it dropped by more than half, Hellenic... decreased by 51.6 percent on the back of lower than expected demand. According to the Bank of Greece... receipts than 2019. Payments also recorded a drop of 72.1 percent to 766.2 million euros, which
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Employment balance positive by 27,233 in Feb; highest since Sept
EconomyMacroeconomyThe employment balance was positive with 27,233 more hirings than people leaving their jobs... 71,195 departures. That only just makes up more than half the activity seen in the same month... balance was seen in those aged 30-44, where there were 9,777 more people hired than departed. Broken
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Govt ponders Covid measures for Easter as pandemic handling comes in for more scrutiny
PoliticsGreek Politicspreparations for what the government and the tourism industry are hoping will be a better season than... that could lead to authorities adopting a more cautious approach than they would have liked over... of hairdressers and beauty salons, for which they then sought approval from the panel of experts, rather than
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PM banks on firms bouncing back after lockdown as SYRIZA decries immunity for Covid panel
PoliticsGreek Politicsto an 8.2% contraction last year. This figure was slightly lower than the 4.8% included in the 2020... trying to get the experts to rubber stamp its policies rather than genuinely seeking their advice... much further than this and essentially provides blanket immunity. He suggested that the tweak
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A brief lexicon of the Cyprus issue negotiations
AgoraHere we go again. After a hiatus of more than 3 years, the negotiations for the resolution... discourse of the island for more than 40 years. Federation: The 1960 constitution of the Republic... and of land ownership in the area’. Given that more than 75 per cent of the private owned land
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Tussle over labour reforms shaping up as spark for broader political battle
PoliticsGreek Politicsto extend their studies rather than enter the labour market. Patelis later apologised for his comment... questioned about the employment situation. In each case, these numbers were much higher than the EU... and that New Democracy’s popularity might be lower than the domestic opinion polls suggest
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Under scrutiny, government defends vaccine strategy
PoliticsGreek Politicspupils and teachers will only have to conduct one self-test per week before going to school, rather than... that just over 1% of the population is being vaccinated each day. Over the last couple of weeks, more than... to the discussion. Gerapetritis argued that Greece is vaccinating at a faster rate than any other G20
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PM warns Covid threat remains as 'wall of immunity' still being built
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat more than 50% of residents have been vaccinated so far. Similarly, the vaccination rate on many... a potentially more aggressive variant of Covid, such as the Indian mutation, rather than the 75% that would... vaccinating more than 100,000 people a day. He warned that the government would clamp down if it feels
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