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EU Commissioner's visit to islands highlights divisions over management of migrant centres
PoliticsGreek Politicsnew migrant reception centres and improve relations with local communities, has instead highlighted... reception centres and meet with representatives of local government. The EU has earmarked 250... be “controlled”. Opposition to the building of permanent migrant reception centres has run high
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Tsipras launches attack on New Democracy as reactions to lockdown mount
PoliticsGreek Politicshas gone on the offensive, attempting to highlight New Democracy’s failings and stake out his party... of the middle class to whom it had promised so much. Tsipras was also critical of the way New Democracy has... Michalis Chrysochoidis has been called to answer questions in Parliament about the decision
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Newsletter 292 - 09/04/2021
administration’s handling of the pandemic and the array of problems it has created. This significant erosion of faith in ND’s abilities has also stoked speculation about whether Mitsotakis will abandon... insisted that he has no plans to go to the polls early. He stated his confidence that, despite the wear
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Newsletter 293 - 16/04/2021
. Although it will take some time for the scheme’s impact to be known, the government has already.... According to the poll, 63% of respondents have negative views of how the government has handled...%, emphasising the magnitude of the decline since last year. Nevertheless, this has led to no change
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A brief lexicon of the Cyprus issue negotiations
Agoraof Cyprus has been characterised as a ‘functional federation’. The reason behind this characterisation... of the Republic in 1963-64 and Turkey’s military intervention in 1974, it has been agreed that a reunified... settlement plan. Bi-zonality: While bi-communality has been accepted and recognised as an inherent
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Government hints at perks for vaccinated as uptake stalls
PoliticsGreek Politicson the vaccination front, which has seen over 6.2 million shots delivered since the start of the national... a similar message, claiming the national vaccination programme has been exceeding its targets, hailing... at the slowing uptake, particularly in the older age groups. Overall, 38 pct of the population has received
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Professional liars in pandemic times
Agorais that they can refer to something that has the potential to be true, but does not have... to various conspiracy theories to find out what lies in the background. The coronavirus pandemic has also... will not get vaccinated because he has previously recovered from corona. He also implied
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Vaccination politics intensify as Greece races to plug immunity gap
PoliticsGreek PoliticsSynod of the Church of Greece has issued a circular addressing concerns around vaccination, which is to be read in churches over the coming days. However, the Synod’s spokesman has stressed... Stelios Petsas, who has been charged with coordinating local and regional vaccination efforts, hinted
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Govt ploughs on with reform bills as politicians' wealth declarations draw attention
PoliticsGreek PoliticsParliament has been voting on some of the government’s reform bills but the political and media attention has mostly been focussed on MPs’ annual derivation of wealth declarations. The relevant... of its services. The parlous state of the country’s cadastre has been a constant source of friction
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Economic sentiment rises to 113 points in August, but consumer and retail confidence slide
EconomyMacroeconomyto last year, the EEI has risen by 5.4 points. Meanwhile, compared to August 2020, the ESI has increased... of the pandemic when it dropped to 87.6, but it has been improving since. The EU average ESI stood... in August. Compared to the same month last year, consumer confidence has dropped by 0.1 points
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